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| author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2006-07-12 12:31:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2006-07-12 12:31:30 +0000 |
| commit | 29cf84c6925734b1a1e2b00bf688de76d1d18113 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ac6482d67a50402492ed1c30747354c0fd4c323 /doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod | |
| parent | e45492955809127e7305329f14f2071e273320bf (diff) | |
New docs for EVP_Digest{Sign,Verify}*() function. Update existing docs.
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod b/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod index 0d24083e6d..e49b652a78 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BIO_f_md.pod @@ -58,6 +58,12 @@ If an application needs to call BIO_gets() or BIO_puts() through a chain containing digest BIOs then this can be done by prepending a buffering BIO. +Before OpenSSL 0.9.9 the call to BIO_get_md_ctx() would only work if the BIO +had been initialized for example by calling BIO_set_md() ). In OpenSSL +0.9.9 and later the context is always returned and the BIO is state is set +to initialized. This allows applications to initialize the context externally +if the standard calls such as BIO_set_md() are not sufficiently flexible. + =head1 RETURN VALUES BIO_f_md() returns the digest BIO method. |