Various review fixes for PSK early_data support

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod
index d117582004d901ce3d7563a4020374055f86b688..2191b9edbf363b8ca8e9b59af1592101dda0c499 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/EVP_DigestVerifyInit.pod
@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-EVP_DigestVerifyInit, EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate, EVP_DigestVerifyFinal - EVP signature verification functions
+EVP_DigestVerifyInit, EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate, EVP_DigestVerifyFinal,
+EVP_DigestVerify - EVP signature verification functions
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
  #include <openssl/evp.h>
 
  int EVP_DigestVerifyInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY_CTX **pctx,
-                        const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *e, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
+                          const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *e, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
  int EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, size_t cnt);
- int EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *sig, size_t siglen);
+ int EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *sig,
+                           size_t siglen);
+ int EVP_DigestVerify(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const unsigned char *sigret,
+                      size_t siglen, const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures.
 
 EVP_DigestVerifyInit() sets up verification context B<ctx> to use digest
-B<type> from ENGINE B<impl> and public key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be created
+B<type> from ENGINE B<e> and public key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be created
 with EVP_MD_CTX_new() before calling this function. If B<pctx> is not NULL the
 EVP_PKEY_CTX of the verification operation will be written to B<*pctx>: this
 can be used to set alternative verification options.
@@ -31,16 +35,19 @@ using a macro.
 EVP_DigestVerifyFinal() verifies the data in B<ctx> against the signature in
 B<sig> of length B<siglen>.
 
+EVP_DigestVerify() verifies B<tbslen> bytes at B<tbs> against the signature
+in B<sig> of length B<siglen>.
+
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
 EVP_DigestVerifyInit() and EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate() return 1 for success and 0
 for failure.
 
-EVP_DigestVerifyFinal() returns 1 for success; any other value indicates
-failure.  A return value of zero indicates that the signature did not verify
-successfully (that is, tbs did not match the original data or the signature had
-an invalid form), while other values indicate a more serious error (and
-sometimes also indicate an invalid signature form).
+EVP_DigestVerifyFinal() and EVP_DigestVerify() return 1 for success; any other
+value indicates failure.  A return value of zero indicates that the signature
+did not verify successfully (that is, B<tbs> did not match the original data or
+the signature had an invalid form), while other values indicate a more serious
+error (and sometimes also indicate an invalid signature form).
 
 The error codes can be obtained from L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
 
@@ -50,6 +57,12 @@ The B<EVP> interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
 transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
 
+EVP_DigestVerify() is a one shot operation which verifies a single block of
+data in one function. For algorithms that support streaming it is equivalent
+to calling EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate() and EVP_DigestVerifyFinal(). For
+algorithms which do not support streaming (e.g. PureEdDSA) it is the only way
+to verify data.
+
 In previous versions of OpenSSL there was a link between message digest types
 and public key algorithms. This meant that "clone" digests such as EVP_dss1()
 needed to be used to sign using SHA1 and DSA. This is no longer necessary and
@@ -69,7 +82,7 @@ will occur.
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)>,
-L<EVP_DigestInit(3)>, L<err(7)>,
+L<EVP_DigestInit(3)>,
 L<evp(7)>, L<HMAC(3)>, L<MD2(3)>,
 L<MD5(3)>, L<MDC2(3)>, L<RIPEMD160(3)>,
 L<SHA1(3)>, L<dgst(1)>
@@ -81,7 +94,7 @@ were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2006-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2006-2017 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