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author | slontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> | 2023-02-22 10:11:33 +1000 |
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committer | Pauli <pauli@openssl.org> | 2023-02-28 14:29:42 +1100 |
commit | e798248c8461893ba29d97410b7c0dcecbf23d82 (patch) | |
tree | 0bc5b266282e0d5c83c24c85be95c965a9360c9b /doc/man3/EVP_ripemd160.pod | |
parent | f7d76c3d7d09d95a9ceb5b69c8f951f53237ef78 (diff) | |
download | openssl-new-e798248c8461893ba29d97410b7c0dcecbf23d82.tar.gz |
Add provider pre-fetching documentation
Clearly document that implicit fetching is slower when using providers,
and explain prefetching. Added to crypto.pod and migration_guide.pod
links to it.
Add a link to EVP_default_properties_enable_fips() in crypto.pod.
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/20354)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_ripemd160.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_ripemd160.pod index e559b03449..46eebf846d 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EVP_ripemd160.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EVP_ripemd160.pod @@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ The RIPEMD-160 algorithm which produces a 160-bit output from a given input. =back +=head1 NOTES + +Developers should be aware of the negative performance implications of +calling this function multiple times and should consider using +L<EVP_MD_fetch(3)> instead. +See L<crypto(7)/Performance> for further information. + =head1 RETURN VALUES These functions return a B<EVP_MD> structure that contains the |