update docs with descriptions and deprecation

[openssl.git] / doc / crypto / EVP_BytesToKey.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod
index cd3aa027ee929e59a4a25b9107e41d0cb9c7ea9e..003afb27e8e7412a62ea86c070e46801f9dba02a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_BytesToKey.pod
@@ -29,24 +29,24 @@ A typical application of this function is to derive keying material for an
 encryption algorithm from a password in the B<data> parameter.
 
 Increasing the B<count> parameter slows down the algorithm which makes it
-harder for an attacker to peform a brute force attack using a large number
+harder for an attacker to perform a brute force attack using a large number
 of candidate passwords.
 
 If the total key and IV length is less than the digest length and
 B<MD5> is used then the derivation algorithm is compatible with PKCS#5 v1.5
 otherwise a non standard extension is used to derive the extra data.
 
-Newer applications should use more standard algorithms such as PBKDF2 as
-defined in PKCS#5v2.1 for key derivation.
+Newer applications should use a more modern algorithm such as PBKDF2 as
+defined in PKCS#5v2.1 and provided by PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC.
 
 =head1 KEY DERIVATION ALGORITHM
 
 The key and IV is derived by concatenating D_1, D_2, etc until
 enough data is available for the key and IV. D_i is defined as:
 
-       D_i = HASH^count(D_(i-1) || data || salt)
+        D_i = HASH^count(D_(i-1) || data || salt)
 
-where || denotes concatentaion, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest
+where || denotes concatenation, D_0 is empty, HASH is the digest
 algorithm in use, HASH^1(data) is simply HASH(data), HASH^2(data)
 is HASH(HASH(data)) and so on.
 
@@ -62,10 +62,17 @@ or 0 on error.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>,
-L<PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(3)|PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(3)>,
-L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)|EVP_EncryptInit(3)>
+L<evp(3)>, L<rand(3)>,
+L<PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(3)>,
+L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)>
 
-=head1 HISTORY
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2001-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+
+Licensed under the OpenSSL license (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>.
 
 =cut