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diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
index 8271d3dfc417..ed027b387aea 100644
--- a/crypto/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
+++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ writes the encrypted version to B<out>. This function can be called
multiple times to encrypt successive blocks of data. The amount
of data written depends on the block alignment of the encrypted data:
as a result the amount of data written may be anything from zero bytes
-to (inl + cipher_block_size - 1) so B<outl> should contain sufficient
+to (inl + cipher_block_size - 1) so B<out> should contain sufficient
room. The actual number of bytes written is placed in B<outl>.
If padding is enabled (the default) then EVP_EncryptFinal_ex() encrypts
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ does not remain in memory.
EVP_EncryptInit(), EVP_DecryptInit() and EVP_CipherInit() behave in a
similar way to EVP_EncryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex and
-EVP_CipherInit_ex() except the B<ctx> paramter does not need to be
+EVP_CipherInit_ex() except the B<ctx> parameter does not need to be
initialized and they always use the default cipher implementation.
EVP_EncryptFinal(), EVP_DecryptFinal() and EVP_CipherFinal() behave in a
@@ -344,7 +344,10 @@ bits and 12 rounds.
Where possible the B<EVP> interface to symmetric ciphers should be used in
preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
-transparent to the cipher used and much more flexible.
+transparent to the cipher used and much more flexible. Additionally, the
+B<EVP> interface will ensure the use of platform specific cryptographic
+acceleration such as AES-NI (the low level interfaces do not provide the
+guarantee).
PKCS padding works by adding B<n> padding bytes of value B<n> to make the total
length of the encrypted data a multiple of the block size. Padding is always
@@ -384,27 +387,7 @@ for certain common S/MIME ciphers (RC2, DES, triple DES) in CBC mode.
=head1 EXAMPLES
-Get the number of rounds used in RC5:
-
- int nrounds;
- EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GET_RC5_ROUNDS, 0, &nrounds);
-
-Get the RC2 effective key length:
-
- int key_bits;
- EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GET_RC2_KEY_BITS, 0, &key_bits);
-
-Set the number of rounds used in RC5:
-
- int nrounds;
- EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_SET_RC5_ROUNDS, nrounds, NULL);
-
-Set the effective key length used in RC2:
-
- int key_bits;
- EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_SET_RC2_KEY_BITS, key_bits, NULL);
-
-Encrypt a string using blowfish:
+Encrypt a string using IDEA:
int do_crypt(char *outfile)
{
@@ -418,8 +401,9 @@ Encrypt a string using blowfish:
char intext[] = "Some Crypto Text";
EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx;
FILE *out;
+
EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&ctx);
- EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_bf_cbc(), NULL, key, iv);
+ EVP_EncryptInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_idea_cbc(), NULL, key, iv);
if(!EVP_EncryptUpdate(&ctx, outbuf, &outlen, intext, strlen(intext)))
{
@@ -448,28 +432,34 @@ Encrypt a string using blowfish:
}
The ciphertext from the above example can be decrypted using the B<openssl>
-utility with the command line:
+utility with the command line (shown on two lines for clarity):
- S<openssl bf -in cipher.bin -K 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F -iv 0102030405060708 -d>
+ openssl idea -d <filename
+ -K 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F -iv 0102030405060708
-General encryption, decryption function example using FILE I/O and RC2 with an
-80 bit key:
+General encryption and decryption function example using FILE I/O and AES128
+with a 128-bit key:
int do_crypt(FILE *in, FILE *out, int do_encrypt)
{
/* Allow enough space in output buffer for additional block */
- inbuf[1024], outbuf[1024 + EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH];
+ unsigned char inbuf[1024], outbuf[1024 + EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH];
int inlen, outlen;
+ EVP_CIPHER_CTX ctx;
/* Bogus key and IV: we'd normally set these from
* another source.
*/
- unsigned char key[] = "0123456789";
- unsigned char iv[] = "12345678";
- /* Don't set key or IV because we will modify the parameters */
+ unsigned char key[] = "0123456789abcdeF";
+ unsigned char iv[] = "1234567887654321";
+
+ /* Don't set key or IV right away; we want to check lengths */
EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init(&ctx);
- EVP_CipherInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_rc2(), NULL, NULL, NULL, do_encrypt);
- EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length(&ctx, 10);
- /* We finished modifying parameters so now we can set key and IV */
+ EVP_CipherInit_ex(&ctx, EVP_aes_128_cbc(), NULL, NULL, NULL,
+ do_encrypt);
+ OPENSSL_assert(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length(&ctx) == 16);
+ OPENSSL_assert(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length(&ctx) == 16);
+
+ /* Now we can set key and IV */
EVP_CipherInit_ex(&ctx, NULL, NULL, key, iv, do_encrypt);
for(;;)
@@ -508,4 +498,7 @@ EVP_DecryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(), EVP_CipherInit_ex(),
EVP_CipherFinal_ex() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding() appeared in
OpenSSL 0.9.7.
+IDEA appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 but was often disabled due to
+patent concerns; the last patents expired in 2012.
+
=cut