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diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod index cd3aa02..e6df57d 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ A typical application of this function is to derive keying material for an encryption algorithm from a password in the B<data> parameter. Increasing the B<count> parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it -harder for an attacker to peform a brute force attack using a large number +harder for an attacker to perform a brute force attack using a large number of candidate passwords. If the total key and IV length is less than the digest length and @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ enough data is available for the key and IV. D_i is defined as: D_i = HASH^count(D_(i-1) || data || salt) -where || denotes concatentaion, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest +where || denotes concatenation, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest algorithm in use, HASH^1(data) is simply HASH(data), HASH^2(data) is HASH(HASH(data)) and so on. |