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All parameters in the section as well as sub-sections are made
available to the provider.
+=head3 Default provider and its activation
+
+If no providers are activated explicitly, the default one is activated implicitly.
+See L<OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)> for more details.
+
+If you add a section explicitly activating any other provider(s),
+you most probably need to explicitly activate the default provider,
+otherwise it becomes unavailable in openssl. It may make the system remotely unavailable.
+
=head2 EVP Configuration
The name B<alg_section> in the initialization section names the section