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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/crypto')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml | 21 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/crypto/src/crypto.erl | 4 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml index 9d436847ac..d5f5009297 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml @@ -642,7 +642,11 @@ crypto and the underlying libcrypto 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> + this value is always <c>not_supported</c>. + </p> + <p>See <seealso marker="#enable_fips_mode-1">enable_fips_mode/1</seealso> about how to enable + FIPS mode. + </p> <warning> <p>In FIPS mode all non-FIPS compliant algorithms are disabled and raise exception <c>error:notsup</c>. Check @@ -654,6 +658,21 @@ </func> <func> + <name name="enable_fips_mode" arity="1"/> + <fsummary>Change FIPS mode.</fsummary> + <desc> + <p>Enables (<c>Enable = true</c>) or disables (<c>Enable = false</c>) FIPS mode. Returns <c>true</c> if + the operation was successful or <c>false</c> otherwise. + </p> + <p>Note that to enable FIPS mode succesfully, OTP must be built with the configure option <c>--enable-fips</c>, + and the underlying libcrypto must also support FIPS. + </p> + <p>See also <seealso marker="#info_fips-0">info_fips/0</seealso>. + </p> + </desc> + </func> + + <func> <name name="info_lib" arity="0"/> <fsummary>Provides information about the libraries used by crypto.</fsummary> <desc> diff --git a/lib/crypto/src/crypto.erl b/lib/crypto/src/crypto.erl index a841f0f168..c64586897e 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/src/crypto.erl +++ b/lib/crypto/src/crypto.erl @@ -346,8 +346,8 @@ info_lib() -> ?nif_stub. info_fips() -> ?nif_stub. --spec enable_fips_mode(boolean()) -> boolean(). - +-spec enable_fips_mode(Enable) -> Result when Enable :: boolean(), + Result :: boolean(). enable_fips_mode(_) -> ?nif_stub. %%%================================================================ |