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author | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2011-06-19 22:23:02 +0200 |
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committer | Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org> | 2011-06-19 23:32:54 +0200 |
commit | 84ac5bc635b4701e0f3b9d40b2f0726e4c45a13d (patch) | |
tree | 8d591f34b460de52b81098822863d65edf9a5adf /doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi | |
parent | e339ff713b0337e78cb0267d4e43b3b22961f583 (diff) | |
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updated documentation to allow latex output.
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diff --git a/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi b/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi index df908658c7..916c2abae1 100644 --- a/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi +++ b/doc/cha-ciphersuites.texi @@ -5,37 +5,3 @@ @include algorithms.texi -Some additional information regarding some of the algorithms: - -@table @code -@item RSA -RSA is public key cryptosystem designed by Ronald Rivest, Adi Shamir -and Leonard Adleman. It can be used with any hash functions. - -@item DSA -DSA is the USA's Digital Signature Standard. It may use the SHA -family of hash algorithms. - -@item ECDSA -ECDSA is the elliptic curve counter-part of DSA. - -@item MD2 -MD2 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest. It is -optimized for 8-bit processors. Outputs 128 bits of data. There are -several known weaknesses of this algorithm and it should not be used. - -@item MD5 -MD5 is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by Ron Rivest. Outputs -128 bits of data. It is considered to be broken. - -@item SHA-1 -SHA is a cryptographic hash algorithm designed by NSA. Outputs 160 -bits of data. It is also considered to be broken, though no practical -attacks have been found. - -@item RMD160 -RIPEMD is a cryptographic hash algorithm developed in the framework of -the EU project RIPE. Outputs 160 bits of data. - -@end table - |