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authorAndreas Schultz <[email protected]>2013-12-30 11:54:23 +0100
committerAndreas Schultz <[email protected]>2014-01-13 13:00:24 +0100
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crypto: selective support for GF2m curves
Newer OpenSSL versions allow to selectively disable GF2m elliptic curves. Selectively enable GF2m curves is support for them is available.
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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
index 42c733d243..aa60bba96a 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@
brainpoolP160r1| brainpoolP160t1| brainpoolP192r1| brainpoolP192t1| brainpoolP224r1|
brainpoolP224t1| brainpoolP256r1| brainpoolP256t1| brainpoolP320r1| brainpoolP320t1|
brainpoolP384r1| brainpoolP384t1| brainpoolP512r1| brainpoolP512t1
- </code></p>
+ </code>
+ Note that the <em>sect</em> curves are GF2m (characteristic two) curves and are only supported if the
+ underlying OpenSSL has support for them.
+ See also <seealso marker="#supports-0">crypto:supports/0</seealso>
+ </p>
<p><code>stream_cipher() = rc4 | aes_ctr </code></p>
@@ -149,8 +153,11 @@
</p>
<p><code> cipher_algorithms() = des_cbc | des_cfb | des3_cbc | des3_cbf | des_ede3 |
blowfish_cbc | blowfish_cfb64 | aes_cbc128 | aes_cfb128| aes_cbc256 | aes_ige256 | rc2_cbc | aes_ctr| rc4 </code> </p>
- <p><code> public_key_algorithms() = rsa |dss | ecdsa | dh | ecdh </code> </p>
-
+ <p><code> public_key_algorithms() = rsa |dss | ecdsa | dh | ecdh | ec_gf2m</code>
+ Note that ec_gf2m is not strictly a public key algorithm, but a restriction on what curves are supported
+ with ecdsa and ecdh.
+ </p>
+
</section>
<funcs>