diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/doc/apps/enc.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssl/doc/apps/enc.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/enc.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/enc.pod index e436ccc..a68ddca 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/enc.pod +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/enc.pod @@ -96,12 +96,18 @@ of hex digits. =item B<-K key> the actual key to use: this must be represented as a string comprised only -of hex digits. +of hex digits. If only the key is specified, the IV must additionally specified +using the B<-iv> option. When both a key and a password are specified, the +key given with the B<-K> option will be used and the IV generated from the +password will be taken. It probably does not make much sense to specify +both key and password. =item B<-iv IV> the actual IV to use: this must be represented as a string comprised only -of hex digits. +of hex digits. When only the key is specified using the B<-K> option, the +IV must explicitly be defined. When a password is being specified using +one of the other options, the IV is generated from this password. =item B<-p> |
