Commit ab0a3914 authored by Matt Caswell's avatar Matt Caswell
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The default conv_form is uncompressed 



Fixes #5711

Reviewed-by: default avatarRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5712)
parent 63ff89ab

doc/man1/ecparam.pod

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=item B<-conv_form>



This specifies how the points on the elliptic curve are converted

into octet strings. Possible values are: B<compressed> (the default

value), B<uncompressed> and B<hybrid>. For more information regarding

into octet strings. Possible values are: B<compressed>, B<uncompressed> (the

default value) and B<hybrid>. For more information regarding

the point conversion forms please read the X9.62 standard.

B<Note> Due to patent issues the B<compressed> option is disabled

by default for binary curves and can be enabled by defining