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| author | Mike DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com> | 2014-09-01 17:44:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Mike DePaulo <mikedep333@gmail.com> | 2014-09-01 17:44:28 -0400 |
| commit | f13663bcc1a0d7b86a29e52e0a0d5bd746bc4d21 (patch) | |
| tree | fd03f01d13342419f0ebaf53daa0161a072a8d62 /openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_sign.pod | |
| parent | cf84b2dc07ef59c1adb4fe29789c7dbbbd35fbb4 (diff) | |
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Update OpenSSL from 1.0.1h to 1.0.1i
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diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_sign.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_sign.pod index 8553be8e9..fc16b1f4f 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_sign.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_sign.pod @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ RSA_sign() signs the message digest B<m> of size B<m_len> using the private key B<rsa> as specified in PKCS #1 v2.0. It stores the signature in B<sigret> and the signature size in B<siglen>. B<sigret> must point to RSA_size(B<rsa>) bytes of memory. +Note that PKCS #1 adds meta-data, placing limits on the size of the +key that can be used. +See L<RSA_private_encrypt(3)|RSA_private_encrypt(3)> for lower-level +operations. B<type> denotes the message digest algorithm that was used to generate B<m>. It usually is one of B<NID_sha1>, B<NID_ripemd160> and B<NID_md5>; |