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-rw-r--r--lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml4
-rw-r--r--lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml157
3 files changed, 186 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
index e88bf01491..cdeeaaaf43 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
</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 and CTR </url></p>
+ 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>
<item>
<p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1321.txt"> RSA encryption RFC 1321 </url> </p>
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@
<item>
<p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2945.txt"> Secure Remote Password Protocol (SRP - RFC 2945) </url></p>
</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>gcm: Dworkin, M., "Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of
+ Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC",
+ National Institute of Standards and Technology SP 800-
+ 38D, November 2007.</p>
+ </item>
</list>
</description>
@@ -128,10 +134,12 @@
<p><code>stream_cipher() = rc4 | aes_ctr </code></p>
- <p><code>block_cipher() = aes_cbc128 | aes_cfb128 | aes_ige256 | blowfish_cbc |
+ <p><code>block_cipher() = aes_cbc128 | aes_cfb8 | aes_cfb128 | aes_ige256 | blowfish_cbc |
blowfish_cfb64 | des_cbc | des_cfb | des3_cbc | des3_cbf
| des_ede3 | rc2_cbc </code></p>
+ <p><code>aead_cipher() = aes_gcm | chacha20_poly1305 </code></p>
+
<p><code>stream_key() = aes_key() | rc4_key() </code></p>
<p><code>block_key() = aes_key() | blowfish_key() | des_key()| des3_key() </code></p>
@@ -152,7 +160,7 @@
Note that both md4 and md5 are recommended only for compatibility with existing applications.
</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>
+ blowfish_cbc | blowfish_cfb64 | aes_cbc128 | aes_cfb8 | aes_cfb128| aes_cbc256 | aes_ige256 | aes_gcm | chacha20_poly1305 | rc2_cbc | aes_ctr| rc4 </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.
@@ -161,18 +169,23 @@
</section>
<funcs>
- <func>
+ <func>
<name>block_encrypt(Type, Key, Ivec, PlainText) -> CipherText</name>
- <fsummary>Encrypt <c>PlainText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher</fsummary>
+ <name>block_encrypt(AeadType, Key, Ivec, {AAD, PlainText}) -> {CipherText, CipherTag}</name>
+ <fsummary>Encrypt <c>PlainText</c> according to <c>Type</c> block cipher</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = block_cipher() </v>
+ <v>AeadType = aead_cipher() </v>
<v>Key = block_key() </v>
<v>PlainText = iodata() </v>
- <v>IVec = CipherText = binary()</v>
+ <v>AAD = IVec = CipherText = CipherTag = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Encrypt <c>PlainText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher.
<c>IVec</c> is an arbitrary initializing vector.</p>
+ <p>In AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) mode, encrypt
+ <c>PlainText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher and calculate
+ <c>CipherTag</c> that also authenticates the <c>AAD</c> (Associated Authenticated Data).</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>
@@ -180,16 +193,22 @@
<func>
<name>block_decrypt(Type, Key, Ivec, CipherText) -> PlainText</name>
- <fsummary>Decrypt <c>CipherText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher</fsummary>
+ <name>block_decrypt(AeadType, Key, Ivec, {AAD, CipherText, CipherTag}) -> PlainText | error</name>
+ <fsummary>Decrypt <c>CipherText</c> according to <c>Type</c> block cipher</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Type = block_cipher() </v>
+ <v>AeadType = aead_cipher() </v>
<v>Key = block_key() </v>
<v>PlainText = iodata() </v>
- <v>IVec = CipherText = binary()</v>
+ <v>AAD = IVec = CipherText = CipherTag = binary()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Decrypt <c>CipherText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher.
<c>IVec</c> is an arbitrary initializing vector.</p>
+ <p>In AEAD (Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data) mode, decrypt
+ <c>CipherText</c>according to <c>Type</c> block cipher and check the authenticity
+ the <c>PlainText</c> and <c>AAD</c> (Associated Authenticated Data) using the
+ <c>CipherTag</c>. May return <c>error</c> if the decryption or validation fail's</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>
diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml
index 6d26076c04..1d10773401 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE appref SYSTEM "appref.dtd">
<appref>
<header>
<copyright>
<year>1999</year>
- <year>2013</year>
+ <year>2014</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml
index 53249479f1..82b6de9acd 100644
--- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,163 @@
</header>
<p>This document describes the changes made to the Crypto application.</p>
+<section><title>Crypto 3.4.1</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Make <c>crypto</c> verify major version number of OpenSSL
+ header files and runtime library. Loading of
+ <c>crypto</c> will fail if there is a version mismatch.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-12146 Aux Id: seq12700 </p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Crypto 3.4</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix memory leak in <c>crypto:hmac_init/upgrade/final</c>
+ functions for all data and in <c>crypto:hmac/3/4</c> for
+ data larger than 20000 bytes. Bug exists since OTP 17.0.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11953</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix memory leak in <c>crypto</c> for elliptic curve.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11999</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add <c>aes_cfb8</c> cypher to <c>crypto:block_encrypt</c>
+ and <c>block_decrypt</c>.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11911</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
+<section><title>Crypto 3.3</title>
+
+ <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix memory leaks and invalid deallocations in
+ <c>mod_pow</c>, <c>mod_exp</c> and
+ <c>generate_key(srp,...)</c> when bad arguments are
+ passed. (Thanks to Florian Zumbiehi)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11550</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Correction of the word 'ChipherText' throughout the
+ documentation (Thanks to Andrew Tunnell-Jones)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11609</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Fix fatal bug when using a hmac context variable in more
+ than one call to <c>hmac_update</c> or <c>hmac_final</c>.
+ The reuse of hmac contexts has never worked as the
+ underlying OpenSSL implementation does not support it. It
+ is now documented as having undefined behaviour, but it
+ does not crash or corrupt the VM anymore.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11724</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Crypto handles out-of-memory with a controlled abort
+ instead of crash/corruption. (Thanks to Florian Zumbiehi)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11725</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Application upgrade (appup) files are corrected for the
+ following applications: </p>
+ <p>
+ <c>asn1, common_test, compiler, crypto, debugger,
+ dialyzer, edoc, eldap, erl_docgen, et, eunit, gs, hipe,
+ inets, observer, odbc, os_mon, otp_mibs, parsetools,
+ percept, public_key, reltool, runtime_tools, ssh,
+ syntax_tools, test_server, tools, typer, webtool, wx,
+ xmerl</c></p>
+ <p>
+ A new test utility for testing appup files is added to
+ test_server. This is now used by most applications in
+ OTP.</p>
+ <p>
+ (Thanks to Tobias Schlager)</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11744</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+
+ <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ By giving --enable-static-{nifs,drivers} to configure it
+ is now possible to statically linking of nifs and drivers
+ to the main Erlang VM binary. At the moment only the asn1
+ and crypto nifs of the Erlang/OTP nifs and drivers have
+ been prepared to be statically linked. For more details
+ see the Installation Guide in the System documentation.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11258</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Add IGE mode for AES cipher in crypto (Thanks to Yura
+ Beznos).</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11522</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Moved elliptic curve definition from the crypto
+ NIF/OpenSSL into Erlang code, adds the RFC-5639 brainpool
+ curves and makes TLS use them (RFC-7027).</p>
+ <p>
+ Thanks to Andreas Schultz</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11578</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>
+ Remove all obsolete application processes from crypto and
+ make it into a pure library application.</p>
+ <p>
+ Own Id: OTP-11619</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+ </section>
+
+</section>
+
<section><title>Crypto 3.2</title>
<section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title>