diff -up openssl-1.0.0-beta3/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod.const openssl-1.0.0-beta3/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod
--- openssl-1.0.0-beta3/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod.const	2009-02-14 22:49:37.000000000 +0100
+++ openssl-1.0.0-beta3/doc/ssl/SSL_CIPHER_get_name.pod	2009-08-22 16:15:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SSL_CIPHER_get_name, SSL_CIPHER_get_bits
  const char *SSL_CIPHER_get_name(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
  int SSL_CIPHER_get_bits(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, int *alg_bits);
  char *SSL_CIPHER_get_version(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher);
- char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
+ char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int size);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
diff -up openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl_ciph.c.const openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl_ciph.c
--- openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl_ciph.c.const	2009-08-22 15:56:12.000000000 +0200
+++ openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl_ciph.c	2009-08-22 15:56:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@ STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *ssl_create_cipher_
 	return(cipherstack);
 	}
 
-char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int len)
+char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *cipher, char *buf, int len)
 	{
 	int is_export,pkl,kl;
 	const char *ver,*exp_str;
diff -up openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl.h.const openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl.h
--- openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl.h.const	2009-08-22 15:56:11.000000000 +0200
+++ openssl-1.0.0-beta3/ssl/ssl.h	2009-08-22 15:56:12.000000000 +0200
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ long SSL_get_default_timeout(const SSL *
 
 int SSL_library_init(void );
 
-char *SSL_CIPHER_description(SSL_CIPHER *,char *buf,int size);
+char *SSL_CIPHER_description(const SSL_CIPHER *,char *buf,int size);
 STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *SSL_dup_CA_list(STACK_OF(X509_NAME) *sk);
 
 SSL *SSL_dup(SSL *ssl);