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authorMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2018-02-27 17:28:48 +0000
committerMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>2018-03-02 10:14:31 +0000
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Update some documentation for X448/Ed448
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5481)
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-rw-r--r--doc/HOWTO/keys.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/man1/genpkey.pod6
-rw-r--r--doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod6
-rw-r--r--doc/man7/Ed25519.pod22
-rw-r--r--doc/man7/X25519.pod18
5 files changed, 33 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/HOWTO/keys.txt b/doc/HOWTO/keys.txt
index 1662c17..9f0967c 100644
--- a/doc/HOWTO/keys.txt
+++ b/doc/HOWTO/keys.txt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ it may be reasonable to avoid protecting it with a password, since
otherwise someone would have to type in the password every time the
server needs to access the key.
-For X25519, it's treated as a distinct algorithm but not as one of
+For X25519 and X448, it's treated as a distinct algorithm but not as one of
the curves listed with 'ecparam -list_curves' option. You can use
the following command to generate an X25519 key:
diff --git a/doc/man1/genpkey.pod b/doc/man1/genpkey.pod
index d8f1c24..fc83efa 100644
--- a/doc/man1/genpkey.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/genpkey.pod
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ numeric OID. Following parameter sets are supported:
=back
-=head1 X25519 KEY GENERATION OPTIONS
-
-The X25519 algorithm does not currently support any key generation options.
+=head1 X25519 and X448 KEY GENERATION OPTIONS
+The X25519 and X448 algorithms do not currently support any key generation
+options.
=head1 NOTES
diff --git a/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod b/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod
index 4c12f13..f693e22 100644
--- a/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod
@@ -282,10 +282,10 @@ verify operations use ECDSA and derive uses ECDH. Currently there are no
additional options other than B<digest>. Only the SHA1 digest can be used and
this digest is assumed by default.
-=head1 X25519 ALGORITHM
+=head1 X25519 and X448 ALGORITHMS
-The X25519 algorithm supports key derivation only. Currently there are no
-additional options.
+The X25519 and X448 algorithms support key derivation only. Currently there are
+no additional options.
=head1 EXAMPLES
diff --git a/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod b/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod
index a75164a..da6cbc0 100644
--- a/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/Ed25519.pod
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
=head1 NAME
-Ed25519 - EVP_PKEY Ed25519 support
+Ed25519,
+Ed448
+- EVP_PKEY Ed25519 and Ed448 support
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The B<Ed25519> EVP_PKEY implementation supports key generation, one shot
-digest sign and digest verify using PureEdDSA and B<Ed25519> (see RFC8032).
-It has associated private and public key formats compatible with
+The B<Ed25519> and B<Ed448> EVP_PKEY implementation supports key generation,
+one-shot digest sign and digest verify using PureEdDSA and B<Ed25519> or B<Ed448>
+(see RFC8032). It has associated private and public key formats compatible with
draft-ietf-curdle-pkix-04.
-No additional parameters can be set during key generation one shot signing or
+No additional parameters can be set during key generation one-shot signing or
verification. In particular, because PureEdDSA is used, when signing or
verifying a digest must B<NOT> be specified.
@@ -19,20 +21,24 @@ verifying a digest must B<NOT> be specified.
The PureEdDSA algorithm does not support the streaming mechanism
of other signature algorithms using, for example, EVP_DigestUpdate().
-The message to sign or verify must be passed using the one shot
+The message to sign or verify must be passed using the one-shot
EVP_DigestSign() asn EVP_DigestVerify() functions.
When calling EVP_DigestSignInit() or EVP_DigestSignUpdate() the
digest parameter B<MUST> be set to B<NULL>.
Applications wishing to sign certificates (or other structures such as
-CRLs or certificate requests) using Ed25519 can either use X509_sign()
+CRLs or certificate requests) using Ed25519 or Ed448 can either use X509_sign()
or X509_sign_ctx() in the usual way.
A context for the B<Ed25519> algorithm can be obtained by calling:
EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_ED25519, NULL);
+For the B<Ed448> algorithm a context can be obtained by calling:
+
+ EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_ED448, NULL);
+
=head1 EXAMPLE
This example generates an B<ED25519> private key and writes it to standard
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ L<EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)>,
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2017-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
diff --git a/doc/man7/X25519.pod b/doc/man7/X25519.pod
index 96522c5..69ab0b4 100644
--- a/doc/man7/X25519.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/X25519.pod
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
=head1 NAME
-X25519 - EVP_PKEY X25519 support
+X25519,
+X448
+- EVP_PKEY X25519 and X448 support
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The B<X25519> EVP_PKEY implementation supports key generation and key
-derivation using B<X25519>. It has associated private and public key formats
-compatible with draft-ietf-curdle-pkix-03.
+The B<X25519> and B<X448> EVP_PKEY implementation supports key generation and
+key derivation using B<X25519> and B<X448>. It has associated private and public
+key formats compatible with draft-ietf-curdle-pkix-03.
No additional parameters can be set during key generation.
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ A context for the B<X25519> algorithm can be obtained by calling:
EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_X25519, NULL);
+For the B<X448> algorithm a context can be obtained by calling:
+
+ EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_X448, NULL);
+
=head1 EXAMPLE
This example generates an B<X25519> private key and writes it to standard
@@ -37,7 +43,7 @@ output in PEM format:
PEM_write_PrivateKey(stdout, pkey, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
The key derivation example in L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)> can be used with
-B<X25519>.
+B<X25519> and B<X448>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ L<EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(3)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
-Copyright 2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2017-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy