1 files changed, 11 insertions, 79 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3
index ef7251fa3d..7a539eb92a 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"     $OpenBSD: EC_GROUP_new.3,v 1.14 2022/03/31 17:27:16 naddy Exp $
+.\"     $OpenBSD: EC_GROUP_new.3,v 1.15 2023/04/27 09:35:20 tb Exp $
 .\"     OpenSSL 6328d367 Sat Jul 4 21:58:30 2020 +0200
 .\"
 .\" This file was written by Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 27 2023 $
 .Dt EC_GROUP_NEW 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -56,14 +56,11 @@
 .Nm EC_GROUP_free ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_clear_free ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp ,
-.Nm EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_set_curve ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_get_curve ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp ,
-.Nm EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m ,
-.Nm EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m ,
 .Nm EC_get_builtin_curves
 .Nd create and destroy EC_GROUP objects
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
@@ -89,13 +86,6 @@
 .Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
 .Fc
 .Ft EC_GROUP *
-.Fo EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m
-.Fa "const BIGNUM *p"
-.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
-.Fa "const BIGNUM *b"
-.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
-.Fc
-.Ft EC_GROUP *
 .Fo EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name
 .Fa "int nid"
 .Fc
@@ -131,22 +121,6 @@
 .Fa "BIGNUM *b"
 .Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
 .Fc
-.Ft int
-.Fo EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m
-.Fa "EC_GROUP *group"
-.Fa "const BIGNUM *p"
-.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
-.Fa "const BIGNUM *b"
-.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
-.Fc
-.Ft int
-.Fo EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m
-.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
-.Fa "BIGNUM *p"
-.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
-.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
-.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
-.Fc
 .Ft size_t
 .Fo EC_get_builtin_curves
 .Fa "EC_builtin_curve *r"
@@ -159,27 +133,6 @@ In general, an elliptic curve satisfies an equation of the form:
 .Pp
 .Dl y^2 = x^3 + ax + b
 .Pp
-Within the library there are two forms of elliptic curves that are of
-interest.
-The first form is those defined over the prime field Fp.
-The elements of Fp are the integers 0 to p-1, where
-.Fa p
-is a prime number.
-This gives us a revised elliptic curve equation as follows:
-.Pp
-.Dl y^2 mod p = x^3 + ax + b mod p
-.Pp
-The second form is those defined over a binary field F2^m where the
-elements of the field are integers of length at most m bits.
-For this form the elliptic curve equation is modified to:
-.Pp
-.Dl y^2 + xy = x^3 + ax^2 + b (where b != 0)
-.Pp
-Operations in a binary field are performed relative to an irreducible
-polynomial.
-All such curves with OpenSSL use a trinomial or a pentanomial for this
-parameter.
-.Pp
 An
 .Vt EC_GROUP
 structure is used to represent the definition of an elliptic curve.
@@ -198,46 +151,30 @@ sets the curve parameters
 .Fa p ,
 .Fa a ,
 and
-.Fa b .
-For a curve over Fp,
-.Fa p
-is the prime for the field.
-For a curve over F2^m
-.Fa p
-represents the irreducible polynomial - each bit represents a term in
-the polynomial.
-Therefore, there will either be three or five bits set dependent on
-whether the polynomial is a trinomial or a pentanomial.
-In either case,
+.Fa b ,
+where
 .Fa a
 and
 .Fa b
 represent the coefficients of the curve equation.
 .Pp
 .Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp
-and
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m
-are deprecated synonyms for
+is a deprecated synonym for
 .Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve .
 .Pp
 .Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve
 obtains the previously set curve parameters.
 .Pp
 .Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp
-and
-.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m
-are deprecated synonyms for
+is a deprecated synonym for
 .Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve .
 .Pp
-The functions
+The function
 .Fn EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp
-and
-.Fn EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m
-are shortcuts for calling
+is a shortcut for calling
 .Fn EC_GROUP_new
-and the appropriate
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_*
-function.
+and
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve .
 An appropriate default implementation method will be used.
 .Pp
 Whilst the library can be used to create any curve using the functions
@@ -325,10 +262,8 @@ returns the number of builtin curves that are available.
 .Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve ,
 .Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve ,
 .Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp ,
-.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp ,
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m ,
 and
-.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp
 return 1 on success or 0 on error.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr crypto 3 ,
@@ -351,10 +286,7 @@ and
 first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and have been available since
 .Ox 3.2 .
 .Pp
-.Fn EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m ,
 .Fn EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name ,
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m ,
-.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m ,
 and
 .Fn EC_get_builtin_curves
 first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8 and have been available since