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authormarha <marha@users.sourceforge.net>2010-03-29 17:08:02 +0000
committermarha <marha@users.sourceforge.net>2010-03-29 17:08:02 +0000
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@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!
-
-This stuff is experimental, may change radically or be deleted altogether
-before OpenSSL 0.9.7 release. You have been warned!
-
Configuration modules. These are a set of modules which can perform
various configuration functions.
@@ -13,7 +8,7 @@ The routines read a configuration file set up like this:
-----
#default section
-openssl_init=init_section
+openssl_conf=init_section
[init_section]
@@ -30,29 +25,27 @@ path=/some/path/to/some/dso.so
other_stuff=other_value
----
-When this file is loaded a configuration module with the specified
-string (module* in the above example) is looked up and its init
-function called as:
+When this file is loaded a configuration module with the specified string
+(module* in the above example) is looked up and its init function called as:
int conf_init_func(CONF_IMODULE *md, CONF *cnf);
-The function can then take whatever action is appropriate, for example
-further lookups based on the value. Multiple instances of the same
-config module can be loaded.
+The function can then take whatever action is appropriate, for example further
+lookups based on the value. Multiple instances of the same config module can be
+loaded.
-When the application closes down the modules are cleaned up by calling
-an optional finish function:
+When the application closes down the modules are cleaned up by calling an
+optional finish function:
void conf_finish_func(CONF_IMODULE *md);
The finish functions are called in reverse order: that is the last module
loaded is the first one cleaned up.
-If no module exists with a given name then an attempt is made to load
-a DSO with the supplied name. This might mean that "module3" attempts
-to load a DSO called libmodule3.so or module3.dll for example. An explicit
-DSO name can be given by including a separate section as in the module4 example
-above.
+If no module exists with a given name then an attempt is made to load a DSO
+with the supplied name. This might mean that "module3" attempts to load a DSO
+called libmodule3.so or module3.dll for example. An explicit DSO name can be
+given by including a separate section as in the module4 example above.
The DSO is expected to at least contain an initialization function:
@@ -64,15 +57,17 @@ void OPENSSL_finish(CONF_IMODULE *md);
Static modules can also be added using,
-int CONF_module_add(char *name, dso_mod_init_func *ifunc, dso_mod_finish_func *ffunc);
+int CONF_module_add(char *name, dso_mod_init_func *ifunc, dso_mod_finish_func
+*ffunc);
-where "name" is the name in the configuration file this function corresponds to.
+where "name" is the name in the configuration file this function corresponds
+to.
-A set of builtin modules (currently only an ASN1 non functional test module) can be
-added by calling OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules().
+A set of builtin modules (currently only an ASN1 non functional test module)
+can be added by calling OPENSSL_load_builtin_modules().
-The function OPENSSL_config() is intended as a simple configuration function that
-any application can call to perform various default configuration tasks. It uses the
-file openssl.cnf in the usual locations.
+The function OPENSSL_config() is intended as a simple configuration function
+that any application can call to perform various default configuration tasks.
+It uses the file openssl.cnf in the usual locations.