From: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:54:16 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Update EVP_MAC.pod
X-Git-Tag: openssl-3.0.0-alpha1~1544
X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f3b8d77f99c84e39c48599ad54366e806f3b9478

Update EVP_MAC.pod

Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9667)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
index 4358ca319a..afb54e3ef7 100644
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_MAC.pod
@@ -205,28 +205,24 @@ Some MACs do not support this option.
 
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_ENGINE ("engine") <utf8string>
 
-=item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_MD ("md") <utf8string>
+=item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_PROPERTIES ("properties") <utf8string>
 
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_DIGEST ("digest") <utf8string>
 
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_CIPHER ("cipher") <utf8string>
 
-=item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_ALGORITHM ("algorithm") <utf8string>
+For MAC implementations that use an underlying computation cipher or
+digest, these parameters set what the algorithm should be, and the
+engine that implements the algorithm or the properties to fetch it
+by if needed.
 
-For MAC implementations that use an underlying computation algorithm,
-these parameters set what the algorithm should be, and the engine that
-implements the algorithm if needed.
-
-The value is always the name of the intended engine or algorithm.
+The value is always the name of the intended engine, algorithm,
+or the properties.
 
 Note that not all algorithms may support all digests.
 HMAC does not support variable output length digests such as SHAKE128
 or SHAKE256.
 
-Also note that OSSL_MAC_PARAM_ALGORITHM can be use generically instead
-of OSSL_MAC_PARAM_MD, OSSL_MAC_PARAM_DIGEST or OSSL_MAC_PARAM_CIPHER,
-and that OSSL_MAC_PARAM_MD and OSSL_MAC_PARAM_DIGEST are also interchangable.
-
 =item OSSL_MAC_PARAM_SIZE <unsigned int>
 
 For MAC implementations that support it, set the output size that