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| author | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2018-03-05 19:16:35 +0000 |
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| committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2018-03-15 12:47:27 +0000 |
| commit | 82dd65a2a74c151cf62723609510d83d32c83a52 (patch) | |
| tree | 833efd45e73a4e2af87337ef0bce6dd5b5df78fc /doc/man7 | |
| parent | 0f987bdab8c2e83d0bd4868c596903445d0ff12c (diff) | |
Expand the 25519/448 overview man pages
Include more information about how to create keys for these algorithms.
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5520)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man7')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man7/Ed25519.pod | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man7/X25519.pod | 10 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod b/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod index da6cbc009c..f2f6fb2a32 100644 --- a/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod +++ b/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod @@ -39,6 +39,16 @@ For the B<Ed448> algorithm a context can be obtained by calling: EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_ED448, NULL); +Ed25519 or Ed448 private keys can be set directly using +L<EVP_PKEY_new_private_key(3)> or loaded from a PKCS#8 private key file using +L<PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(3)> (or similar function). Completely new keys can +also be generated (see the example below). Setting a private key also sets the +associated public key. + +Ed25519 or Ed448 public keys can be set directly using +L<EVP_PKEY_new_public_key(3)> or loaded from a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure +in a PEM file using L<PEM_read_bio_PUBKEY(3)> (or similar function). + =head1 EXAMPLE This example generates an B<ED25519> private key and writes it to standard diff --git a/doc/man7/X25519.pod b/doc/man7/X25519.pod index 69ab0b4a3d..f1a9c4928e 100644 --- a/doc/man7/X25519.pod +++ b/doc/man7/X25519.pod @@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ For the B<X448> algorithm a context can be obtained by calling: EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_X448, NULL); +X25519 or X448 private keys can be set directly using +L<EVP_PKEY_new_private_key(3)> or loaded from a PKCS#8 private key file using +L<PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(3)> (or similar function). Completely new keys can +also be generated (see the example below). Setting a private key also sets the +associated public key. + +X25519 or X448 public keys can be set directly using +L<EVP_PKEY_new_public_key(3)> or loaded from a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure +in a PEM file using L<PEM_read_bio_PUBKEY(3)> (or similar function). + =head1 EXAMPLE This example generates an B<X25519> private key and writes it to standard |