They also correspond directly to EVP_MAC and EVP_KDF types. Would the types change as well? -- -Todd Short // tsh...@akamai.com // “One if by land, two if by sea, three if by the Internet."
> On Jul 23, 2020, at 11:56 AM, Matt Caswell <m...@openssl.org> wrote: > > > > On 23/07/2020 16:52, Richard Levitte wrote: >> On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 12:18:10 +0200, >> Dr Paul Dale wrote: >>> There has been a suggestion to rename EVP_RAND to OSSL_RAND. This seems >>> reasonable. Would it >>> also make sense to rename the other new APIs similarly. >>> More specifically, EVP_MAC and EVP_KDF to OSSL_MAC and OSSL_KDF >>> respectively? >> >> This is a good question... >> >> Historically speaking, even though EVP_MAC and EVP_KDF are indeed new >> APIs, they have a previous history of EVP APIs, through EVP_PKEY. The >> impact of relocating them outside of the EVP "family" may be small, >> but still, history gives me pause. >> >> RAND doesn't carry the same sort of history, which makes it much >> easier for me to think "just do it and get it over with"... > > I have the same pause - so I'm thinking just RAND for now. > > Matt >
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