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diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod index b6e62ce7f..620a623ab 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_SignInit.pod @@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ will occur. Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_SignFinal(). +Since the private key is passed in the call to EVP_SignFinal() any error +relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest +combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large amounts of +data have been passed through EVP_SignUpdate(). + +It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these function. + +The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_SignDigest*() function. + =head1 SEE ALSO L<EVP_VerifyInit(3)|EVP_VerifyInit(3)>, |