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author | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2018-08-09 16:01:20 +0100 |
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committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2018-08-22 16:35:54 +0100 |
commit | f112dc82a44729d3f7c853c01047f6bfeb8f90ce (patch) | |
tree | c91e23fd51d06e676a2a8b7fc190e4a19341e87a /doc | |
parent | aabbc24e424382bb44ed6f88a134e50c2ef6d897 (diff) |
Ignore the digest in req app if using EdDSA
This follows on from the previous commit, and makes the same change to
ignore the digest if we are using EdDSA.
Reviewed-by: Viktor Dukhovni <viktor@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6901)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/man1/req.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/req.pod b/doc/man1/req.pod index db467bba17..51f3ec4494 100644 --- a/doc/man1/req.pod +++ b/doc/man1/req.pod @@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ the configuration file. Some public key algorithms may override this choice. For instance, DSA signatures always use SHA1, GOST R 34.10 signatures always use -GOST R 34.11-94 (B<-md_gost94>). +GOST R 34.11-94 (B<-md_gost94>), Ed25519 and Ed448 never use any digest. =item B<-config filename> @@ -394,10 +394,10 @@ option. For compatibility B<encrypt_rsa_key> is an equivalent option. =item B<default_md> -This option specifies the digest algorithm to use. -Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used. -If not present then MD5 is used. -This option can be overridden on the command line. +This option specifies the digest algorithm to use. Any digest supported by the +OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used. This option can be overridden on the +command line. Certain signing algorithms (i.e. Ed25519 and Ed448) will ignore +any digest that has been set. =item B<string_mask> |