Commit 3fa39ed7 authored by Dr. Stephen Henson's avatar Dr. Stephen Henson
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Document removal of digest+signature algorithm link.

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@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ return B<EVP_MD> structures for the MD2, MD5, SHA, SHA1, MDC2 and RIPEMD160 dige
algorithms respectively. The associated signature algorithm is RSA in each case.

EVP_dss() and EVP_dss1() return B<EVP_MD> structures for SHA and SHA1 digest
algorithms but using DSS (DSA) for the signature algorithm.
algorithms but using DSS (DSA) for the signature algorithm. Note: there is 
no need to use these pseudo-digests in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and later, they are
however retained for compatibility.

EVP_md_null() is a "null" message digest that does nothing: i.e. the hash it
returns is of zero length.
@@ -228,12 +230,6 @@ digest name passed on the command line.
 printf("\n");
 }

=head1 BUGS

The link between digests and signing algorithms results in a situation where
EVP_sha1() must be used with RSA and EVP_dss1() must be used with DSS
even though they are identical digests.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<hmac(3)|hmac(3)>, L<md2(3)|md2(3)>,
@@ -253,4 +249,11 @@ EVP_md_null(), EVP_md2(), EVP_md5(), EVP_sha(), EVP_sha1(),
EVP_dss(), EVP_dss1(), EVP_mdc2() and EVP_ripemd160() were
changed to return truely const EVP_MD * in OpenSSL 0.9.7.

The link between digests and signing algorithms was fixed in OpenSSL 1.0 and
later, so now EVP_sha1() can be used with RSA and DSA, there is no need to
use EVP_dss1() any more.

OpenSSL 1.0 and later does not include the MD2 digest algorithm in the
default configuration due to its security weaknesses.

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