From: Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:00:31 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: Correct GCM docs.
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_1_0_2m~33
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e74be3266dd18e08e7dde4795a4f1d6f10de0daa;p=openssl

Correct GCM docs.

Fix GCM documentation: the tag does not have to be supplied before
decrypting any data any more.

Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4231)
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod b/doc/crypto/EVP_EncryptInit.pod
index 0c0a30c1ff..dc9a2d76c5 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