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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod index a16fdbbd50..198a0923c5 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_check.pod @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ It is not necessary to call these functions after locally calling an approved ke generation method, but may be required for assurance purposes when receiving keys from a third party. +The EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check() and EVP_PKEY_private_check() might not be bounded +by any key size limits as private keys are not expected to be supplied by +attackers. For that reason they might take an unbounded time if run on +arbitrarily large keys. + =head1 RETURN VALUES All functions return 1 for success or others for failure. |