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doc: fix createDiffieHellman generator type #31121

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OpenSSL does not provide a straight-forward way to implement a non-integer generator, so createDiffieHellman never supported anything other than a number as the generator. (This only applies to the signature where the first argument is the size of the prime, and therefore a number.)

Refs: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7086
Refs: #21782

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OpenSSL does not provide a straight-forward way to implement a
non-integer generator, so createDiffieHellman never supported anything
other than a number as the generator. (This only applies to the
signature where the first argument is the size of the prime, and
therefore a number.)

Refs: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7086
Refs: nodejs#21782
@tniessen tniessen added crypto Issues and PRs related to the crypto subsystem. doc Issues and PRs related to the documentations. labels Dec 28, 2019
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Trott commented Dec 30, 2019

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OpenSSL does not provide a straight-forward way to implement a
non-integer generator, so createDiffieHellman never supported anything
other than a number as the generator. (This only applies to the
signature where the first argument is the size of the prime, and
therefore a number.)

Refs: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7086
Refs: #21782

PR-URL: #31121
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
BridgeAR pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 3, 2020
OpenSSL does not provide a straight-forward way to implement a
non-integer generator, so createDiffieHellman never supported anything
other than a number as the generator. (This only applies to the
signature where the first argument is the size of the prime, and
therefore a number.)

Refs: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7086
Refs: #21782

PR-URL: #31121
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
@BridgeAR BridgeAR mentioned this pull request Jan 7, 2020
targos pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Jan 14, 2020
OpenSSL does not provide a straight-forward way to implement a
non-integer generator, so createDiffieHellman never supported anything
other than a number as the generator. (This only applies to the
signature where the first argument is the size of the prime, and
therefore a number.)

Refs: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7086
Refs: #21782

PR-URL: #31121
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
@tniessen tniessen deleted the doc-fix-creatediffiehellman branch January 23, 2020 03:46
BethGriggs pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 6, 2020
OpenSSL does not provide a straight-forward way to implement a
non-integer generator, so createDiffieHellman never supported anything
other than a number as the generator. (This only applies to the
signature where the first argument is the size of the prime, and
therefore a number.)

Refs: nodejs/node-v0.x-archive#7086
Refs: #21782

PR-URL: #31121
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@gmail.com>
@MylesBorins MylesBorins mentioned this pull request Feb 8, 2020
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