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| author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2016-08-12 18:27:11 +0200 |
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| committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2016-08-13 15:11:05 +0200 |
| commit | c082201a36303850e67300e0e8e3e2c67ed914dc (patch) | |
| tree | d3a891acb28e8df815f1a3b1f131c7958c7c9e58 /doc/apps | |
| parent | Print out names of other temp key algorithms. (diff) | |
| download | openssl-c082201a36303850e67300e0e8e3e2c67ed914dc.tar.xz openssl-c082201a36303850e67300e0e8e3e2c67ed914dc.zip | |
add documentation
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/genpkey.pod | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/pkeyutl.pod | 5 |
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diff --git a/doc/apps/genpkey.pod b/doc/apps/genpkey.pod index 8a789463cd..e77fc7ef4e 100644 --- a/doc/apps/genpkey.pod +++ b/doc/apps/genpkey.pod @@ -192,6 +192,9 @@ numeric OID. Following parameter sets are supported: =back +=head1 X25519 KEY GENERATION OPTIONS + +The X25519 algorithm does not currently support any key generation options. =head1 NOTES @@ -253,6 +256,10 @@ Generate EC key directly: -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, diff --git a/doc/apps/pkeyutl.pod b/doc/apps/pkeyutl.pod index 91eeda5488..8a455b8187 100644 --- a/doc/apps/pkeyutl.pod +++ b/doc/apps/pkeyutl.pod @@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ verify operations use ECDSA and derive uses ECDH. Currently there are no 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: |