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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst index 404573a3..12d2d9f6 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst @@ -7,33 +7,10 @@ The `OpenSSL`_ C library. .. data:: cryptography.hazmat.backends.openssl.backend - This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has no public attributes. + This is the exposed API for the OpenSSL backend. It has one public attribute. -Using your own OpenSSL on Linux -------------------------------- + .. attribute:: name -Python links to OpenSSL for its own purposes and this can sometimes cause -problems when you wish to use a different version of OpenSSL with cryptography. -If you want to use cryptography with your own build of OpenSSL you will need to -make sure that the build is configured correctly so that your version of -OpenSSL doesn't conflict with Python's. - -The options you need to add allow the linker to identify every symbol correctly -even when multiple versions of the library are linked into the same program. If -you are using your distribution's source packages these will probably be -patched in for you already, otherwise you'll need to use options something like -this when configuring OpenSSL:: - - ./config -Wl,--version-script=openssl.ld -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -fPIC shared - -You'll also need to generate your own ``openssl.ld`` file. For example:: - - OPENSSL_1.0.1F_CUSTOM { - global: - *; - }; - -You should replace the version string on the first line as appropriate for your -build. + The string name of this backend: ``"openssl"`` .. _`OpenSSL`: https://www.openssl.org/ |