From f7f03a2c738fa3cb523a5e509685f72fd0879bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cvs2svn Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:23:16 +0000 Subject: This commit was manufactured by cvs2git to create tag 'OPENBSD_2_8_BASE'. --- src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod | 85 ---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 85 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod (limited to 'src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod') diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod deleted file mode 100644 index 1167cefb45..0000000000 --- a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,85 +0,0 @@ -=pod - -=head1 NAME - -EVP_SignInit, EVP_SignUpdate, EVP_SignFinal - EVP signing functions - -=head1 SYNOPSIS - - #include - - void EVP_SignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type); - void EVP_SignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt); - int EVP_SignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,unsigned char *sig,unsigned int *s, EVP_PKEY *pkey); - - int EVP_PKEY_size(EVP_PKEY *pkey); - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital -signatures. - -EVP_SignInit() initialises a signing context B to using digest -B: this will typically be supplied by a function such as -EVP_sha1(). - -EVP_SignUpdate() hashes B bytes of data at B into the -signature context B. This funtion can be called several times on the -same B to include additional data. - -EVP_SignFinal() signs the data in B using the private key B -and places the signature in B. If the B parameter is not NULL -then the number of bytes of data written (i.e. the length of the signature) -will be written to the integer at B, at most EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes -will be written. After calling EVP_SignFinal() no additional calls to -EVP_SignUpdate() can be made, but EVP_SignInit() can be called to initialiase -a new signature operation. - -EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes. The actual -signature returned by EVP_SignFinal() may be smaller. - -=head1 RETURN VALUES - -EVP_SignInit() and EVP_SignUpdate() do not return values. - -EVP_SignFinal() returns 1 for success and 0 for failure. - -EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes. - -The error codes can be obtained by L. - -=head1 NOTES - -The B interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in -preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes -transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible. - -Due to the link between message digests and public key algorithms the correct -digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of -algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in -L. - -When signing with DSA private keys the random number generator must be seeded -or the operation will fail. The random number generator does not need to be -seeded for RSA signatures. - -=head1 BUGS - -Several of the functions do not return values: maybe they should. Although the -internal digest operations will never fail some future hardware based operations -might. - -=head1 SEE ALSO - -L, -L, L, -L, L, L, -L, L, L, -L, L - -=head1 HISTORY - -EVP_SignInit(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() are -available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. - -=cut -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb