OPENSSL_APPLINK(3ossl)

📦 version 3.5.0, in opensuse-leap 16.0

okay so bestie, we're in OPENSSL_APPLINK(3ossl) territory today and it's niche but it kinda slays. This is the OpenSSL 3ossl manual, and yes it's short — not every icon needs a whole trilogy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

OPENSSL_Applink — the literal glue between OpenSSL BIO and the Win32 compiler run-time. that's it, that's the whole vibe. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

__declspec(dllexport) void **OPENSSL_Applink();

copy it exactly, don't get creative, i'm begging 🙈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so OPENSSL_Applink is an application-side interface, and what it does is provide the glue between the OpenSSL BIO layer and the Win32 compiler run-time environment. like a little bridge. a matchmaker, if you will 🫶

but here's the plot twist: even though it appears at the application side, it's essentially an OpenSSL private interface. so no, bestie, application developers are not expected to implement it. the assignment is not "write this yourself." the assignment is:

  • compile the provided module with the compiler of your choice ✨
  • link it into the target application 💅

and the module we're referring to? it's available as applink.c, located alongside the public header files — and only on the platforms where applicable. so if you don't see it, that's not a you problem, it's just not applicable to your platform. no cap. 🌈

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

Not available.

that's the whole section. it's giving minimalism, it's giving "we have nothing to say." iconic honestly 💀

Copyright 2004-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.

and that's the page!! 🧚 literally a whole manual page with like four sections, we love efficiency. this was version 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25, brought to you by OpenSSL — and OPENSSL_APPLINK(3ossl) is out. mwah. 🍓💜🔥

📦 where this page comes from