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| author | miod <> | 2014-07-09 17:36:58 +0000 |
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| committer | miod <> | 2014-07-09 17:36:58 +0000 |
| commit | 8f147593f649791212451b70b61f2560f8cd408b (patch) | |
| tree | 5ca70911551fb5fc0dd2488879e16bf54a97ac1c /src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod | |
| parent | a78955ae4a5a81f10fff6443c03c56c6240709ac (diff) | |
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Remove mention that the PRNG needs to be seeded before invoking some
functions.
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diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod index 682724b157..6ea6df655e 100644 --- a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod +++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod | |||
| @@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of | |||
| 60 | algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in | 60 | algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in |
| 61 | L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>. | 61 | L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>. |
| 62 | 62 | ||
| 63 | When signing with DSA private keys the random number generator must be seeded | ||
| 64 | or the operation will fail. The random number generator does not need to be | ||
| 65 | seeded for RSA signatures. | ||
| 66 | |||
| 67 | The call to EVP_SignFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest context. | 63 | The call to EVP_SignFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest context. |
| 68 | This means that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() can be called | 64 | This means that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() can be called |
| 69 | later to digest and sign additional data. | 65 | later to digest and sign additional data. |