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authorWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2008-09-16 14:28:17 +0000
committerWerner Koch <wk@gnupg.org>2008-09-16 14:28:17 +0000
commit2d9eb39bd6c6c70358f6bc395ed4dfd81738e811 (patch)
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parent2f1962593d4465b50ad7ec5781fa08cd44aec820 (diff)
downloadlibgcrypt-2d9eb39bd6c6c70358f6bc395ed4dfd81738e811.tar.gz
Make fipsrngdriv more pretty.
Fix a problem in the RNG test code. Minor doc update.
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diff --git a/doc/gcrypt.texi b/doc/gcrypt.texi
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--- a/doc/gcrypt.texi
+++ b/doc/gcrypt.texi
@@ -3442,10 +3442,11 @@ this is the hashed data is highly confidential.
@item GCRY_MD_FLAG_HMAC
Turn the algorithm into a HMAC message authentication algorithm. This
-only works if just one algorithm is enabled for the handle. Note that the function
-@code{gcry_md_setkey} must be used to set the MAC key. If you want CBC
-message authentication codes based on a cipher, see @xref{Working with
-cipher handles}.
+only works if just one algorithm is enabled for the handle. Note that
+the function @code{gcry_md_setkey} must be used to set the MAC key.
+The size of the MAC is equal to the message digest of the underlying
+hash algorithm. If you want CBC message authentication codes based on
+a cipher, see @xref{Working with cipher handles}.
@end table
@c begin table of hash flags
@@ -3472,7 +3473,7 @@ be set using the function:
@deftypefun gcry_error_t gcry_md_setkey (gcry_md_hd_t @var{h}, const void *@var{key}, size_t @var{keylen})
For use with the HMAC feature, set the MAC key to the value of @var{key}
-of length @var{keylen}.
+of length @var{keylen}. There is no restriction on the length of the key.
@end deftypefun