Commit c082201a authored by Dr. Stephen Henson's avatar Dr. Stephen Henson
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add documentation 



Reviewed-by: default avatarRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
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doc/apps/genpkey.pod

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=back



=head1 X25519 KEY GENERATION OPTIONS



The X25519 algorithm does not currently support any key generation options.





=head1 NOTES
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        -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:P-384 \

        -pkeyopt ec_param_enc:named_curve



Generate an X25519 private key:



 openssl genpkey -algorithm X25519 -out xkey.pem



=head1 HISTORY



The ability to use NIST curve names, and to generate an EC key directly,

doc/apps/pkeyutl.pod

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additional options other than B<digest>. Only the SHA1 digest can be used and

this digest is assumed by default.



=head1 X25519 ALGORITHM



The X25519 algorithm supports key derivation only. Currently there are no

additional options.



=head1 EXAMPLES



Sign some data using a private key: