Merge documentation for EC_GROUP_{set,get}_curve(3) from OpenSSL 1.1.1.

diff --git a/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3 b/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3
index 3e00511..75b5a9f 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3
+++ b/lib/libcrypto/man/EC_GROUP_new.3
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-.\"    $OpenBSD: EC_GROUP_new.3,v 1.11 2019/08/19 13:08:26 schwarze Exp $
-.\"    OpenSSL 9b86974e Mon Aug 17 15:21:33 2015 -0400
+.\"    $OpenBSD: EC_GROUP_new.3,v 1.12 2021/05/10 20:20:49 tb Exp $
+.\"    OpenSSL 6328d367 Sat Jul 4 21:58:30 2020 +0200
 .\"
 .\" This file was written by Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>.
 .\" Copyright (c) 2013 The OpenSSL Project.  All rights reserved.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED
 .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 19 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 10 2021 $
 .Dt EC_GROUP_NEW 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@
 .Nm EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name ,
+.Nm EC_GROUP_set_curve ,
+.Nm EC_GROUP_get_curve ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp ,
 .Nm EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m ,
@@ -98,6 +100,22 @@
 .Fa "int nid"
 .Fc
 .Ft int
+.Fo EC_GROUP_set_curve
+.Fa "EC_GROUP *group"
+.Fa "const BIGNUM *p"
+.Fa "const BIGNUM *a"
+.Fa "const BIGNUM *b"
+.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fo EC_GROUP_get_curve
+.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
+.Fa "BIGNUM *p"
+.Fa "BIGNUM *a"
+.Fa "BIGNUM *b"
+.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
 .Fo EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp
 .Fa "EC_GROUP *group"
 .Fa "const BIGNUM *p"
@@ -171,34 +189,46 @@ using the implementation provided by
 .Fa meth
 (see
 .Xr EC_GFp_simple_method 3 ) .
-It is then necessary to call either
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp
-or
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m
-as appropriate to create a curve defined over Fp or over F2^m, respectively.
+It is then necessary to call
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve
+to set the curve parameters.
 .Pp
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve
 sets the curve parameters
 .Fa p ,
 .Fa a ,
 and
-.Fa b
-for a curve over Fp stored in
-.Fa group .
-.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp
-obtains the previously set curve parameters.
-.Pp
-.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m
-sets the equivalent curve parameters for a curve over F2^m.
-In this case
+.Fa b .
+For a curve over Fp,
+.Fa p
+is the prime for the field.
+For a curve over F2^m
 .Fa p
 represents the irreducible polynomial - each bit represents a term in
 the polynomial.
-Therefore there will either be three or five bits set dependent on
+Therefore, there will either be three or five bits set dependent on
 whether the polynomial is a trinomial or a pentanomial.
-.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m
+In either case,
+.Fa a
+and
+.Fa b
+represent the coefficients of the curve equation.
+.Pp
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp
+and
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m
+are deprecated synonyms for
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve .
+.Pp
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve
 obtains the previously set curve parameters.
 .Pp
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp
+and
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GF2m
+are deprecated synonyms for
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve .
+.Pp
 The functions
 .Fn EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp
 and
@@ -292,6 +322,8 @@ on error.
 .Fn EC_get_builtin_curves
 returns the number of builtin curves that are available.
 .Pp
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve ,
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve ,
 .Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GFp ,
 .Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve_GFp ,
 .Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve_GF2m ,
@@ -327,3 +359,8 @@ and
 .Fn EC_get_builtin_curves
 first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8 and have been available since
 .Ox 4.5 .
+.Fn EC_GROUP_set_curve
+and
+.Fn EC_GROUP_get_curve ,
+first appeared in OpenSSL 1.1.1 and have been available since
+.Ox 7.0 .