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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2016-04-14 11:02:59 +0200
committerNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2016-04-14 11:02:59 +0200
commitbeaf6d7ab9d7d5a2d7afefdd5cf9ddf04e732d18 (patch)
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doc: updated docs related to private key generation
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diff --git a/src/certtool-args.def b/src/certtool-args.def
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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ flag = {
flag = {
name = provable;
descrip = "Generate a private key or parameters from a seed using a provable method";
- doc = "This will use the FIPS-186-4 algorithms for provable key generation. You may specify --seed or allow GnuTLS to generate one (recommended). This option can be combined with --generate-privkey or --generate-dh-params.";
+ doc = "This will use the FIPS-186-4 algorithms (i.e., Shawe-Taylor) for provable key generation. When specified the private keys or parameters will be generated from a seed, and can be proven to be correctly generated from the seed. You may specify --seed or allow GnuTLS to generate one (recommended). This option can be combined with --generate-privkey or --generate-dh-params.";
};
flag = {