openbsd/src/lib/libcrypto/man/des_read_pw.3, branch OPENBSD_7_9

.Lb libcrypto ; OK tb@

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

Remove documentation of UI_UTIL_read_pw*

2024-08-24T07:48:37+00:00

According to some, a fail-open password verification function is par for the course for libcrypto. Unfortunately, we have been recommending its use over similarly named EVP functions after what amounted to a coin toss a few years back. Luckily enough, no one followed that advice and we can soon remove this API for good.

Document the deprecated functions EVP_set_pw_prompt(3) and

2023-09-10T13:58:46+00:00

EVP_get_pw_prompt(3) because some software out there still uses them. While here, also improve the description of EVP_read_pw_string(3). Delete documentation for des_read_pw(3) and des_read_pw_string(3). They couldn't be used in LibreSSL since at least 2016 because they were never in Symbols.list, and in 2022, jsing@ also removed them from . Delete the misleading AUTHORS section. Richard Levitte did not write the original implementation of these functions, and the compatibility wrapper around the UI_process(3) API that he did write is not notable enough to be mentioned so prominently.

mark the functions documented in des_read_pw(3) as deprecated

2020-06-19T17:17:13+00:00

and point to UI_UTIL_read_pw(3) instead; tb@ agrees with the general direction

Document EVP_read_pw_string_min(3)

2020-06-15T15:25:46+00:00

Add detailed information on the return values of all the functions in this page and remove the previous incorrect information. tweaks & ok schwarze

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

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

2018-03-20T22:06:59+00:00

while here, drop irrelevant history of Kerberos random number generator

Add EVP_read_pw_string(3) to NAME and SYNOPSIS,

2017-01-06T17:17:29+00:00

resolving a dangling cross reference reported by jmc@. Sort NAME and SYNOPSIS to agree with .Dt and DESCRIPTION. Unify parameter names. Delete a sentence about an implementation detail that is no longer true. Mention the length limitation of the *_string() variants.

Add Copyright and license; jmc@ noticed that i forgot this file.

2016-12-10T22:01:26+00:00

Correct the header: It's , not . Delete documentation of des_read_password(3) and des_read_2passwords(3) which no longer exist. Probably, the rest of this ought to be deleted as well...

minor cleanup;

2016-12-08T21:48:50+00:00