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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/EC_KEY_new.pod')
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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/EC_KEY_new.pod b/doc/man3/EC_KEY_new.pod index a572e490e1..a816a0745d 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EC_KEY_new.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EC_KEY_new.pod @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ =head1 NAME +EVP_EC_gen, EC_KEY_get_method, EC_KEY_set_method, EC_KEY_new_ex, EC_KEY_new, EC_KEY_get_flags, EC_KEY_set_flags, EC_KEY_clear_flags, EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name_ex, EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name, EC_KEY_free, @@ -20,6 +21,8 @@ EC_KEY objects #include <openssl/ec.h> + EVP_PKEY *EVP_EC_gen(const char *curve); + Deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, can be hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value, see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>: @@ -65,8 +68,11 @@ L<openssl_user_macros(7)>: =head1 DESCRIPTION -All of the functions described on this page are deprecated. -Applications should instead use L<EVP_PKEY_new(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_free(3)>. +EVP_EC_gen() generates a new EC key pair on the given I<curve>. + +All of the functions described below are deprecated. +Applications should instead use EVP_EC_gen(), L<EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(3)>, or +L<EVP_PKEY_keygen_init(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_keygen(3)>. An EC_KEY represents a public key and, optionally, the associated private key. @@ -152,7 +158,6 @@ EC_KEY_decoded_from_explicit_params() returns 1 if the group of the I<key> was decoded from data with explicitly encoded group parameters, -1 if the I<key> is NULL or the group parameters are missing, and 0 otherwise. -Although deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and should no longer be used, EC_KEY_precompute_mult() stores multiples of the underlying EC_GROUP generator for faster point multiplication. See also L<EC_POINT_add(3)>. Modern versions should instead switch to named curves which OpenSSL has @@ -208,6 +213,7 @@ of the buffer or 0 on error. =head1 SEE ALSO +L<EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(3)> L<crypto(7)>, L<EC_GROUP_new(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)>, L<EC_POINT_new(3)>, L<EC_POINT_add(3)>, @@ -217,7 +223,9 @@ L<OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)> =head1 HISTORY -All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. +EVP_EC_gen() was added in OpenSSL 3.0. +All other functions described here were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. +For replacement see L<EVP_PKEY-EC(7)>. =head1 COPYRIGHT |