Commit b5450d63 authored by Matt Caswell's avatar Matt Caswell
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Fixed minor errors in docs

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=head1 NAME

PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC - password based derivation routine with salt and iteration count
PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC, PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1 - password based derivation routines with salt and iteration count

=head1 SYNOPSIS

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC - password based derivation routine with salt and iteration co
                       const EVP_MD *digest,
                       int keylen, unsigned char *out);

int PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1(const char *pass, int passlen,
			   const unsigned char *salt, int saltlen, int iter,
			   int keylen, unsigned char *out);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() derives a key from a password using a salt and iteration count
@@ -24,14 +28,14 @@ function will calculate the length of B<pass> using strlen().

B<salt> is the salt used in the derivation of length B<saltlen>. If the
B<salt> is NULL, then B<saltlen> must be 0. The function will not
attempt to calculate the length of the B<salt> because its not assumed to
attempt to calculate the length of the B<salt> because it is not assumed to
be NULL terminated.

B<iter> is the iteration count and its value should be greater than or 
equal to 1. RFC 2898 suggests an iteration count of at least 1000. Any
B<iter> less than 1 is treated as a single iteration.

B<digest> is message digest function used in the derivation. Values include
B<digest> is the message digest function used in the derivation. Values include
any of the EVP_* message digests. PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1() calls
PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() with EVP_sha1().

@@ -50,7 +54,7 @@ of candidate passwords.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC() and PBKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC_SHA1() return 1 on success or 0 on error.

=head1 SEE ALSO