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| author | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2018-07-30 16:56:41 +0100 |
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| committer | Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> | 2018-07-31 09:08:50 +0100 |
| commit | 50db81633ece00593b245afed0ed9480d7ffb334 (patch) | |
| tree | 9df6418adae90f1e60557cba2be3abce81b441b3 /doc | |
| parent | 9cc570d4c419e2ca97e2173dc14c484195502dd4 (diff) | |
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Deprecate the EC curve type specific functions in 1.2.0
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6815)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/EC_GROUP_new.pod | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod | 9 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/EC_GROUP_new.pod b/doc/man3/EC_GROUP_new.pod index 02caba8..2a722ce 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EC_GROUP_new.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EC_GROUP_new.pod @@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ the polynomial is a trinomial or a pentanomial. EC_group_get_curve() obtains the previously set curve parameters. -EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp() and EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m are synonyms for EC_GROUP_set_curve(). +EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp() and EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m() are synonyms for EC_GROUP_set_curve(). They are defined for +backwards compatibility only and should not be used. -EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp() and EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m are synonyms for EC_GROUP_get_curve(). +EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp() and EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m() are synonyms for EC_GROUP_get_curve(). They are defined for +backwards compatibility only and should not be used. The functions EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp and EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m are shortcuts for calling EC_GROUP_new and then the EC_GROUP_set_curve function. An appropriate default implementation method will be used. diff --git a/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod b/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod index b4faf4d..796f666 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EC_POINT_new.pod @@ -126,11 +126,13 @@ may be NULL, to the corresponding coordinates of B<p>. The functions EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp() and EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m() are synonyms for -EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates(). +EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates(). They are defined for backwards compatibility +only and should not be used. The functions EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp() and EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m() are synonyms for -EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates(). +EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates(). They are defined for backwards compatibility +only and should not be used. As well as the affine co-ordinates, a point can alternatively be described in terms of its Jacobian projective co-ordinates (for Fp curves only). Jacobian @@ -153,7 +155,8 @@ possible values for y should be used. The functions EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp() and EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m() are synonyms for -EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates(). +EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates(). They are defined for backwards +compatibility only and should not be used. In addition B<EC_POINT> can be converted to and from various external representations. The octet form is the binary encoding of the B<ECPoint> |