evp_rand: documentation

[openssl.git] / doc / man3 / RSA_meth_new.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/RSA_meth_new.pod b/doc/man3/RSA_meth_new.pod
index f21095156c0f9b6cab6e177da27647dce8c28e29..ceab3177916ca0bd428e05633c5ca4ab79875a51 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/RSA_meth_new.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RSA_meth_new.pod
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ RSA_meth_get_multi_prime_keygen, RSA_meth_set_multi_prime_keygen
 
  #include <openssl/rsa.h>
 
+Deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, can be hidden entirely by defining
+B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value, see
+L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
+
  RSA_METHOD *RSA_meth_new(const char *name, int flags);
  void RSA_meth_free(RSA_METHOD *meth);
 
@@ -123,10 +127,12 @@ RSA_meth_get_multi_prime_keygen, RSA_meth_set_multi_prime_keygen
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
+Applications should instead use the OSSL_PROVIDER APIs.
+
 The B<RSA_METHOD> type is a structure used for the provision of custom
 RSA implementations. It provides a set of functions used by OpenSSL
-for the implementation of the various RSA capabilities. See the L<rsa>
-page for more information.
+for the implementation of the various RSA capabilities.
 
 RSA_meth_new() creates a new B<RSA_METHOD> structure. It should be
 given a unique B<name> and a set of B<flags>. The B<name> should be a
@@ -245,6 +251,8 @@ L<RSA_generate_multi_prime_key(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
+All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
+
 RSA_meth_get_multi_prime_keygen() and RSA_meth_set_multi_prime_keygen() were
 added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
 
@@ -252,9 +260,9 @@ Other functions described here were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2016-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2016-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.