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diff --git a/openssl/trunk/doc/crypto/DSA_set_method.pod b/openssl/trunk/doc/crypto/DSA_set_method.pod deleted file mode 100644 index bc3cfb1f..00000000 --- a/openssl/trunk/doc/crypto/DSA_set_method.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -=pod - -=head1 NAME - -DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method, -DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_OpenSSL - select DSA method - -=head1 SYNOPSIS - - #include <openssl/dsa.h> - #include <openssl/engine.h> - - void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth); - - const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void); - - int DSA_set_method(DSA *dsa, const DSA_METHOD *meth); - - DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine); - - DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void); - -=head1 DESCRIPTION - -A B<DSA_METHOD> specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for DSA -operations. By modifying the method, alternative implementations -such as hardware accelerators may be used. IMPORTANT: See the NOTES section for -important information about how these DSA API functions are affected by the use -of B<ENGINE> API calls. - -Initially, the default DSA_METHOD is the OpenSSL internal implementation, -as returned by DSA_OpenSSL(). - -DSA_set_default_method() makes B<meth> the default method for all DSA -structures created later. B<NB>: This is true only whilst no ENGINE has -been set as a default for DSA, so this function is no longer recommended. - -DSA_get_default_method() returns a pointer to the current default -DSA_METHOD. However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependant on -whether the ENGINE API is being used, so this function is no longer -recommended. - -DSA_set_method() selects B<meth> to perform all operations using the key -B<rsa>. This will replace the DSA_METHOD used by the DSA key and if the -previous method was supplied by an ENGINE, the handle to that ENGINE will -be released during the change. It is possible to have DSA keys that only -work with certain DSA_METHOD implementations (eg. from an ENGINE module -that supports embedded hardware-protected keys), and in such cases -attempting to change the DSA_METHOD for the key can have unexpected -results. - -DSA_new_method() allocates and initializes a DSA structure so that B<engine> -will be used for the DSA operations. If B<engine> is NULL, the default engine -for DSA operations is used, and if no default ENGINE is set, the DSA_METHOD -controlled by DSA_set_default_method() is used. - -=head1 THE DSA_METHOD STRUCTURE - -struct - { - /* name of the implementation */ - const char *name; - - /* sign */ - DSA_SIG *(*dsa_do_sign)(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen, - DSA *dsa); - - /* pre-compute k^-1 and r */ - int (*dsa_sign_setup)(DSA *dsa, BN_CTX *ctx_in, BIGNUM **kinvp, - BIGNUM **rp); - - /* verify */ - int (*dsa_do_verify)(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len, - DSA_SIG *sig, DSA *dsa); - - /* compute rr = a1^p1 * a2^p2 mod m (May be NULL for some - implementations) */ - int (*dsa_mod_exp)(DSA *dsa, BIGNUM *rr, BIGNUM *a1, BIGNUM *p1, - BIGNUM *a2, BIGNUM *p2, BIGNUM *m, - BN_CTX *ctx, BN_MONT_CTX *in_mont); - - /* compute r = a ^ p mod m (May be NULL for some implementations) */ - int (*bn_mod_exp)(DSA *dsa, BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a, - const BIGNUM *p, const BIGNUM *m, - BN_CTX *ctx, BN_MONT_CTX *m_ctx); - - /* called at DSA_new */ - int (*init)(DSA *DSA); - - /* called at DSA_free */ - int (*finish)(DSA *DSA); - - int flags; - - char *app_data; /* ?? */ - - } DSA_METHOD; - -=head1 RETURN VALUES - -DSA_OpenSSL() and DSA_get_default_method() return pointers to the respective -B<DSA_METHOD>s. - -DSA_set_default_method() returns no value. - -DSA_set_method() returns non-zero if the provided B<meth> was successfully set as -the method for B<dsa> (including unloading the ENGINE handle if the previous -method was supplied by an ENGINE). - -DSA_new_method() returns NULL and sets an error code that can be -obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)> if the allocation -fails. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. - -=head1 NOTES - -As of version 0.9.7, DSA_METHOD implementations are grouped together with other -algorithmic APIs (eg. RSA_METHOD, EVP_CIPHER, etc) in B<ENGINE> modules. If a -default ENGINE is specified for DSA functionality using an ENGINE API function, -that will override any DSA defaults set using the DSA API (ie. -DSA_set_default_method()). For this reason, the ENGINE API is the recommended way -to control default implementations for use in DSA and other cryptographic -algorithms. - -=head1 SEE ALSO - -L<dsa(3)|dsa(3)>, L<DSA_new(3)|DSA_new(3)> - -=head1 HISTORY - -DSA_set_default_method(), DSA_get_default_method(), DSA_set_method(), -DSA_new_method() and DSA_OpenSSL() were added in OpenSSL 0.9.4. - -DSA_set_default_openssl_method() and DSA_get_default_openssl_method() replaced -DSA_set_default_method() and DSA_get_default_method() respectively, and -DSA_set_method() and DSA_new_method() were altered to use B<ENGINE>s rather than -B<DSA_METHOD>s during development of the engine version of OpenSSL 0.9.6. For -0.9.7, the handling of defaults in the ENGINE API was restructured so that this -change was reversed, and behaviour of the other functions resembled more closely -the previous behaviour. The behaviour of defaults in the ENGINE API now -transparently overrides the behaviour of defaults in the DSA API without -requiring changing these function prototypes. - -=cut |