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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/EVP_DigestSignInit.pod')
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_DigestSignInit.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_DigestSignInit.pod index 68391dd1ff..69dec1c74d 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EVP_DigestSignInit.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EVP_DigestSignInit.pod @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ EVP_DigestSignFinal, EVP_DigestSign - EVP signing functions =head1 DESCRIPTION -The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures. +The EVP signature routines are a high-level interface to digital signatures. Input data is digested first before the signing takes place. EVP_DigestSignInit_ex() sets up signing context I<ctx> to use a digest with the @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ the properties to be used during the fetch. The I<pkey> algorithm is used to fetch a B<EVP_SIGNATURE> method implicitly, to be used for the actual signing. See L<provider(7)/Implicit fetch> for -more information about implict fetches. +more information about implicit fetches. The OpenSSL default and legacy providers support fetching digests and can fetch those digests from any available provider. The OpenSSL fips provider also @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ The error codes can be obtained from L<ERR_get_error(3)>. =head1 NOTES The B<EVP> interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in -preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes +preference to the low-level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible. EVP_DigestSign() is a one shot operation which signs a single block of data |