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diff --git a/doc/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-default.pod b/doc/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-default.pod index 96144e2260..472bff65fd 100644 --- a/doc/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-default.pod +++ b/doc/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-default.pod @@ -7,8 +7,19 @@ OSSL_PROVIDER-default - OpenSSL default provider =head1 DESCRIPTION The OpenSSL default provider supplies the majority of OpenSSL's diverse -algorithm implementations. It also acts as a fallback when no other -provider has been loaded. +algorithm implementations. If an application doesn't specify anything else +explicitly (e.g. in the application or via config), then this is the +provider that will be used as fallback: It is loaded automatically the +first time that an algorithm is fetched from a provider or a function +acting on providers is called and no other provider has been loaded yet. + +If an attempt to load a provider has already been made (whether successful +or not) then the default provider won't be loaded automatically. Therefore +if the default provider is to be used in conjunction with other providers +then it must be loaded explicitly. Automatic loading of the default +provider only occurs a maximum of once; if the default provider is +explicitly unloaded then the default provider will not be automatically +loaded again. =head2 Properties |