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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_aes.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_aes.pod index 4192a9ec36..7db48a427f 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EVP_aes.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EVP_aes.pod @@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ In particular, XTS-AES-128 (B<EVP_aes_128_xts>) takes input of a 256-bit key to achieve AES 128-bit security, and XTS-AES-256 (B<EVP_aes_256_xts>) takes input of a 512-bit key to achieve AES 256-bit security. +The XTS implementation in OpenSSL does not support streaming. That is there must +only be one L<EVP_EncryptUpdate(3)> call per L<EVP_EncryptInit_ex(3)> call (and +similarly with the "Decrypt" functions). + +The I<iv> parameter to L<EVP_EncryptInit_ex(3)> or L<EVP_DecryptInit_ex(3)> is +the XTS "tweak" value. + =back =head1 RETURN VALUES |