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commit e74be3266dd18e08e7dde4795a4f1d6f10de0daa
Author: Dr. Stephen Henson <st...@openssl.org>
Date: Thu Aug 24 00:00:31 2017 +0100
Correct GCM docs.
Fix GCM documentation: the tag does not have to be supplied before
decrypting any data any more.
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rs...@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4231)
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Summary of changes:
doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
index 0c0a30c..dc9a2d7 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
@@ -395,8 +395,7 @@ processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal() call).
EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_TAG, taglen, tag);
Sets the expected tag to B<taglen> bytes from B<tag>. This call is only legal
-when decrypting data and must be made B<before> any data is processed (e.g.
-before any EVP_DecryptUpdate() call).
+when decrypting data.
=head1 CCM Mode
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