rsa: document deprecated low level functions Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/11063)
diff --git a/doc/man3/RSA_check_key.pod b/doc/man3/RSA_check_key.pod index fb7bd23..137ec7e 100644 --- a/doc/man3/RSA_check_key.pod +++ b/doc/man3/RSA_check_key.pod
@@ -8,12 +8,20 @@ #include <openssl/rsa.h> +Deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, can be hidden entirely by defining +B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value, see +L<openssl_user_macros(7)>: + int RSA_check_key_ex(RSA *rsa, BN_GENCB *cb); int RSA_check_key(RSA *rsa); =head1 DESCRIPTION +Both of the functions described on this page are deprecated. +Applications should instead use L<EVP_PKEY_public_check(3)>, +L<EVP_PKEY_private_check(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_pairwise_check(3)>. + RSA_check_key_ex() function validates RSA keys. It checks that B<p> and B<q> are in fact prime, and that B<n = p*q>. @@ -70,6 +78,8 @@ =head1 HISTORY +All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. + RSA_check_key_ex() appeared after OpenSSL 1.0.2. =head1 COPYRIGHT