openssl/doc/man3/EVP_rc4.pod
slontis e798248c84 Add provider pre-fetching documentation
Clearly document that implicit fetching is slower when using providers,
and explain prefetching. Added to crypto.pod and migration_guide.pod
links to it.

Add a link to EVP_default_properties_enable_fips() in crypto.pod.

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/20354)
2023-02-28 14:29:42 +11:00

75 lines
1.7 KiB
Plaintext

=pod
=head1 NAME
EVP_rc4,
EVP_rc4_40,
EVP_rc4_hmac_md5
- EVP RC4 stream cipher
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4(void);
const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4_40(void);
const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_rc4_hmac_md5(void);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The RC4 stream cipher for EVP.
=over 4
=item EVP_rc4()
RC4 stream cipher. This is a variable key length cipher with a default key
length of 128 bits.
=item EVP_rc4_40()
RC4 stream cipher with 40 bit key length.
WARNING: this function is obsolete. Its usage should be replaced with the
EVP_rc4() and the EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length() functions.
=item EVP_rc4_hmac_md5()
Authenticated encryption with the RC4 stream cipher with MD5 as HMAC.
WARNING: this is not intended for usage outside of TLS and requires calling of
some undocumented ctrl functions. These ciphers do not conform to the EVP AEAD
interface.
=back
=head1 NOTES
Developers should be aware of the negative performance implications of
calling these functions multiple times and should consider using
L<EVP_CIPHER_fetch(3)> instead.
See L<crypto(7)/Performance> for further information.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
These functions return an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure that contains the
implementation of the symmetric cipher. See L<EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(3)> for
details of the B<EVP_CIPHER> structure.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<evp(7)>,
L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)>,
L<EVP_CIPHER_meth_new(3)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2017-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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>.
=cut