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Improve provider-signature documentation clarity
authorSamaresh Kumar Singh <ssam3003@gmail.com>
Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:51:07 +0000 (10:51 -0600)
committerTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Wed, 3 Dec 2025 13:22:02 +0000 (14:22 +0100)
commit47418dd8de635448fd1f5dfb583070e1f5fcf559
tree6900be9c64f63e1a02a234960bd4ad0a7b993585
parent0c2a196af8ab9c12da27826fa6024ca1b22f6db1
Improve provider-signature documentation clarity

- Add explicit links to related EVP_* functions for each signature method
- Clarify the differences between sign/verify, message sign/verify, and digest sign/verify functions
- Document TLS 1.3 requirements: digest_sign/verify functions are mandatory for libssl usage
- Provide guidance for provider developers on which functions to implement for different use cases

Fixes #27127

Signed-off-by: Samaresh Kumar Singh <ssam3003@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikola Pajkovsky <nikolap@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29166)
doc/man7/provider-signature.pod