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* move contents of HACKING.md to a doc/HOWTOMichael Richardson2026-04-271-0/+85
| | | | | | | | | | reference list of files and removed -Werror from instructions on adding functions rename HACKING.md to HOWTO.md. Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Frederik Wedel-Heinen <[email protected]> MergeDate: Mon Apr 27 06:14:57 2026 (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/18003)
* Document update for keys.txtslontis2025-04-151-58/+34
| | | | | | | | | | Updated with new information since des3 and dsa are not recommended algorithms. Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/27343)
* Point to new docs locationJon Ericson2025-04-151-4/+4
| | | | | | | Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/27331)
* Left over doc TODOsViktor Dukhovni2025-02-141-3/+26
| | | | | | | Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/26715)
* Remaining batch of ML-KEM-related doc updatesViktor Dukhovni2025-02-141-3/+5
| | | | | | | | Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/26217)
* Fix missing HISTORY doc entriesMichael Baentsch2024-12-181-0/+7
| | | | | | | | Also add a check to find-doc-nits for HISTORY sections. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/26188)
* Fix some small typosAndrew Dinh2024-08-071-1/+1
| | | | | | Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/25073)
* Fix grammar in certificates.txthrtarsia2024-04-241-1/+1
| | | | | | | | CLA: trivial Reviewed-by: Tom Cosgrove <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/24238)
* doc: add HOWTO document about Documenting public Functions and MacrosMichael Richardson2023-03-291-0/+176
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Co-authored-by: Matthias St. Pierre <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Tomáš Mráz <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Lin2Jing4 <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: David von Oheimb <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/17926)
* Replace "a RSA" with "an RSA"Daniel Fiala2022-12-062-3/+3
| | | | | | | | | Fixes openssl#19771 Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/19787)
* doc/man7/proxy-certificates.pod: New guide for proxy certificatesRichard Levitte2019-11-271-319/+0
| | | | | | | This replaces doc/HOWTO/proxy_certificates.txt Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10507)
* Fix errors found by new find-doc-nitsRich Salz2019-10-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | Also patch find-doc-nits to ignore a Microsoft trademark and not flag it as a spelling error. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10023)
* Fix TyposAntoine Cœur2019-07-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | CLA: trivial Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9275)
* Remove unnecessary trailing whitespaceSam Roberts2019-02-052-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | Trim trailing whitespace. It doesn't match OpenSSL coding standards, AFAICT, and it can cause problems with git tooling. Trailing whitespace remains in test data and external source. Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8092)
* Update some documentation for X448/Ed448Matt Caswell2018-03-021-1/+1
| | | | | | Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5481)
* Add EC key generation paragraph in doc/HOWTO/keys.txtPaul Yang2017-08-011-13/+46
| | | | | | | | Seems this documentation is not dead, so add this missing part Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4037)
* Various doc fixes.Xiaoyin Liu2017-07-272-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix typo in NOTES.WIN: this -> these Fix wrong capital letter in certificates.txt Make number of characters in each line more even Remove redundant empty line Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3986)
* Update the example in proxy_certificates.txtRichard Levitte2016-07-261-98/+111
| | | | Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]>
* Fixed a bunch of typos in the docsAlex Gaynor2016-03-201-1/+1
| | | | | Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]>
* Various doc fixes from GH pull requestsRich Salz2015-07-311-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thanks folks: 348 Benjamin Kaduk 317 Christian Brueffer 254 Erik Tews 253 Erik Tews 219 Carl Mehner 155 (ghost) 95 mancha 51 DominikNeubauer Reviewed-by: Dr. Stephen Henson <[email protected]>
* Improves certificates HOWTOAlok Menghrajani2014-12-221-35/+40
| | | | | | | | | * adds links to various related documents. * fixes a few typos. * rewords a few sentences. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <[email protected]>
* Small typoRichard Levitte2014-12-221-1/+1
| | | | Reviewed-by: Stephen Henson <[email protected]>
* Correct some layout issues, convert all remaining tabs to appropriate ↵Richard Levitte2014-11-281-9/+8
| | | | | | amounts of spaces. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]>
* Improves the proxy certificates howto doc.Alok Menghrajani2014-11-281-106/+91
| | | | | | | | | The current documentation contains a bunch of spelling and grammar mistakes. I also found it hard to understand some paragraphs, so here is my attempt to improve its readability. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <[email protected]>
* Correct environment variable is OPENSSL_ALLOW_PROXY_CERTS.Richard Levitte2012-05-041-1/+1
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* EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init is a void function + fix typoNils Larsch2005-04-151-3/+3
| | | | PR: 1044 + 1045
* Added restrictions on the use of proxy certificates, as they may poseRichard Levitte2005-04-091-2/+44
| | | | a security threat on unexpecting applications. Document and test.
* Added HOWTO about proxy certificates.Richard Levitte2005-03-141-0/+280
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* Implement self-signing in 'openssl ca'. This makes it easier to haveRichard Levitte2003-04-041-6/+5
| | | | | | the CA certificate part of the CA database, and combined with 'unique_subject=no', it should make operations like CA certificate roll-over easier.
* It's recommended to use req rather than x509 to create self-signed certificatesRichard Levitte2003-04-041-6/+4
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* Typo correctionRichard Levitte2003-04-031-1/+1
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* Extend the HOWTO on creating certificates, and add a HOWTO in creating keys.Richard Levitte2003-01-142-14/+110
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* Make all configuration macros available for application by makingRichard Levitte2001-02-191-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | sure they are available in opensslconf.h, by giving them names starting with "OPENSSL_" to avoid conflicts with other packages and by making sure e_os2.h will cover all platform-specific cases together with opensslconf.h. I've checked fairly well that nothing breaks with this (apart from external software that will adapt if they have used something like NO_KRB5), but I can't guarantee it completely, so a review of this change would be a good thing.
* Write a first HOWTO on how to create certificates. This is currentlyRichard Levitte2000-12-011-0/+85
a draft.
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