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diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md index 4b1a5432629..6d1fc3a5672 100644 --- a/doc/api/crypto.md +++ b/doc/api/crypto.md @@ -5464,21 +5464,6 @@ and returned `'latin1'` encoded strings by default rather than `Buffer`s. This default was changed after Node.js v0.8 to use [`Buffer`][] objects by default instead. -### Recent ECDH changes - -Usage of `ECDH` with non-dynamically generated key pairs has been simplified. -Now, [`ecdh.setPrivateKey()`][] can be called with a preselected private key -and the associated public point (key) will be computed and stored in the object. -This allows code to only store and provide the private part of the EC key pair. -[`ecdh.setPrivateKey()`][] now also validates that the private key is valid for -the selected curve. - -The [`ecdh.setPublicKey()`][] method is now deprecated as its inclusion in the -API is not useful. Either a previously stored private key should be set, which -automatically generates the associated public key, or [`ecdh.generateKeys()`][] -should be called. The main drawback of using [`ecdh.setPublicKey()`][] is that -it can be used to put the ECDH key pair into an inconsistent state. - ### Support for weak or compromised algorithms The `crypto` module still supports some algorithms which are already @@ -6028,7 +6013,6 @@ See the [list of SSL OP Flags][] for details. [`diffieHellman.setPublicKey()`]: #diffiehellmansetpublickeypublickey-encoding [`ecdh.generateKeys()`]: #ecdhgeneratekeysencoding-format [`ecdh.setPrivateKey()`]: #ecdhsetprivatekeyprivatekey-encoding -[`ecdh.setPublicKey()`]: #ecdhsetpublickeypublickey-encoding [`hash.digest()`]: #hashdigestencoding [`hash.update()`]: #hashupdatedata-inputencoding [`hmac.digest()`]: #hmacdigestencoding |