OSSL_PROVIDER-null(7ssl)

OSSL_PROVIDER-null7ssl

Openssl null provider

Overview

The OpenSSL null provider supplies no algorithms.

It can used to guarantee that the default library context and a fallback provider will not be accidentally accessed.

Properties

The null provider defines no properties.

Operations and algorithms

The OpenSSL null provider supports no operations and algorithms.

Releases

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

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

History

This functionality was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

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