openssl/doc/man7/EVP_MD-SHAKE.pod
slontis b7cf9dd239 SHAKE documentation updates for default output length.
Fixes #18586

In order to not break existing applications the OpenSSL documentation
related to SHAKE has been updated.

Background:

All digests algorithms (including XOF's) use the bitlen as the default output length.
This results in a security strength of bitlen / 2.

This means that SHAKE128 will by default have an output length of 16
bytes and a security strength of 64 bits.

For SHAKE256 the default output length is 32 bytes and has a security
strength of 128 bits.

This behaviour was present in 1.1.1 and has been duplicated in the
provider SHAKE algorithms for 3.0.

The SHAKE XOF algorithms have a security strength of
min(bitlen, output xof length in bits / 2).

Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/18622)
2022-08-17 16:17:42 +02:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
EVP_MD-SHAKE, EVP_MD-KECCAK-KMAC
- The SHAKE / KECCAK family EVP_MD implementations
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Support for computing SHAKE or KECCAK-KMAC digests through the
B<EVP_MD> API.
KECCAK-KMAC is a special digest that's used by the KMAC EVP_MAC
implementation (see L<EVP_MAC-KMAC(7)>).
=head2 Identities
This implementation is available in the FIPS provider as well as the default
provider, and includes the following varieties:
=over 4
=item KECCAK-KMAC-128
Known names are "KECCAK-KMAC-128" and "KECCAK-KMAC128"
This is used by L<EVP_MAC-KMAC128(7)>
=item KECCAK-KMAC-256
Known names are "KECCAK-KMAC-256" and "KECCAK-KMAC256"
This is used by L<EVP_MAC-KMAC256(7)>
=item SHAKE-128
Known names are "SHAKE-128" and "SHAKE128"
=item SHAKE-256
Known names are "SHAKE-256" and "SHAKE256"
=back
=head2 Gettable Parameters
This implementation supports the common gettable parameters described
in L<EVP_MD-common(7)>.
=head2 Settable Context Parameters
These implementations support the following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> entries,
settable for an B<EVP_MD_CTX> with L<EVP_MD_CTX_set_params(3)>:
=over 4
=item "xoflen" (B<OSSL_DIGEST_PARAM_XOFLEN>) <unsigned integer>
Sets the digest length for extendable output functions.
The length of the "xoflen" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
For backwards compatibility reasons the default xoflen length for SHAKE-128 is
16 (bytes) which results in a security strength of only 64 bits. To ensure the
maximum security strength of 128 bits, the xoflen should be set to at least 32.
For backwards compatibility reasons the default xoflen length for SHAKE-256 is
32 (bytes) which results in a security strength of only 128 bits. To ensure the
maximum security strength of 256 bits, the xoflen should be set to at least 64.
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<EVP_MD_CTX_set_params(3)>, L<provider-digest(7)>, L<OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2020-2022 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>.
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