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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
index 9e64c8e377..5bb2365109 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Computes the shared secret from the private key and the other party's public key.
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#compute_key/2">public_key:compute_key/2</seealso>
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#compute_key-2">public_key:compute_key/2</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Generates public keys of type <c>Type</c>.
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#generate_key/1">public_key:generate_key/1</seealso>
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#generate_key-1">public_key:generate_key/1</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@
<desc>
<p>Initializes the context for streaming hash operations. <c>Type</c> determines
which digest to use. The returned context should be used as argument
- to <seealso marker="#hash_update/2">hash_update</seealso>.</p>
+ to <seealso marker="#hash_update-2">hash_update</seealso>.</p>
<p>May throw exception <c>notsup</c> in case the chosen <c>Type</c>
is not supported by the underlying OpenSSL implementation.</p>
</desc>
@@ -283,10 +283,10 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Updates the digest represented by <c>Context</c> using the given <c>Data</c>. <c>Context</c>
- must have been generated using <seealso marker="#hash_init/1">hash_init</seealso>
+ must have been generated using <seealso marker="#hash_init-1">hash_init</seealso>
or a previous call to this function. <c>Data</c> can be any length. <c>NewContext</c>
must be passed into the next call to <c>hash_update</c>
- or <seealso marker="#hash_final/1">hash_final</seealso>.</p>
+ or <seealso marker="#hash_final-1">hash_final</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Finalizes the hash operation referenced by <c>Context</c> returned
- from a previous call to <seealso marker="#hash_update/2">hash_update</seealso>.
+ from a previous call to <seealso marker="#hash_update-2">hash_update</seealso>.
The size of <c>Digest</c> is determined by the type of hash
function used to generate it.</p>
</desc>
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@
<desc>
<p>Updates the HMAC represented by <c>Context</c> using the given <c>Data</c>. <c>Context</c>
must have been generated using an HMAC init function (such as
- <seealso marker="#hmac_init/2">hmac_init</seealso>). <c>Data</c> can be any length. <c>NewContext</c>
+ <seealso marker="#hmac_init-2">hmac_init</seealso>). <c>Data</c> can be any length. <c>NewContext</c>
must be passed into the next call to <c>hmac_update</c>
- or to one of the functions <seealso marker="#hmac_final/1">hmac_final</seealso> and
- <seealso marker="#hmac_final_n/1">hmac_final_n</seealso>
+ or to one of the functions <seealso marker="#hmac_final-1">hmac_final</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="#hmac_final_n-2">hmac_final_n</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
@@ -447,36 +447,36 @@
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Decrypts the <c>ChipherText</c> (usually a session key encrypted with
- <seealso marker="#public_encrypt/3">public_encrypt/3</seealso>)
- using the <c>PrivateKey</c> and returns the
- message. The <c>Padding</c> is the padding mode that was
- used to encrypt the data,
- see <seealso marker="#public_encrypt/3">public_encrypt/3</seealso>.
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#decrypt_private/2">public_key:decrypt_private/[2,3]</seealso>
+ <p>Decrypts the <c>ChipherText</c>, encrypted with
+ <seealso marker="#public_encrypt-4">public_encrypt/4</seealso> (or equivalent function)
+ using the <c>PrivateKey</c>, and returns the
+ plaintext (message digest). This is a low level signature verification operation
+ used for instance by older versions of the SSL protocol.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#decrypt_private-2">public_key:decrypt_private/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
-
+
<func>
<name>private_encrypt(Type, PlainText, PrivateKey, Padding) -> ChipherText</name>
- <fsummary>Encrypts Msg using the private Key.</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Encrypts PlainText using the private Key.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = rsa</v>
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
+ <d> The size of the <c>PlainText</c> must be less
+ than <c>byte_size(N)-11</c> if <c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is
+ used, and <c>byte_size(N)</c> if <c>rsa_no_padding</c> is
+ used, where N is public modulus of the RSA key.</d>
<v>PrivateKey = rsa_private()</v>
<v>Padding = rsa_pkcs1_padding | rsa_no_padding</v>
<v>ChipherText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Encrypts the <c>PlainText</c> using the <c>PrivateKey</c>
- and returns the cipher. The <c>Padding</c> decides what padding mode is used,
- <c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is PKCS #1 v1.5 currently the most
- used mode.
- The size of the <c>Msg</c> must be less than <c>byte_size(N)-11</c> if
- <c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is used, and <c>byte_size(N)</c> if <c>rsa_no_padding</c>
- is used, where N is public modulus of the RSA key.
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#encrypt_private/2">public_key:encrypt_private/[2,3]</seealso>
+ and returns the ciphertext. This is a low level signature operation
+ used for instance by older versions of the SSL protocol. See
+ also <seealso
+ marker="public_key:public_key#encrypt_private-2">public_key:encrypt_private/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -491,42 +491,35 @@
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Decrypts the <c>ChipherText</c> (encrypted with
- <seealso marker="#private_encrypt/3">private_encrypt/3</seealso>)
- using the <c>PrivateKey</c> and returns the
- message. The <c>Padding</c> is the padding mode that was
- used to encrypt the data,
- see <seealso marker="#private_encrypt/3">private_encrypt/3</seealso>.
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#decrypt_public/2">public_key:decrypt_public/[2,3]</seealso>
+ <p>Decrypts the <c>ChipherText</c>, encrypted with
+ <seealso marker="#private_encrypt-4">private_encrypt/4</seealso>(or equivalent function)
+ using the <c>PrivateKey</c>, and returns the
+ plaintext (message digest). This is a low level signature verification operation
+ used for instance by older versions of the SSL protocol.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#decrypt_public-2">public_key:decrypt_public/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>public_encrypt(Type, PlainText, PublicKey, Padding) -> ChipherText</name>
- <fsummary>Encrypts Msg using the public Key.</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Encrypts PlainText using the public Key.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = rsa</v>
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
+ <d> The size of the <c>PlainText</c> must be less
+ than <c>byte_size(N)-11</c> if <c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is
+ used, and <c>byte_size(N)</c> if <c>rsa_no_padding</c> is
+ used, where N is public modulus of the RSA key.</d>
<v>PublicKey = rsa_public()</v>
<v>Padding = rsa_pkcs1_padding | rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding | rsa_no_padding</v>
<v>ChipherText = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Encrypts the <c>PlainText</c> (usually a session key) using
- the <c>PublicKey</c> and returns the <c>CipherText</c>. The
- <c>Padding</c> decides what padding mode is used,
- <c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is PKCS #1 v1.5 currently the most
- used mode and <c>rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding</c> is EME-OAEP as
- defined in PKCS #1 v2.0 with SHA-1, MGF1 and an empty encoding
- parameter. This mode is recommended for all new
- applications. The size of the <c>Msg</c> must be less than
- <c>byte_size(N)-11</c> if <c>rsa_pkcs1_padding</c> is
- used, <c>byte_size(N)-41</c> if
- <c>rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding</c> is used and
- <c>byte_size(N)</c> if <c>rsa_no_padding</c> is used, where N is public modulus of the RSA key.
- See also <seealso
- marker="public_key:public_key#encrypt_public/2">public_key:encrypt_public/[2,3]</seealso>
+ <p>Encrypts the <c>PlainText</c> (message digest) using the <c>PublicKey</c>
+ and returns the <c>CipherText</c>. This is a low level signature operation
+ used for instance by older versions of the SSL protocol. See also <seealso
+ marker="public_key:public_key#encrypt_public-2">public_key:encrypt_public/[2,3]</seealso>
</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -563,9 +556,9 @@
<type>
<v>Algorithm = rsa | dss | ecdsa </v>
<v>Msg = binary() | {digest,binary()}</v>
- <d>The msg is either the binary "plain text" data to be
- signed or it is the hashed value of "plain text" i.e. the
- digest.</d>
+ <d>The msg is either the binary "cleartext" data to be
+ signed or it is the hashed value of "cleartext" i.e. the
+ digest (plaintext).</d>
<v>DigestType = digest_type()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_private() | dss_private() | [ecdh_private(),ecdh_params()]</v>
</type>
@@ -573,7 +566,7 @@
<p>Creates a digital signature.</p>
<p>Algorithm <c>dss</c> can only be used together with digest type
<c>sha</c>.</p>
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#sign/3">public_key:sign/3</seealso>
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#sign-3">public_key:sign/3</seealso>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -617,8 +610,8 @@
</type>
<desc>
<p>Initializes the state for use in RC4 stream encryption
- <seealso marker="#stream_encrypt/2">stream_encrypt</seealso> and
- <seealso marker="#stream_decrypt/2">stream_decrypt</seealso></p>
+ <seealso marker="#stream_encrypt-2">stream_encrypt</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="#stream_decrypt-2">stream_decrypt</seealso></p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -635,8 +628,8 @@
<p>Initializes the state for use in streaming AES encryption using Counter mode (CTR).
<c>Key</c> is the AES key and must be either 128, 192, or 256 bts long. <c>IVec</c> is
an arbitrary initializing vector of 128 bits (16 bytes). This state is for use with
- <seealso marker="#stream_encrypt/2">stream_encrypt</seealso> and
- <seealso marker="#stream_decrypt/2">stream_decrypt</seealso>.</p>
+ <seealso marker="#stream_encrypt-2">stream_encrypt</seealso> and
+ <seealso marker="#stream_decrypt-2">stream_decrypt</seealso>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -650,7 +643,7 @@
<desc>
<p>Encrypts <c>PlainText</c> according to the stream cipher <c>Type</c> specified in stream_init/3.
<c>Text</c> can be any number of bytes. The initial <c>State</c> is created using
- <seealso marker="#stream_init/2">stream_init</seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="#stream_init-2">stream_init</seealso>.
<c>NewState</c> must be passed into the next call to <c>stream_encrypt</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -665,7 +658,7 @@
<desc>
<p>Decrypts <c>CipherText</c> according to the stream cipher <c>Type</c> specified in stream_init/3.
<c>PlainText</c> can be any number of bytes. The initial <c>State</c> is created using
- <seealso marker="#stream_init/2">stream_init</seealso>.
+ <seealso marker="#stream_init-2">stream_init</seealso>.
<c>NewState</c> must be passed into the next call to <c>stream_encrypt</c>.</p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -692,8 +685,8 @@
<type>
<v> Algorithm = rsa | dss | ecdsa </v>
<v>Msg = binary() | {digest,binary()}</v>
- <d>The msg is either the binary "plain text" data
- or it is the hashed value of "plain text" i.e. the digest.</d>
+ <d>The msg is either the binary "cleartext" data
+ or it is the hashed value of "cleartext" i.e. the digest (plaintext).</d>
<v>DigestType = digest_type()</v>
<v>Signature = binary()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_public() | dss_public() | [ecdh_public(),ecdh_params()]</v>
@@ -703,7 +696,7 @@
<p>Algorithm <c>dss</c> can only be used together with digest type
<c>sha</c>.</p>
- See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#sign/3">public_key:verify/3</seealso>
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#verify-4">public_key:verify/4</seealso>
</desc>
</func>
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