openbsd/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EVP_VerifyInit.3, branch OPENBSD_7_9_BASE

.Lb libcrypto ; OK tb@

2025-06-08T22:40:31+00:00

Weed out the last remaining refences to the obsolete

2024-11-08T22:23:35+00:00

function EVP_MD_CTX_init(3) and talk about EVP_MD_CTX_new(3) instead. This is similar in spirit to OpenSSL commit 25191fff (Dec 1, 2015), but i'm also mentioning EVP_MD_CTX_reset(3), slightly reordering some sentences in a more systematic way, and improving some related wordings to be more precise and read better.

Unify description of the obsolete ENGINE parameter

2024-07-21T08:36:43+00:00

This uses the same language in most manuals mentioning the obsolete ENGINE parameters. Make it clear that it is always ignored and that NULL should be passed. Always call it engine instead of a mix of e pe, impl, eng.

Mention which functions are implemented as macros in the few cases

2023-11-16T20:27:43+00:00

where that information was missing.

delete references to ERR pages from SEE ALSO where such

2019-06-10T14:58:48+00:00

references were already given below RETURN VALUES right above

EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup() is deprecated and doesn't free, so recommend using

2018-12-23T08:35:14+00:00

EVP_MD_CTX_free() instead if the goal is to avoid leaking memory. From my corresponding upstream commit, reminded by schwarze

Remove mention of link between message digests and public key algorithms.

2018-03-29T21:26:51+00:00

The comment in EVP_DigestInit.pod is: "EVP_MD_pkey_type() returns the NID of the public key signing algorithm associated with this digest. For example EVP_sha1() is associated with RSA so this will return NID_sha1WithRSAEncryption. Since digests and signature algorithms are no longer linked this function is only retained for compatibility reasons." So there is no link anymore. From via OpenSSL commit 79b49fb0 Mar 20 10:03:10 2018 +1000

found a complete archive of SSLeay-0.4 to SSLeay-0.8.1b tarballs

2018-03-27T17:35:50+00:00

on the web, so fix up SSLeay HISTORY accordingly

crypto HISTORY up to 0.9.7; researched from OpenSSL git

2018-03-22T21:08:22+00:00

evp.h HISTORY up to SSLeay 0.8.1b; researched from OpenSSL git

2018-03-20T23:56:07+00:00