[openssl-dev] [openssl-users] pkeyutl does not invoke hash?

[Dr. Stephen Henson]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016, Salz, Rich wrote:

> Okay, how about this.  First, remove the NOTES subhead.  Add this to the end of the first paragraph:
> 
> 	This program does not hash the input data and requires the input data
> 	to be of the proper size, and must not be greater than the size of
> 	the public key field or modulus.  See dgst(1) for a unified
> 	Interace.
> 

The comment about the public key field or modulus is only true for some public
key algorithms (e.g. RSA).

Steve.
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