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author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2015-03-01 15:25:39 +0000 |
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committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2015-03-12 13:31:43 +0000 |
commit | 3d764db7a24e3dca1a3ee57202ce3c818d592141 (patch) | |
tree | 75fd199dd0b3ef5d6d5211d7771cc11149b6d8b0 /doc/apps/config.pod | |
parent | 007fd1404fc7a2ed33f6108bc3859d3814b44224 (diff) |
additional configuration documentation
Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps/config.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/config.pod | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/config.pod b/doc/apps/config.pod index 25c5381b9d..d5cce54f44 100644 --- a/doc/apps/config.pod +++ b/doc/apps/config.pod @@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ section containing configuration module specific information. E.g. ... engine stuff here ... -Currently there are two configuration modules. One for ASN1 objects another -for ENGINE configuration. +The features of each configuration module are described below. =head2 ASN1 OBJECT CONFIGURATION MODULE @@ -191,6 +190,25 @@ For example: # Supply all default algorithms default_algorithms = ALL +=head2 EVP CONFIGURATION MODULE + +This modules has the name B<alg_section> which points to a section containing +algorithm commands. + +Currently the only algorithm command supported is B<fips_mode> whose +value should be a boolean string such as B<on> or B<off>. If the value is +B<on> this attempt to enter FIPS mode. If the call fails or the library is +not FIPS capable then an error occurs. + +For example: + + alg_section = evp_settings + + [evp_settings] + + fips_mode = on + + =head1 NOTES If a configuration file attempts to expand a variable that doesn't exist |