=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The OpenSSL base provider supplies the serialization for OpenSSL's
+The OpenSSL base provider supplies the encoding for OpenSSL's
asymmetric cryptography.
=head2 Properties
=back
These may be used in a property query string with fetching functions to select
-which data are to be serialized. Either the private key material, the public
+which data are to be encoded. Either the private key material, the public
key material or the domain parameters can be selected.
=over 4
=back
These may be used in a property query string with fetching functions to select
-the serialization output format. Either the DER, PEM and plaintext are
+the encoding output format. Either the DER, PEM and plaintext are
currently permitted.
=head1 OPERATIONS AND ALGORITHMS
The OpenSSL base provider supports these operations and algorithms:
-=head2 Asymmetric Key Serializer
+=head2 Asymmetric Key Encoder
-In addition to "provider=base", some of these serializers define the
+In addition to "provider=base", some of these encoders define the
property "fips=yes", to allow them to be used together with the FIPS
provider.
=over 4
-=item RSA, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-RSA(7)>
+=item RSA, see L<OSSL_ENCODER-RSA(7)>
-=item DH, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-DH(7)>
+=item DH, see L<OSSL_ENCODER-DH(7)>
-=item DSA, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-DSA(7)>
+=item DSA, see L<OSSL_ENCODER-DSA(7)>
-=item EC, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-EC(7)>
+=item EC, see L<OSSL_ENCODER-EC(7)>
-=item X25519, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-X25519(7)>
+=item X25519, see L<OSSL_ENCODER-X25519(7)>
-=item X448, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-X448(7)>
+=item X448, see L<OSSL_ENCODER-X448(7)>
=back