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Posted to commits@couchdb.apache.org by va...@apache.org on 2018/07/16 21:03:09 UTC
[couchdb-documentation] 02/02: Fix trailing whitespace
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vatamane pushed a commit to branch master
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-documentation.git
commit 478c529e94d39c4c3fb23ea46ab198721bc2a782
Author: rokek <82...@users.noreply.github.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Jul 16 16:58:56 2018 -0400
Fix trailing whitespace
---
src/install/troubleshooting.rst | 16 ++++++++--------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/install/troubleshooting.rst b/src/install/troubleshooting.rst
index 5d17dd4..b3758c6 100644
--- a/src/install/troubleshooting.rst
+++ b/src/install/troubleshooting.rst
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ replication to exclude only those documents.
FIPS mode
---------
-Operating systems can be configured to disallow the use of OpenSSL MD5 hash
-functions in order to prevent use of MD5 for cryptographic purposes. CouchDB
-makes use of MD5 hashes for verifying the integrity of data (and not for
+Operating systems can be configured to disallow the use of OpenSSL MD5 hash
+functions in order to prevent use of MD5 for cryptographic purposes. CouchDB
+makes use of MD5 hashes for verifying the integrity of data (and not for
cryptography) and will not run without the ability to use MD5 hashes.
-The message below indicates that the operating system is running in "FIPS mode,"
+The message below indicates that the operating system is running in "FIPS mode,"
which among other restrictions does not allow the use of OpenSSL's MD5 funtions:
.. code-block:: text
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ which among other restrictions does not allow the use of OpenSSL's MD5 funtions:
[os_mon] cpu supervisor port (cpu_sup): Erlang has closed
Aborted
-A workaround for this is provided with the ``--erlang-md5`` compile flag. Use of
-the flag results in CouchDB substituting the OpenSSL MD5 function calls with
+A workaround for this is provided with the ``--erlang-md5`` compile flag. Use of
+the flag results in CouchDB substituting the OpenSSL MD5 function calls with
equivalent calls to Erlang's built-in library ``erlang:md5.`` NOTE: there may be
a performance penalty associated with this workaround.
-Because CouchDB does not make use of MD5 hashes for cryptographic purposes, this
-workaround does not defeat the purpose of "FIPS mode," provided that the system
+Because CouchDB does not make use of MD5 hashes for cryptographic purposes, this
+workaround does not defeat the purpose of "FIPS mode," provided that the system
owner is aware of and consents to its use.
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