From 6b20e866bab480a8dd23b869ff07d7aed631f1d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingela Anderton Andin Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2017 11:08:36 +0200 Subject: crypto: Update documentation to reflect new version policy --- lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml | 2 +- lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml | 9 ++++++--- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'lib/crypto/doc') diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml index d0deaceaaf..96fd735870 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml @@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ scheme. VerStr contains a text variant of the version.

 > info_lib().
-[{<<"OpenSSL">>,9469983,<<"OpenSSL 0.9.8a 11 Oct 2005">>}]
+[{<<"OpenSSL">>,269484095,<<"OpenSSL 1.1.0c  10 Nov 2016"">>}]

From OTP R16 the numeric version represents the version of the OpenSSL diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml index a958bdfcb7..6950dfeec3 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto_app.xml @@ -42,9 +42,12 @@ DEPENDENCIES

The current crypto implementation uses nifs to interface - OpenSSLs crypto library and requires OpenSSL package - version 0.9.8 or higher. FIPS mode support requires at least - version 1.0.1 and a FIPS capable OpenSSL installation.

+ OpenSSLs crypto library and may work with limited functionality + with as old versions as OpenSSL 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.

Source releases of OpenSSL can be downloaded from the OpenSSL project home page, or mirror sites listed there. -- cgit v1.2.3