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diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man7/evp.7 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man7/evp.7 index 14bc5b5be552..6f00f5dd4e2f 100644 --- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man7/evp.7 +++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/man7/evp.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.11 (Pod::Simple 3.40) +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 4.14 (Pod::Simple 3.40) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "EVP 7" -.TH EVP 7 "2020-04-21" "1.1.1g" "OpenSSL" +.TH EVP 7 "2020-09-22" "1.1.1h" "OpenSSL" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ functions. Symmetric encryption is available with the \fBEVP_Encrypt\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions. The \fBEVP_Digest\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions provide message digests. .PP -The \fB\s-1EVP_PKEY\s0\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions provide a high level interface to +The \fB\s-1EVP_PKEY\s0\fR\fI\s-1XXX\s0\fR functions provide a high-level interface to asymmetric algorithms. To create a new \s-1EVP_PKEY\s0 see \&\fBEVP_PKEY_new\fR\|(3). EVP_PKEYs can be associated with a private key of a particular algorithm by using the functions @@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ The \s-1EVP_PKEY\s0 functions support the full range of asymmetric algorithm ope .IP "For key agreement see \fBEVP_PKEY_derive\fR\|(3)" 4 .IX Item "For key agreement see EVP_PKEY_derive" .PD 0 -.IP "For signing and verifying see \fBEVP_PKEY_sign\fR\|(3), \fBEVP_PKEY_verify\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_PKEY_verify_recover\fR\|(3). However, note that these functions do not perform a digest of the data to be signed. Therefore normally you would use the \fBEVP_DigestSignInit\fR\|(3) functions for this purpose." 4 -.IX Item "For signing and verifying see EVP_PKEY_sign, EVP_PKEY_verify and EVP_PKEY_verify_recover. However, note that these functions do not perform a digest of the data to be signed. Therefore normally you would use the EVP_DigestSignInit functions for this purpose." +.IP "For signing and verifying see \fBEVP_PKEY_sign\fR\|(3), \fBEVP_PKEY_verify\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_PKEY_verify_recover\fR\|(3). However, note that these functions do not perform a digest of the data to be signed. Therefore, normally you would use the \fBEVP_DigestSignInit\fR\|(3) functions for this purpose." 4 +.IX Item "For signing and verifying see EVP_PKEY_sign, EVP_PKEY_verify and EVP_PKEY_verify_recover. However, note that these functions do not perform a digest of the data to be signed. Therefore, normally you would use the EVP_DigestSignInit functions for this purpose." .ie n .IP "For encryption and decryption see \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_PKEY_decrypt\fR\|(3) respectively. However, note that these functions perform encryption and decryption only. As public key encryption is an expensive operation, normally you would wrap an encrypted message in a ""digital envelope"" using the \fBEVP_SealInit\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_OpenInit\fR\|(3) functions." 4 .el .IP "For encryption and decryption see \fBEVP_PKEY_encrypt\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_PKEY_decrypt\fR\|(3) respectively. However, note that these functions perform encryption and decryption only. As public key encryption is an expensive operation, normally you would wrap an encrypted message in a ``digital envelope'' using the \fBEVP_SealInit\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_OpenInit\fR\|(3) functions." 4 .IX Item "For encryption and decryption see EVP_PKEY_encrypt and EVP_PKEY_decrypt respectively. However, note that these functions perform encryption and decryption only. As public key encryption is an expensive operation, normally you would wrap an encrypted message in a digital envelope using the EVP_SealInit and EVP_OpenInit functions." @@ -198,12 +198,12 @@ as defaults, then the various \s-1EVP\s0 functions will automatically use those implementations automatically in preference to built in software implementations. For more information, consult the \fBengine\fR\|(3) man page. .PP -Although low level algorithm specific functions exist for many algorithms +Although low-level algorithm specific functions exist for many algorithms their use is discouraged. They cannot be used with an \s-1ENGINE\s0 and \s-1ENGINE\s0 -versions of new algorithms cannot be accessed using the low level functions. +versions of new algorithms cannot be accessed using the low-level functions. Also makes code harder to adapt to new algorithms and some options are not -cleanly supported at the low level and some operations are more efficient -using the high level interface. +cleanly supported at the low-level and some operations are more efficient +using the high-level interface. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" \&\fBEVP_DigestInit\fR\|(3), @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ using the high level interface. \&\fBENGINE_by_id\fR\|(3) .SH "COPYRIGHT" .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" -Copyright 2000\-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright 2000\-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. .PP Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy |