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diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.md b/doc/api/crypto.md index c71c292bdd..e9e2d203d4 100644 --- a/doc/api/crypto.md +++ b/doc/api/crypto.md @@ -1890,7 +1890,8 @@ added: v0.11.14 * `buffer` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView} * Returns: {Buffer} A new `Buffer` with the decrypted content. -Decrypts `buffer` with `privateKey`. +Decrypts `buffer` with `privateKey`. `buffer` was previously encrypted using +the corresponding public key, for example using [`crypto.publicEncrypt()`][]. `privateKey` can be an object or a string. If `privateKey` is a string, it is treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING`. @@ -1908,7 +1909,8 @@ added: v1.1.0 * `buffer` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView} * Returns: {Buffer} A new `Buffer` with the encrypted content. -Encrypts `buffer` with `privateKey`. +Encrypts `buffer` with `privateKey`. The returned data can be decrypted using +the corresponding public key, for example using [`crypto.publicDecrypt()`][]. `privateKey` can be an object or a string. If `privateKey` is a string, it is treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_PADDING`. @@ -1926,7 +1928,8 @@ added: v1.1.0 * `buffer` {Buffer | TypedArray | DataView} * Returns: {Buffer} A new `Buffer` with the decrypted content. -Decrypts `buffer` with `key`. +Decrypts `buffer` with `key`.`buffer` was previously encrypted using +the corresponding private key, for example using [`crypto.privateEncrypt()`][]. `key` can be an object or a string. If `key` is a string, it is treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_PADDING`. @@ -1949,7 +1952,8 @@ added: v0.11.14 * Returns: {Buffer} A new `Buffer` with the encrypted content. Encrypts the content of `buffer` with `key` and returns a new -[`Buffer`][] with encrypted content. +[`Buffer`][] with encrypted content. The returned data can be decrypted using +the corresponding private key, for example using [`crypto.privateDecrypt()`][]. `key` can be an object or a string. If `key` is a string, it is treated as the key with no passphrase and will use `RSA_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING`. @@ -2741,6 +2745,10 @@ the `crypto`, `tls`, and `https` modules and are generally specific to OpenSSL. [`crypto.createVerify()`]: #crypto_crypto_createverify_algorithm_options [`crypto.getCurves()`]: #crypto_crypto_getcurves [`crypto.getHashes()`]: #crypto_crypto_gethashes +[`crypto.privateDecrypt()`]: #crypto_crypto_privatedecrypt_privatekey_buffer +[`crypto.privateEncrypt()`]: #crypto_crypto_privateencrypt_privatekey_buffer +[`crypto.publicDecrypt()`]: #crypto_crypto_publicdecrypt_key_buffer +[`crypto.publicEncrypt()`]: #crypto_crypto_publicencrypt_key_buffer [`crypto.randomBytes()`]: #crypto_crypto_randombytes_size_callback [`crypto.randomFill()`]: #crypto_crypto_randomfill_buffer_offset_size_callback [`crypto.scrypt()`]: #crypto_crypto_scrypt_password_salt_keylen_options_callback |