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--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<erlref>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1999</year><year>2017</year>
+ <year>1999</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
<p>Hmac functions - <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2104.txt"> Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication (RFC 2104) </url></p>
</item>
<item>
+ <p>Cmac functions - <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4493.txt">The AES-CMAC Algorithm (RFC 4493)</url></p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
<p>Block ciphers - <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/block_ciphers.html"> </url> DES and AES in
Block Cipher Modes - <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/BCM/index.html"> ECB, CBC, CFB, OFB, CTR and GCM </url></p>
</item>
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@
<code>rsa_private() = [key_value()] = [E, N, D] | [E, N, D, P1, P2, E1, E2, C] </code>
<p>Where E is the public exponent, N is public modulus and D is
- the private exponent.The longer key format contains redundant
+ the private exponent. The longer key format contains redundant
information that will make the calculation faster. P1,P2 are first
and second prime factors. E1,E2 are first and second exponents. C
is the CRT coefficient. Terminology is taken from <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3477.txt"> RFC 3447</url>.</p>
@@ -295,22 +298,32 @@
<func>
<name>generate_key(Type, Params) -> {PublicKey, PrivKeyOut} </name>
<name>generate_key(Type, Params, PrivKeyIn) -> {PublicKey, PrivKeyOut} </name>
- <fsummary>Generates a public keys of type <c>Type</c></fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Generates a public key of type <c>Type</c></fsummary>
<type>
- <v> Type = dh | ecdh | srp </v>
- <v>Params = dh_params() | ecdh_params() | SrpUserParams | SrpHostParams </v>
+ <v> Type = dh | ecdh | rsa | srp </v>
+ <v>Params = dh_params() | ecdh_params() | RsaParams | SrpUserParams | SrpHostParams </v>
+ <v>RsaParams = {ModulusSizeInBits::integer(), PublicExponent::key_value()}</v>
<v>SrpUserParams = {user, [Generator::binary(), Prime::binary(), Version::atom()]}</v>
<v>SrpHostParams = {host, [Verifier::binary(), Generator::binary(), Prime::binary(), Version::atom()]}</v>
- <v>PublicKey = dh_public() | ecdh_public() | srp_public() </v>
+ <v>PublicKey = dh_public() | ecdh_public() | rsa_public() | srp_public() </v>
<v>PrivKeyIn = undefined | dh_private() | ecdh_private() | srp_private() </v>
- <v>PrivKeyOut = dh_private() | ecdh_private() | srp_private() </v>
+ <v>PrivKeyOut = dh_private() | ecdh_private() | rsa_private() | srp_private() </v>
</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>
- May throw exception <c>low_entropy</c> in case the random generator
- failed due to lack of secure "randomness".
- </p>
+ <p>Generates a public key of type <c>Type</c>.
+ See also <seealso marker="public_key:public_key#generate_key-1">public_key:generate_key/1</seealso>.
+ May throw exception an exception of class <c>error</c>:
+ </p>
+ <list type="bulleted">
+ <item><c>badarg</c>: an argument is of wrong type or has an illegal value,</item>
+ <item><c>low_entropy</c>: the random generator failed due to lack of secure "randomness",</item>
+ <item><c>computation_failed</c>: the computation fails of another reason than <c>low_entropy</c>.</item>
+ </list>
+ <note>
+ <p>RSA key generation is only available if the runtime was
+ built with dirty scheduler support. Otherwise, attempting to
+ generate an RSA key will throw exception <c>error:notsup</c>.</p>
+ </note>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -454,6 +467,46 @@
</func>
<func>
+ <name>cmac(Type, Key, Data) -> Mac</name>
+ <name>cmac(Type, Key, Data, MacLength) -> Mac</name>
+ <fsummary>Calculates the Cipher-based Message Authentication Code.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Type = block_cipher()</v>
+ <v>Key = iodata()</v>
+ <v>Data = iodata()</v>
+ <v>MacLength = integer()</v>
+ <v>Mac = binary()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Computes a CMAC of type <c>Type</c> from <c>Data</c> using
+ <c>Key</c> as the authentication key.</p> <p><c>MacLength</c>
+ will limit the size of the resultant <c>Mac</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>info_fips() -> Status</name>
+ <fsummary>Provides information about the FIPS operating status.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Status = enabled | not_enabled | not_supported</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Provides information about the FIPS operating status of
+ crypto and the underlying OpenSSL library. If crypto was built
+ with FIPS support this can be either <c>enabled</c> (when
+ running in FIPS mode) or <c>not_enabled</c>. For other builds
+ this value is always <c>not_supported</c>.</p>
+ <warning>
+ <p>In FIPS mode all non-FIPS compliant algorithms are
+ disabled and throw exception <c>not_supported</c>. Check
+ <seealso marker="#supports-0">supports</seealso> that in
+ FIPS mode returns the restricted list of available
+ algorithms.</p>
+ </warning>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
<name>info_lib() -> [{Name,VerNum,VerStr}]</name>
<fsummary>Provides information about the libraries used by crypto.</fsummary>
<type>