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diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_VerifyInit.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_VerifyInit.pod index b6afaedee..9097f0941 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_VerifyInit.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/EVP_VerifyInit.pod @@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ will occur. Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to EVP_VerifyUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_VerifyFinal(). +Since the public 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_VerifyDigest*() function. + =head1 SEE ALSO L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, |