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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/aead.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/building.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manual/tls.rst | 7 |
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/aead.rst b/doc/manual/aead.rst index 9798cac3b..5ab33c849 100644 --- a/doc/manual/aead.rst +++ b/doc/manual/aead.rst @@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ The AEAD interface can be used directly, or as part of the filter system by using :cpp:class:`AEAD_Filter` (a subclass of :cpp:class:`Keyed_Filter` which will be returned by :cpp:func:`get_cipher` if the named cipher is an AEAD mode). -AEAD modes currently available include GCM, OCB, and EAX. All three use a -128-bit block cipher such as AES. +AEAD modes currently available include GCM, OCB, EAX, SIV and CCM. All +support a 128-bit block cipher such as AES. EAX and SIV also support +256 and 512 bit block ciphers. .. cpp:class:: AEAD_Mode diff --git a/doc/manual/building.rst b/doc/manual/building.rst index dd5bebf0f..e4afb7e77 100644 --- a/doc/manual/building.rst +++ b/doc/manual/building.rst @@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ see :ref:`amalgamation`. For instance:: - $ ./configure.py --minimized-build --enable-modules=rsa,ecdsa,eme1,emsa1,emsa4 + $ ./configure.py --minimized-build --enable-modules=rsa,eme_oaep,emsa_pssr -will set up a build that only includes RSA, ECDSA, and some padding -modes, along with their dependencies. A small subset of core features, -including AES, SHA-2, HMAC, and the multiple precision integer -library, are always loaded. +will set up a build that only includes RSA, OAEP, PSS along with any +required dependencies. A small subset of core features, including AES, +SHA-2, HMAC, and the multiple precision integer library, are always +loaded. The script tries to guess what kind of makefile to generate, and it almost always guesses correctly (basically, Visual C++ uses NMAKE with diff --git a/doc/manual/tls.rst b/doc/manual/tls.rst index 5f96816a8..c5be39aaa 100644 --- a/doc/manual/tls.rst +++ b/doc/manual/tls.rst @@ -534,6 +534,13 @@ policy settings from a file. .. note:: + The current ChaCha20Poly1305 ciphersuites are non-standard but + as of 2015 were implemented and deployed by Google and + elsewhere. Support will be changed to using IETF standard + ChaCha20Poly1305 ciphersuites when those are defined. + + .. note:: + Support for the broken RC4 cipher was removed in 1.11.17 .. cpp:function:: std::vector<std::string> allowed_macs() const |