EVP_MD-NULL(7ssl)

EVP_MD-NULL7ssl

The null evp_md implementation

Overview

Support for a NULL digest through the EVP_MD API. This algorithm does nothing and returns 1 for its init, update and final methods.

Algorithm Name

The following algorithm is available in the default provider:

"NULL"

Gettable Parameters

This implementation supports the common gettable parameters described in EVP_MD-common(7).

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From openssl 3.6.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.