Deprecate the low level Diffie-Hellman functions.

[thirdparty/openssl.git] / doc / man3 / DH_set_method.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/DH_set_method.pod b/doc/man3/DH_set_method.pod
index 8c7713de686e5fb37b1b3e10a3d8c3c3b4c4f490..ae3d8fa8cd9232b1fb4a1d49c15568e804a2d0e6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/DH_set_method.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/DH_set_method.pod
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ DH_set_method, DH_new_method, DH_OpenSSL - select DH method
 
  #include <openssl/dh.h>
 
+Deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, can be hidden entirely by defining
+B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value, see
+L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
+
  void DH_set_default_method(const DH_METHOD *meth);
 
  const DH_METHOD *DH_get_default_method(void);
@@ -21,6 +25,9 @@ DH_set_method, DH_new_method, DH_OpenSSL - select DH method
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
+All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
+Applications should instead use the provider APIs.
+
 A B<DH_METHOD> specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for Diffie-Hellman
 operations. By modifying the method, alternative implementations
 such as hardware accelerators may be used. IMPORTANT: See the NOTES section for
@@ -76,6 +83,10 @@ returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
 
 L<DH_new(3)>, L<DH_new(3)>, L<DH_meth_new(3)>
 
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
+
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
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