From c3eacdb0bc1ab24331b781dc3f08b075aa52e329 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Phil Pennock Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:23:01 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] gen_pkcs3: add comment explaining rationale Wondering why you wrote some code and having to grep the source code to find out, in the same year that you wrote it, is generally a sign of missing information. Fixed. --- src/util/gen_pkcs3.c | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/util/gen_pkcs3.c b/src/util/gen_pkcs3.c index ae7e7610a..4be2c581e 100644 --- a/src/util/gen_pkcs3.c +++ b/src/util/gen_pkcs3.c @@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ * c99 $(pkg-config --cflags openssl) gen_pkcs3.c $(pkg-config --libs openssl) */ +/* + * Rationale: + * The Diffie-Hellman primes which are embedded into Exim as named primes for + * the tls_dhparam option are in the std-crypto.c file. The source for those + * comes from various RFCs, where they are given in hexadecimal form. + * + * This tool provides convenient conversion, to reduce the risk of human + * error in transcription. + */ + #include #include #include -- 2.30.2