Correction for RSA_padding_check_xxx() documentation.

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

diff --git a/doc/crypto/sha.pod b/doc/crypto/sha.pod
index e0c1ff2e128c77a15ebd4214cb2f03d1b717fbeb..ecfba7539589e8d07d601af3440a6bcaa84bc0ef 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/sha.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/sha.pod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SHA1, SHA1_Init, SHA1_Update, SHA1_Final - Secure Hash Algorithm
                   unsigned char *md);
 
  void SHA1_Init(SHA_CTX *c);
- void SHA1_Update(SHA_CTX *c, const unsigned char *data,
+ void SHA1_Update(SHA_CTX *c, const void *data,
                   unsigned long len);
  void SHA1_Final(unsigned char *md, SHA_CTX *c);
 
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ be hashed (B<len> bytes at B<data>).
 SHA1_Final() places the message digest in B<md>, which must have space
 for SHA_DIGEST_LENGTH == 20 bytes of output, and erases the B<SHA_CTX>.
 
+Applications should use the higher level functions EVP_DigestInit(3) etc.
+instead of calling the hash functions directly.
+
 The predecessor of SHA-1, SHA, is also implemented, but it should be
 used only when backward compatibility is required.
 
@@ -48,12 +51,15 @@ SHA1_Init(), SHA1_Update() and SHA1_Final() do not return values.
 
 =head1 CONFORMING TO
 
-US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 180 (Secure Hash
-Standard), ANSI X9.30
+SHA: US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS PUB 180 (Secure Hash
+Standard),
+SHA-1: US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS PUB 180-1 (Secure Hash
+Standard),
+ANSI X9.30
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>
+L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>, L<hmac(3)|hmac(3)>, L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY