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diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml index 2b9e505988..ba22557480 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ <header> <copyright> <year>1999</year> - <year>2016</year> + <year>2017</year> <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -41,14 +41,37 @@ <section> <title>DEPENDENCIES</title> - <p>The current crypto implementation uses nifs to interface OpenSSLs crypto library - and requires <em>OpenSSL</em> package version 0.9.8 or higher.</p> + <p>The current crypto implementation uses nifs to interface + OpenSSLs crypto library and may work with limited functionality + with as old versions as <em>OpenSSL</em> 0.9.8c. + FIPS mode support requires at least + version 1.0.1 and a FIPS capable OpenSSL installation. We recommend using a + version that is officially supported by the OpenSSL project. API compatible backends like + LibreSSL should also work.</p> + <p>Source releases of OpenSSL can be downloaded from the <url href="http://www.openssl.org">OpenSSL</url> project home page, or mirror sites listed there. </p> </section> <section> + <title>CONFIGURATION</title> + <p>The following configuration parameters are defined for the + crypto application. See <c>app(3)</c> for more information about + configuration parameters.</p> + <taglist> + <tag><c>fips_mode = boolean()</c></tag> + <item> + <p>Specifies whether to run crypto in FIPS mode. This setting + will take effect when the nif module is loaded. If FIPS mode + is requested but not available at run time the nif module and + thus the crypto module will fail to load. This mechanism + prevents the accidental use of non-validated algorithms.</p> + </item> + </taglist> + </section> + + <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> <p>application(3)</p> </section> |