X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fapps%2Fecparam.pod;h=a41e0056259ae034556de5462e514981d97cc011;hp=fb0181ff9546ebbc775407be69b333c8da86ae6e;hb=1bc74519a2a57ef8e67484ca92890fa94d3dd66f;hpb=e990ec5234d9daad66359833c40e4536d7fce499 diff --git a/doc/apps/ecparam.pod b/doc/apps/ecparam.pod index fb0181ff95..a41e005625 100644 --- a/doc/apps/ecparam.pod +++ b/doc/apps/ecparam.pod @@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ Print out a usage message. This specifies the input format. The B option uses an ASN.1 DER encoded form compatible with RFC 3279 EcpkParameters. The PEM form is the default -format: it consists of the B format base64 encoded with additional +format: it consists of the B format base64 encoded with additional header and footer lines. =item B<-outform DER|PEM> -This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the +This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the B<-inform> option. =item B<-in filename> @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ the preprocessor macro B at compile time. This specifies how the elliptic curve parameters are encoded. Possible value are: B, i.e. the ec parameters are specified by an OID, or B where the ec parameters are -explicitly given (see RFC 3279 for the definition of the +explicitly given (see RFC 3279 for the definition of the EC parameters structures). The default value is B. B the B alternative ,as specified in RFC 3279, is currently not implemented in OpenSSL. @@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ PEM format EC parameters use the header and footer lines: -----END EC PARAMETERS----- OpenSSL is currently not able to generate new groups and therefore -B can only create EC parameters from known (named) curves. +B can only create EC parameters from known (named) curves. =head1 EXAMPLES