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authorDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2021-03-20 13:49:08 +0100
committerDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2021-05-11 12:46:42 +0200
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Add convenience functions and macros for asymmetric key generation
Add EVP_PKEY_gen(), EVP_PKEY_Q_gen(), EVP_RSA_gen(), and EVP_EC_gen(). Also export auxiliary function OSSL_EC_curve_nid2name() and improve deprecation info on RSA and EC key generation/management functions. Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14695)
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@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ OpenSSL 3.0
RC4, RC5, and DES to the legacy provider.
* Moved the EVP digests MD2, MD4, MDC2, WHIRLPOOL and RIPEMD-160 to the legacy
provider.
+ * Added convenience functions for generating asymmetric key pairs.
* Deprecated the `OCSP_REQ_CTX` type and functions.
* Deprecated the `EC_KEY` and `EC_KEY_METHOD` types and functions.
* Deprecated the `RSA` and `RSA_METHOD` types and functions.