openssl/doc/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy.pod
Shane Lontis b808665265 Update core_names.h fields and document most fields.
Renamed some values in core_names i.e Some DH specific names were changed to use DH instead of FFC.
Added some strings values related to RSA keys.
Moved set_params related docs out of EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl.pod into its own file.
Updated Keyexchange and signature code and docs.
Moved some common DSA/DH docs into a shared EVP_PKEY-FFC.pod.
Moved Ed25519.pod into EVP_SIGNATURE-ED25519.pod and reworked it.

Added some usage examples. As a result of the usage examples the following change was also made:
ec allows OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_USE_COFACTOR_ECDH as a settable gen parameter.

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/11610)
2020-05-26 13:53:07 +10:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
OSSL_PROVIDER-legacy - OpenSSL legacy provider
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The OpenSSL legacy provider supplies OpenSSL implementations of algorithms
that have been deemed legacy. Such algorithms have commonly fallen out of
use, have been deemed insecure by the cryptography community, or something
similar.
We can consider this the retirement home of cryptographic algorithms.
=head2 Properties
The implementations in this provider specifically has this property
defined:
=over 4
=item "provider=legacy"
=back
It may be used in a property query string with fetching functions such as
L<EVP_MD_fetch(3)> or L<EVP_CIPHER_fetch(3)>, as well as with other
functions that take a property query string, such as
L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(3)>.
It isn't mandatory to query for any of these properties, except to
make sure to get implementations of this provider and none other.
=head1 OPERATIONS AND ALGORITHMS
The OpenSSL legacy provider supports these operations and algorithms:
=head2 Hashing Algorithms / Message Digests
=over 4
=item MD2, see L<EVP_MD-MD2(7)>
=item MD4, see L<EVP_MD-MD4(7)>
=item MDC2, see L<EVP_MD-MDC2(7)>
=item WHIRLPOOL, see L<EVP_MD-WHIRLPOOL(7)>
=item RIPEMD160, see L<EVP_MD-RIPEMD160(7)>
=back
=begin comment
When algorithms for other operations start appearing, the
following =head2 titles are appropriate to use:
- Symmetric Ciphers
- Message Authentication Code (MAC)
- Key Derivation Function (KDF)
- Key Exchange
- Signature
- Asymmetric Cipher
- Asymmetric Key Management
=end comment
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>,
L<openssl-core.h(7)>,
L<openssl-core_numbers.h(7)>,
L<provider(7)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 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>.
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