]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/openssl.git/commitdiff
fips: update provider-signature docs for DetECDSA
authorDimitri John Ledkov <dimitri.ledkov@surgut.co.uk>
Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:18:53 +0000 (14:18 +0100)
committerPauli <ppzgs1@gmail.com>
Wed, 20 Aug 2025 23:59:55 +0000 (09:59 +1000)
Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <ppzgs1@gmail.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/28213)

doc/man7/provider-signature.pod

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@@ -501,7 +501,11 @@ Section 4 "Security Considerations".  The default value for
 nonce B<k> as defined in FIPS 186-4 Section 6.3 "Secret Number
 Generation".
 
-The FIPS provider does not support deterministic digital signature generation.
+The FIPS provider does not support deterministic digital signature generation
+for DSA.
+
+The FIPS provider supports determinisitic digital signature generation for
+ECDSA.
 
 =item "kat" (B<OSSL_SIGNATURE_PARAM_KAT>) <unsigned integer>
 
@@ -633,8 +637,12 @@ L<EVP_SIGNATURE_is_a(3)>, L<ASN1_item_sign_ctx(3)>
 =head1 HISTORY
 
 The provider SIGNATURE interface was introduced in OpenSSL 3.0.
-The Signature Parameters "fips-indicator", "key-check" and "digest-check"
-were added in OpenSSL 3.4.
+
+The Signature Parameters "fips-indicator", "key-check" and "digest-check" were added in
+OpenSSL 3.4.
+
+Deterministic digital signature generation for ECDSA was added to the FIPS provider in OpenSSL
+3.6.
 
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