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Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
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=pod
=head1 NAME
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method,
Merge the engine branch into the main trunk. All conflicts resolved. At the same time, add VMS support for Rijndael.
2000-10-27 05:07:28 +08:00
DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_OpenSSL - select DSA method
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
Minor corrections to documentation. * speed processes any/all options passed to it, not just one. * DH and DSA have no "_get_method()" functions, only RSA does. * typos.
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#include <openssl/dsa.h>
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
Clarify the deprecation warnings in the docs There was recently an instance where a user was confused by the deprecation warnings in the docs. They believed the warning applied to the immediately preceding function declarations, when it fact it applied to the following function declarations. https://mta.openssl.org/pipermail/openssl-users/2021-December/014665.html We clarify the wording to make it clear that the warning applies to the following functions. Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17180)
2021-12-02 19:33:49 +08:00
The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
Update deprecated API's in the documentation. The reported issue related to EC_KEY deprecations Fixes #14545 Searches were done in the pod files for all libcrypto.num entries containing DEPRECATEDIN_3_0 to find additional missing entries. Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14564)
2021-03-16 07:39:19 +08:00
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth);
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void);
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
int DSA_set_method(DSA *dsa, const DSA_METHOD *meth);
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
Revert, that was an incorrect change. PR: 156
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DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
doc: Fix some function signature errors Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/16874)
2021-10-21 15:16:17 +08:00
const DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void);
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Update deprecated API's in the documentation. The reported issue related to EC_KEY deprecations Fixes #14545 Searches were done in the pod files for all libcrypto.num entries containing DEPRECATEDIN_3_0 to find additional missing entries. Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14564)
2021-03-16 07:39:19 +08:00
All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
Applications should providers instead of method overrides.
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
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A B<DSA_METHOD> specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for DSA
operations. By modifying the method, alternative implementations
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
such as hardware accelerators may be used. IMPORTANT: See the NOTES section for
important information about how these DSA API functions are affected by the use
of B<ENGINE> API calls.
Initially, the default DSA_METHOD is the OpenSSL internal implementation,
as returned by DSA_OpenSSL().
DSA_set_default_method() makes B<meth> the default method for all DSA
Make default_method mostly compile-time Document thread-safety issues Have RSA_null return NULL (always fails) Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2244)
2017-04-08 00:07:42 +08:00
structures created later.
B<NB>: This is true only whilst no ENGINE has
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
been set as a default for DSA, so this function is no longer recommended.
Make default_method mostly compile-time Document thread-safety issues Have RSA_null return NULL (always fails) Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2244)
2017-04-08 00:07:42 +08:00
This function is not thread-safe and should not be called at the same time
as other OpenSSL functions.
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
DSA_get_default_method() returns a pointer to the current default
Typos in man pages: dependant->dependent Submitted by: Tobias Stoeckmann <tobias@bugol.de>
2007-11-19 17:18:03 +08:00
DSA_METHOD. However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on
Fix nits in pod files. Add doc-nit-check to help find future issues. Make podchecker be almost clean. Remove trailing whitespace. Tab expansion Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2016-05-20 20:11:46 +08:00
whether the ENGINE API is being used, so this function is no longer
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
recommended.
DSA_set_method() selects B<meth> to perform all operations using the key
B<rsa>. This will replace the DSA_METHOD used by the DSA key and if the
previous method was supplied by an ENGINE, the handle to that ENGINE will
be released during the change. It is possible to have DSA keys that only
Fix typos and repeated words CLA: trivial Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12320)
2020-06-30 03:13:07 +08:00
work with certain DSA_METHOD implementations (e.g. from an ENGINE module
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
that supports embedded hardware-protected keys), and in such cases
attempting to change the DSA_METHOD for the key can have unexpected
Fix L<> entries without sections Add sections (almost always "(3)" to L<> references that were missing them. Among other things, this Fixes: #10226 Also remove two references to non-existant manpages that have never existed, and with the 3.0 structure, are unlikely to do so. Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10240)
2019-10-05 05:09:19 +08:00
results. See L<DSA_meth_new(3)> for information on constructing custom DSA_METHOD
Document functions added as a result of DSA opacity changes A number of getters/setters have been added for examining DSA objects, as well as a whole set of functions for creating and buildingup DSA_METHODs. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
2016-03-31 21:22:39 +08:00
objects;
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
DSA_new_method() allocates and initializes a DSA structure so that B<engine>
will be used for the DSA operations. If B<engine> is NULL, the default engine
for DSA operations is used, and if no default ENGINE is set, the DSA_METHOD
controlled by DSA_set_default_method() is used.
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
=head1 RETURN VALUES
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
DSA_OpenSSL() and DSA_get_default_method() return pointers to the respective
B<DSA_METHOD>s.
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
DSA_set_default_method() returns no value.
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
Fix errors found by new find-doc-nits Also patch find-doc-nits to ignore a Microsoft trademark and not flag it as a spelling error. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10023)
2019-09-28 01:17:09 +08:00
DSA_set_method() returns nonzero if the provided B<meth> was successfully set as
These are updates/fixes to DH/DSA/RAND docs based on the fixes to the RSA docs. There were a couple of other places (including RSA) where the docs were not quite synchronised with the API that are now fixed. One or two still remain to be fixed though ...
2002-08-06 00:27:01 +08:00
the method for B<dsa> (including unloading the ENGINE handle if the previous
method was supplied by an ENGINE).
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
Merge the engine branch into the main trunk. All conflicts resolved. At the same time, add VMS support for Rijndael.
2000-10-27 05:07:28 +08:00
DSA_new_method() returns NULL and sets an error code that can be
Fix L<> content in manpages L<foo|foo> is sub-optimal If the xref is the same as the title, which is what we do, then you only need L<foo>. This fixes all 1457 occurrences in 349 files. Approximately. (And pod used to need both.) Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2015-08-18 03:21:33 +08:00
obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)> if the allocation
Merge the engine branch into the main trunk. All conflicts resolved. At the same time, add VMS support for Rijndael.
2000-10-27 05:07:28 +08:00
fails. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
=head1 SEE ALSO
Fix referenses in section 3 manuals Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1900)
2016-11-11 16:33:09 +08:00
L<DSA_new(3)>, L<DSA_new(3)>, L<DSA_meth_new(3)>
Document DSA and SHA. New function BN_pseudo_rand(). Use BN_prime_checks_size(BN_num_bits(w)) rounds of Miller-Rabin when generating DSA primes (why not use BN_is_prime()?)
2000-01-28 03:31:26 +08:00
Update deprecated API's in the documentation. The reported issue related to EC_KEY deprecations Fixes #14545 Searches were done in the pod files for all libcrypto.num entries containing DEPRECATEDIN_3_0 to find additional missing entries. Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14564)
2021-03-16 07:39:19 +08:00
=head1 HISTORY
All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
Add copyright to manpages Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2016-05-18 23:44:05 +08:00
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Update deprecated API's in the documentation. The reported issue related to EC_KEY deprecations Fixes #14545 Searches were done in the pod files for all libcrypto.num entries containing DEPRECATEDIN_3_0 to find additional missing entries. Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14564)
2021-03-16 07:39:19 +08:00
Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Add copyright to manpages Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2016-05-18 23:44:05 +08:00
Following the license change, modify the boilerplates in doc/man3/ [skip ci] Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7829)
2018-12-06 21:04:44 +08:00
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
Add copyright to manpages Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
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this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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