OPENSSL-CORE_NAMES.H(7ossl)

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✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the tea on openssl/core_names.h — the OpenSSL provider parameter names ✨. that's literally the whole vibe. it's the header, it's the manual page, it's OPENSSL-CORE_NAMES.H(7ossl) and it's here to spill everything you need. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

like, just include it and you're in:

#include <openssl/core_names.h>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the <openssl/core_names.h> header defines a multitude of macros — and yes i said multitude, she's an overachiever 💖 — for OSSL_PARAM(3) names, algorithm names and other known names used with OpenSSL's providers, made available for practical purposes only. cute, functional, no cap.

existing names are further described in the manuals for OpenSSL's providers (see "SEE ALSO" 👀) and the manuals for each algorithm they provide (listed in those provider manuals, iykyk).

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

💜 HISTORY 💜

the macros described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0. periodt. 🫶

⚠️ CAVEATS ⚠️

listen bestie, this one's important so like, pay attention 🙈

this header file does not constitute a general registry of names. providers that implement new algorithms are to be responsible for their own parameter names. no free rides, no borrowing names, it's giving independence. 💀

however — and this is the part where you lean in — authors of provider that implement their own variants of algorithms that OpenSSL providers support will want to pay attention to the names provided in this header to work in a compatible manner. like, if you want to vibe with everyone else, read the names. that's it. that's the note. 🧚

Copyright 2020 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 whole page, bestie — brought to you by version 3.5.6 dated 2026-04-07, the OPENSSL-CORE_NAMES.H(7ossl) icon herself. slay, read responsibly, and remember: keep every name exactly as written. mwah 💋🌈

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