EVP_MD-NULL(7SSL)

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version 4.0.3 · 11 versions
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🦋 NAME 🦋

EVP_MD-NULL — the NULL <italic>EVP_MD</italic> implementation, from the OpenSSL manual page EVP_MD-NULL(7SSL). Yes bestie, it's a whole digest that does nothing. Iconic behaviour, honestly. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so listen. There's support for a NULL digest through the EVP_MD API. And when we say it does nothing, we mean it does nothing. It returns 1 for its init, update and final methods. That's it. That's the algorithm. She's giving minimal effort and somehow still slaying. ✨

🎀 Algorithm Name 🎀

The following algorithm is available in the default provider:

  • "NULL"

💖 Gettable Parameters 💖

This implementation supports all the common gettable parameters — you know the ones, they're described over in EVP_MD-common(7). Go peek at that if you want the full tea. 🫖

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Copyright 2023 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 LICENSE file in the source distribution or at https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this was version 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29, and it lives under EVP_MD-NULL(7SSL) — go forth and digest absolutely nothing, you absolute main character 🌈💜

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