clarification about the DES status

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from openssl#15197)
devnexen · Jul 7, 2021 · 3d7dde8 · 3d7dde8
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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_des_cbc.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_des_cbc.pod
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ EVP_des_ofb()
 DES in CBC, ECB, CFB with 64-bit shift, CFB with 1-bit shift, CFB with 8-bit
 shift and OFB modes.
 
+None of these algorithms are provided by the OpenSSL default provider.
+To use them it is necessary to load either the OpenSSL legacy provider or another
+implementation.
+
 =item EVP_des_ede(),
 EVP_des_ede_cbc(),
 EVP_des_ede_cfb(),

diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_desx_cbc.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_desx_cbc.pod
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ All modes below use a key length of 128 bits and acts on blocks of 128-bits.
 
 The DES-X algorithm in CBC mode.
 
+This algorithm is not provided by the OpenSSL default provider.
+To use it is necessary to load either the OpenSSL legacy provider or another
+implementation.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES