uniquely and randomly generated value. This option is used by BLAKE2 MAC
    and some KDF implementations use a non-secret unique cryptographic salt.</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
    <dt><a name="-length"><strong>-length</strong> <em>integer</em></a></dt>
    <dt><a name="-size"><strong>-size</strong> <em>integer</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Set the output length in bytes. Used by KDFs, KMAC128 and KMAC256 MACs,
    and SHAKE128 and SHAKE256 XOF hashes. The default length for KMAC128 is 32
    bytes and KMAC256 is 64 bytes. The default length for SHAKE128 is 16 bytes
    and SHAKE256 is 32 bytes.</dd>
</dl>

<dl>
    <dt><a name="-auth_tag"><strong>-tag</strong> <em>string</em></a></dt>
    <dt><a name="-tag"><strong>-tag</strong> <em>string</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Authenticated Encryption and Authenticated Data (AEAD) tag.
    Can be a binary or text string. Max is 16 bytes. A minimum of 12

	<tr><td><b>description</b></td><td>Description of the cipher. OpenSSL 3.0+ only.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>block_size</b></td><td>Block size of the cipher. Stream ciphers are set to 1.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>key_length</b></td><td>key length of a cipher in bytes.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>iv_length</b></td><td>IV length of a cipher in bytes or 0 if not used.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>type</b></td><td>Base type of this cipher or undefined if none.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>provider</b></td><td>Provider of the cipher. OpenSSL 3.0+ only.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>mode</b></td><td>Block cipher mode or <b>stream</b> for a stream cipher.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>flags</b></td><td>Flags associated with the cipher. Includes:
	Variable Length, AEAD Cipher, Non FIPS Allow, etc.<td></tr>
    </table></blockquote>

    <dt><a name="tls::ciphers"><strong>tls::ciphers</strong>
    <em>?protocol? ?verbose? ?supported?</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Without any args, returns a list of all symmetric ciphers for use with
	the <a href="#-cipher"><b>-cipher</b></a> option. With <em>protocol</em>,
	only the ciphers supported for that protocol are returned. See

	<tr><td><b>name</b></td><td>Name or alias of the digest.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>description</b></td><td>Description of the digest. OpenSSL 3.0+ only.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>size</b></td><td>Size of the digest in bits.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>block_size</b></td><td>Block size of digest in bytes.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>provider</b></td><td>Provider of the digest. OpenSSL 3.0+ only.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>type</b></td><td>Base type of this digest or undefined if none.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>pkey_type</b></td><td>Pkey associated with digest.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>flags</b></td><td>Flags associated with the digest. Includes:
	One-shot (only one update (no incremental) allowed), XOF (variable length), etc.<td></tr>
    </table></blockquote>

    <dt><a name="tls::kdfs"><strong>tls::kdfs</strong></a></dt>
    <dd>Returns a list of the available Key Derivation Function (KDF)
	algorithms. Each item in the list corresponds to a command with the same name.</dd>

    <dt><a name="tls::macs"><strong>tls::macs</strong></a></dt>

	upon the size of the key and the security of the hash function used.
	See <a href="#OPTIONS"><b>options</b></a> for usage info.</dd>

    <dt><a name="tls::mac"><strong>tls::mac</strong>
	<em>?</em><b>-mac</b><em>? name</em>
	<b>-cipher</b> <em>name</em>
	<b>-digest</b> <em>name</em>
	<b>-key</b> <em>key</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-bin</b>|<b>-hex</b><em>?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-length</b>|<b>-size</b> <em>length?</em>
	<em>[</em><b>-chan</b> <em>channelId |</em> <b>-command</b> <em>cmdName |</em>
	<b>-file</b> <em>filename | ?</em><b>-data</b><em>? data]</em></a></dt>
    <dd>(OpenSSL 3.0+) Calculate the Message Authentication Code (MAC) where
	<em>key</em> is a shared key and output the result per the I/O options
	in the specified format. MACs are used to ensure authenticity and
	the integrity of data. See <a href="#OPTIONS"><b>options</b></a>
	for usage info.</dd>

    <dt><a name="tls::md"><strong>tls::md</strong>
	<em>?</em><b>-digest</b><em>? name</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-bin</b>|<b>-hex</b><em>?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-length</b>|<b>-size</b> <em>length?</em>
	<em>[</em><b>-chan</b> <em>channelId |</em> <b>-command</b> <em>cmdName |</em>
	<b>-file</b> <em>filename | ?</em><b>-data</b><em>? data]</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Calculate the message digest (MD) using hash function <em>name</em>
	and output the result per the I/O options in the specified format.
	MDs are used to ensure the integrity of data. See
	<a href="#OPTIONS"><b>options</b></a> for usage info.</dd>

    <dt><a name="tls::md4"><strong>tls::md4</strong> <em>data</em></a></dt>

<br>
<br>
    <dt><a name="tls::hkdf"><strong>tls::hkdf</strong>
	<b>-digest</b> <em>digest</em>
	<b>-key</b> <em>string</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-info</b> <em>string?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-salt</b> <em>string?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-length</b>|<b>-size</b> <em>length?</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Derive a key of size <i>length</i> using the HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand
	Key Derivation Function (HKDF).
	See <a href="#OPTIONS"><b>options</b></a> for usage info. </dd>

    <dt><a name="tls::pbkdf2"><strong>tls::pbkdf2</strong>
	<em>[</em><b>-cipher</b> <em>cipher |</em>
	<b>-length</b> <em>length]</em>
	<b>-digest</b> <em>digest</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-iterations</b> <em>count?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-password</b> <em>string?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-salt</b> <em>string?</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Derive a key and initialization vector (iv) from a password and salt
	value using PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC. 
	See <a href="#OPTIONS"><b>options</b></a> for usage info. If <b>-cipher</b>
	is specified, then the derived key and iv sized for that cipher are
	returned as a key-value list. If not or if <b>-size</b> is specified,
	then the derived key (DK) of <em>length</em> bytes is returned.</dd>

    <dt><a name="tls::scrypt"><strong>tls::scrypt</strong>
	<b>-password</b> <em>string</em>
	<b>-salt</b> <em>string</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-N</b> <em>costParameter?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-r</b> <em>blockSize?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-p</b> <em>parallelization?</em>
	<em>?</em><b>-length</b>|<b>-size</b> <em>length?</em></a></dt>
    <dd>Derive a key of size <i>length</i> using the scrypt password based key
	derivation function. See <a href="#OPTIONS"><b>options</b></a> for usage
	info. See RFC 7914 for more details. Can consume a large amount of memory.
	RAM used is roughly (128 * N * r * p) bytes. Memory is limited to
	1025 MiB. The custom options are:</dd>
    <blockquote><table>
	<tr><td><b>-N</b></td><td>The CPU/Memory cost parameter
	must be larger than 1, a power of 2, and less than
	2^(128 * r / 8). Default is 1048576.<td></tr>
	<tr><td><b>-r</b></td><td>The blockSize parameter specifies the

</dl>

<br>
<h3><a name="GLOSSARY">GLOSSARY</a></h3>

<p>The following is a list of the terminology used in this package along with
brief definitions. For more details, please consult with the OpenSSL documentation.</p>
<table>
<tr><td>AAD</td><td>Additional Authenticated Data<td></tr>
<tr><td>AEAD</td><td>Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data<td></tr>
<tr><td>IV</td><td>Initialization vector<td></tr>
<tr><td>KDF</td><td>Key Derivation Function<td></tr>
<tr><td>MAC</td><td>Message Authenticated Code<td></tr>
<tr><td>MD</td><td>Message Digest<td></tr>
<tr><td>SHA</td><td>Secure Hash Algorithm<td></tr>
<tr><td>TLS</td><td>Transport Layer Security<td></tr>
<tr><td>XOF</td><td>Extendable-Output Function (aka variable length)<td></tr>
</table>

<br>
<h3><a name="EXAMPLES">EXAMPLES</a></h3>

<p>TBS</p>

<pre><code>


TBD



</code></pre>

<br>
<h3><a name="SPECIAL">SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS</a></h3>

<p>The capabilities of this package can vary enormously based upon how your
OpenSSL library was configured and built. New versions may obsolete older