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author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2023-08-14 14:46:41 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2023-08-14 14:46:41 +0000 |
commit | 85f2aad3db26591bcd35ed91eae5d0a468621b6d (patch) | |
tree | d920343d96931873761603c2c4b087d7ee97a32a /lib | |
parent | df3241fa1401aad088a076adb7ad36b6648d3ceb (diff) |
Below SEE ALSO, point to all pages documenting the evp.h sub-library, and
also point to a selection of functions from other sub-libraries that rely
on evp.h objects, in particular on EVP_CIPHER, EVP_MD, and EVP_PKEY.
While here, merge a few trivial improvements to orthography and
punctuation from the OpenSSL 1.1 branch.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3 | 67 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3 index 6eb6ebfa337..5e09e4ad1c4 100644 --- a/lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3 +++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/evp.3 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: evp.3,v 1.15 2023/07/09 06:49:25 tb Exp $ -.\" OpenSSL a9c85cea Nov 11 09:33:55 2016 +0100 +.\" $OpenBSD: evp.3,v 1.16 2023/08/14 14:46:40 schwarze Exp $ +.\" full merge up to: OpenSSL man7/evp 24a535ea Sep 22 13:14:20 2020 +0100 .\" .\" This file was written by Ulf Moeller <ulf@openssl.org>, .\" Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>, Geoff Thorpe <geoff@openssl.org>, @@ -51,16 +51,16 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 9 2023 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 14 2023 $ .Dt EVP 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm evp -.Nd high level cryptographic functions +.Nd high-level cryptographic functions .Sh SYNOPSIS .In openssl/evp.h .Sh DESCRIPTION -The EVP library provides a high level interface to cryptographic +The EVP library provides a high-level interface to cryptographic functions. .Pp .Xr EVP_SealInit 3 @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ functions. .Pp The .Fn EVP_PKEY_* -functions provide a high level interface to asymmetric algorithms. +functions provide a high-level interface to asymmetric algorithms. To create a new .Vt EVP_PKEY , see @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ and .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify_recover 3 . However, note that these functions do not perform a digest of the data to be signed. -Therefore normally you would use the +Therefore, normally you would use the .Xr EVP_DigestSignInit 3 functions for this purpose. .It @@ -169,45 +169,90 @@ implementations of ciphers or digests are registered as defaults, then the various EVP functions will automatically use those implementations in preference to built in software implementations. .Pp -Although low level algorithm specific functions exist for many +Although low-level algorithm specific functions exist for many algorithms, their use is discouraged. They cannot be used with an .Vt ENGINE , and .Vt ENGINE -versions of new algorithms cannot be accessed using the low level +versions of new algorithms cannot be accessed using the low-level functions. Using them also makes code harder to adapt to new algorithms, some options are not cleanly supported at the low level, and some -operations are more efficient using the high level interfaces. +operations are more efficient using the high-level interfaces. .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ASN1_item_digest 3 , +.Xr ASN1_item_sign 3 , +.Xr BIO_f_cipher 3 , +.Xr BIO_f_md 3 , +.Xr CMAC_Init 3 , +.Xr CMS_encrypt 3 , +.Xr CMS_sign 3 , .Xr crypto 3 , +.Xr d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio 3 , +.Xr d2i_PrivateKey 3 , +.Xr ENGINE_get_cipher 3 , .Xr ENGINE_register_RSA 3 , .Xr EVP_AEAD_CTX_init 3 , .Xr EVP_aes_128_cbc 3 , .Xr EVP_BytesToKey 3 , .Xr EVP_camellia_128_cbc 3 , +.Xr EVP_CIPHER_meth_new 3 , .Xr EVP_des_cbc 3 , .Xr EVP_DigestInit 3 , .Xr EVP_DigestSignInit 3 , +.Xr EVP_DigestVerifyInit 3 , .Xr EVP_EncodeInit 3 , .Xr EVP_EncryptInit 3 , .Xr EVP_MD_meth_new 3 , .Xr EVP_OpenInit 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKCS82PKEY 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_add1_attr 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_asn1_get_count 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_asn1_new 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_check 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_cmp 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_new 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_hkdf_md 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_decrypt 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_derive 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_encrypt 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_nid 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_keygen 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_meth_get0_info 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_meth_new 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_new 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_print_private 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_set1_RSA 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_sign 3 , +.Xr EVP_PKEY_size 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify_recover 3 , .Xr EVP_rc4 3 , .Xr EVP_SealInit 3 , +.Xr EVP_sha3_224 3 , .Xr EVP_SignInit 3 , .Xr EVP_sm3 3 , .Xr EVP_sm4_cbc 3 , .Xr EVP_VerifyInit 3 , -.Xr EVP_whirlpool 3 +.Xr EVP_whirlpool 3 , +.Xr HMAC 3 , +.Xr OCSP_basic_sign 3 , +.Xr OCSP_request_sign 3 , +.Xr PEM_get_EVP_CIPHER_INFO 3 , +.Xr PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey 3 , +.Xr PKCS12_create 3 , +.Xr PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC 3 , +.Xr PKCS7_encrypt 3 , +.Xr PKCS7_sign 3 , +.Xr RSA_pkey_ctx_ctrl 3 , +.Xr SSL_CTX_set_tlsext_ticket_key_cb 3 , +.Xr X509_ALGOR_set_md 3 , +.Xr X509_check_private_key 3 , +.Xr X509_CRL_METHOD_new 3 , +.Xr X509_digest 3 , +.Xr X509_get_pubkey 3 , +.Xr X509_PUBKEY_set 3 , +.Xr X509_sign 3 , +.Xr X509_to_X509_REQ 3 |