OPENSSL_CLEANSE(3) Library Functions Manual OPENSSL_CLEANSE(3) NAME OPENSSL_cleanse - OpenSSL memory cleaning operation SYNOPSIS #include void OPENSSL_cleanse(void *ptr, size_t len); DESCRIPTION Do not use the interface documented here. It is provided purely for compatibility with legacy application code. OPENSSL_cleanse() has the same semantics as, and is a wrapper around, explicit_bzero(3). SEE ALSO crypto(3) HISTORY OPENSSL_cleanse() first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.6h and has been available since OpenBSD 3.4. Linux 6.8.7-arch1-1 June 10, 2019 Linux 6.8.7-arch1-1