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PR-URL: #14846
Fixes: #14804
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Refael Ackermann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Sakthipriyan Vairamani <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
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Property for checking and controlling whether a FIPS compliant crypto provider is
currently in use. Setting to true requires a FIPS build of Node.js.

### crypto.createCipher(algorithm, password)
### crypto.createCipher(algorithm, password[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.94
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `password` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.transform` options][]

Creates and returns a `Cipher` object that uses the given `algorithm` and
`password`.
`password`. Optional `options` argument controls stream behavior.

The `algorithm` is dependent on OpenSSL, examples are `'aes192'`, etc. On
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
Expand All @@ -1202,13 +1203,14 @@ In line with OpenSSL's recommendation to use pbkdf2 instead of
their own using [`crypto.pbkdf2()`][] and to use [`crypto.createCipheriv()`][]
to create the `Cipher` object.

### crypto.createCipheriv(algorithm, key, iv)
### crypto.createCipheriv(algorithm, key, iv[, options])
- `algorithm` {string}
- `key` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `iv` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.transform` options][]

Creates and returns a `Cipher` object, with the given `algorithm`, `key` and
initialization vector (`iv`).
initialization vector (`iv`). Optional `options` argument controls stream behavior.

The `algorithm` is dependent on OpenSSL, examples are `'aes192'`, etc. On
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
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Returns a `tls.SecureContext`, as-if [`tls.createSecureContext()`][] had been
called.

### crypto.createDecipher(algorithm, password)
### crypto.createDecipher(algorithm, password[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.94
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `password` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.transform` options][]

Creates and returns a `Decipher` object that uses the given `algorithm` and
`password` (key).
`password` (key). Optional `options` argument controls stream behavior.

The implementation of `crypto.createDecipher()` derives keys using the OpenSSL
function [`EVP_BytesToKey`][] with the digest algorithm set to MD5, one
Expand All @@ -1258,16 +1261,18 @@ In line with OpenSSL's recommendation to use pbkdf2 instead of
their own using [`crypto.pbkdf2()`][] and to use [`crypto.createDecipheriv()`][]
to create the `Decipher` object.

### crypto.createDecipheriv(algorithm, key, iv)
### crypto.createDecipheriv(algorithm, key, iv[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.94
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `key` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `iv` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.transform` options][]

Creates and returns a `Decipher` object that uses the given `algorithm`, `key`
and initialization vector (`iv`).
and initialization vector (`iv`). Optional `options` argument controls stream
behavior.

The `algorithm` is dependent on OpenSSL, examples are `'aes192'`, etc. On
recent OpenSSL releases, `openssl list-cipher-algorithms` will display the
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1335,14 +1340,16 @@ predefined curve specified by the `curveName` string. Use
OpenSSL releases, `openssl ecparam -list_curves` will also display the name
and description of each available elliptic curve.

### crypto.createHash(algorithm)
### crypto.createHash(algorithm[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.92
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.transform` options][]

Creates and returns a `Hash` object that can be used to generate hash digests
using the given `algorithm`.
using the given `algorithm`. Optional `options` argument controls stream
behavior.

The `algorithm` is dependent on the available algorithms supported by the
version of OpenSSL on the platform. Examples are `'sha256'`, `'sha512'`, etc.
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});
```

### crypto.createHmac(algorithm, key)
### crypto.createHmac(algorithm, key[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.94
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `key` {string | Buffer | TypedArray | DataView}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.transform` options][]

Creates and returns an `Hmac` object that uses the given `algorithm` and `key`.
Optional `options` argument controls stream behavior.

The `algorithm` is dependent on the available algorithms supported by the
version of OpenSSL on the platform. Examples are `'sha256'`, `'sha512'`, etc.
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});
```

### crypto.createSign(algorithm)
### crypto.createSign(algorithm[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.92
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.Writable` options][]

Creates and returns a `Sign` object that uses the given `algorithm`.
Use [`crypto.getHashes()`][] to obtain an array of names of the available
signing algorithms.
signing algorithms. Optional `options` argument controls the
`stream.Writable` behavior.

### crypto.createVerify(algorithm)
### crypto.createVerify(algorithm[, options])
<!-- YAML
added: v0.1.92
-->
- `algorithm` {string}
- `options` {Object} [`stream.Writable` options][]

Creates and returns a `Verify` object that uses the given algorithm.
Use [`crypto.getHashes()`][] to obtain an array of names of the available
signing algorithms.
signing algorithms. Optional `options` argument controls the
`stream.Writable` behavior.

### crypto.getCiphers()
<!-- YAML
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[`UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE`]: cli.html#cli_uv_threadpool_size_size
[`cipher.final()`]: #crypto_cipher_final_outputencoding
[`cipher.update()`]: #crypto_cipher_update_data_inputencoding_outputencoding
[`crypto.createCipher()`]: #crypto_crypto_createcipher_algorithm_password
[`crypto.createCipheriv()`]: #crypto_crypto_createcipheriv_algorithm_key_iv
[`crypto.createDecipher()`]: #crypto_crypto_createdecipher_algorithm_password
[`crypto.createDecipheriv()`]: #crypto_crypto_createdecipheriv_algorithm_key_iv
[`crypto.createCipher()`]: #crypto_crypto_createcipher_algorithm_password_options
[`crypto.createCipheriv()`]: #crypto_crypto_createcipheriv_algorithm_key_iv_options
[`crypto.createDecipher()`]: #crypto_crypto_createdecipher_algorithm_password_options
[`crypto.createDecipheriv()`]: #crypto_crypto_createdecipheriv_algorithm_key_iv_options
[`crypto.createDiffieHellman()`]: #crypto_crypto_creatediffiehellman_prime_primeencoding_generator_generatorencoding
[`crypto.createECDH()`]: #crypto_crypto_createecdh_curvename
[`crypto.createHash()`]: #crypto_crypto_createhash_algorithm
[`crypto.createHmac()`]: #crypto_crypto_createhmac_algorithm_key
[`crypto.createSign()`]: #crypto_crypto_createsign_algorithm
[`crypto.createVerify()`]: #crypto_crypto_createverify_algorithm
[`crypto.createHash()`]: #crypto_crypto_createhash_algorithm_options
[`crypto.createHmac()`]: #crypto_crypto_createhmac_algorithm_key_options
[`crypto.createSign()`]: #crypto_crypto_createsign_algorithm_options
[`crypto.createVerify()`]: #crypto_crypto_createverify_algorithm_options
[`crypto.getCurves()`]: #crypto_crypto_getcurves
[`crypto.getHashes()`]: #crypto_crypto_gethashes
[`crypto.pbkdf2()`]: #crypto_crypto_pbkdf2_password_salt_iterations_keylen_digest_callback
Expand All @@ -2248,6 +2261,8 @@ the `crypto`, `tls`, and `https` modules and are generally specific to OpenSSL.
[`hmac.update()`]: #crypto_hmac_update_data_inputencoding
[`sign.sign()`]: #crypto_sign_sign_privatekey_outputformat
[`sign.update()`]: #crypto_sign_update_data_inputencoding
[`stream.transform` options]: stream.html#stream_new_stream_transform_options
[`stream.Writable` options]: stream.html#stream_constructor_new_stream_writable_options
[`tls.createSecureContext()`]: tls.html#tls_tls_createsecurecontext_options
[`verify.update()`]: #crypto_verifier_update_data_inputencoding
[`verify.verify()`]: #crypto_verifier_verify_object_signature_signatureformat
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