What does OpenSSL's EVP mean?

Question

What does OpenSSL's EVP mean? I know it is a higher level crypto interface library in OpenSSL, but what do the letters E-V-P stand for?

Thanks, Chenz

Answer 1

Interesting question. I don't know for sure, but the #ifndef at the top of evp.h is:

#ifndef HEADER_ENVELOPE_H

So, I'm guessing Envelope.