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diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_check_key.3 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_check_key.3 index a97e622..f5a5581 100644 --- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_check_key.3 +++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RSA_check_key.3 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.15 -.\" Thu May 9 13:18:21 2002 +.\" Tue Jul 30 09:21:49 2002 .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ====================================================================== @@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C .\" ====================================================================== .\" -.IX Title "RSA_CHECK_KEY 1" -.TH RSA_CHECK_KEY 1 "perl v5.6.1" "2000-04-13" "User Contributed Perl Documentation" +.IX Title "RSA_check_key 3" +.TH RSA_check_key 3 "0.9.6e" "2002-07-30" "OpenSSL" .UC .SH "NAME" RSA_check_key \- validate private \s-1RSA\s0 keys @@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ in fact prime, and that \fBn = p*q\fR. It also checks that \fBd*e = 1 mod (p-1*q-1)\fR, and that \fBdmp1\fR, \fBdmq1\fR and \fBiqmp\fR are set correctly or are \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR. .PP -The key's public components may not be \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR. +As such, this function can not be used with any arbitrary \s-1RSA\s0 key object, +even if it is otherwise fit for regular \s-1RSA\s0 operation. See \fB\s-1NOTES\s0\fR for more +information. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .IX Header "RETURN VALUE" \&\fIRSA_check_key()\fR returns 1 if \fBrsa\fR is a valid \s-1RSA\s0 key, and 0 otherwise. @@ -166,6 +168,12 @@ The key's public components may not be \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR. .PP If the key is invalid or an error occurred, the reason code can be obtained using ERR_get_error(3). +.SH "NOTES" +.IX Header "NOTES" +This function does not work on \s-1RSA\s0 public keys that have only the modulus +and public exponent elements populated. It performs integrity checks on all +the \s-1RSA\s0 key material, so the \s-1RSA\s0 key structure must contain all the private +key data too. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" rsa(3), err(3) |
