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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/doc/man1/openssl-enc.pod.in')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssl/doc/man1/openssl-enc.pod.in | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/man1/openssl-enc.pod.in b/crypto/openssl/doc/man1/openssl-enc.pod.in index 4d7ff3dc77e7..fb4f72ed8a19 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/man1/openssl-enc.pod.in +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/man1/openssl-enc.pod.in @@ -193,9 +193,12 @@ Print out the key and IV used. Print out the key and IV used then immediately exit: don't do any encryption or decryption. -=item B<-bufsize> I<number> +=item B<-bufsize> I<number>[B<k>] Set the buffer size for I/O. +The maximum size that can be specified is B<2^31-1> (2147483647) bytes. +The B<k> suffix can be specified to indicate that I<number> is provided +in kibibytes (multiples of 1024 bytes). =item B<-nopad> @@ -279,7 +282,7 @@ Some of the ciphers do not have large keys and others have security implications if not used correctly. A beginner is advised to just use a strong block cipher, such as AES, in CBC mode. -All the block ciphers normally use PKCS#5 padding, also known as standard +All the block ciphers normally use PKCS#7 padding, also known as standard block padding. This allows a rudimentary integrity or password check to be performed. However, since the chance of random data passing the test is better than 1 in 256 it isn't a very good test. |