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3=head1 NAME
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5CMS_encrypt - create a CMS envelopedData structure
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7=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9 #include <openssl/cms.h>
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11 CMS_ContentInfo *CMS_encrypt(STACK_OF(X509) *certs, BIO *in,
12                              const EVP_CIPHER *cipher, unsigned int flags);
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14=head1 DESCRIPTION
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16CMS_encrypt() creates and returns a CMS EnvelopedData structure. B<certs>
17is a list of recipient certificates. B<in> is the content to be encrypted.
18B<cipher> is the symmetric cipher to use. B<flags> is an optional set of flags.
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20=head1 NOTES
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22Only certificates carrying RSA, Diffie-Hellman or EC keys are supported by this
23function.
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25EVP_des_ede3_cbc() (triple DES) is the algorithm of choice for S/MIME use
26because most clients will support it.
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28The algorithm passed in the B<cipher> parameter must support ASN1 encoding of
29its parameters.
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31Many browsers implement a "sign and encrypt" option which is simply an S/MIME
32envelopedData containing an S/MIME signed message. This can be readily produced
33by storing the S/MIME signed message in a memory BIO and passing it to
34CMS_encrypt().
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36The following flags can be passed in the B<flags> parameter.
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38If the B<CMS_TEXT> flag is set MIME headers for type B<text/plain> are
39prepended to the data.
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41Normally the supplied content is translated into MIME canonical format (as
42required by the S/MIME specifications) if B<CMS_BINARY> is set no translation
43occurs. This option should be used if the supplied data is in binary format
44otherwise the translation will corrupt it. If B<CMS_BINARY> is set then
45B<CMS_TEXT> is ignored.
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47OpenSSL will by default identify recipient certificates using issuer name
48and serial number. If B<CMS_USE_KEYID> is set it will use the subject key
49identifier value instead. An error occurs if all recipient certificates do not
50have a subject key identifier extension.
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52If the B<CMS_STREAM> flag is set a partial B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure is
53returned suitable for streaming I/O: no data is read from the BIO B<in>.
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55If the B<CMS_PARTIAL> flag is set a partial B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure is
56returned to which additional recipients and attributes can be added before
57finalization.
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59The data being encrypted is included in the CMS_ContentInfo structure, unless
60B<CMS_DETACHED> is set in which case it is omitted. This is rarely used in
61practice and is not supported by SMIME_write_CMS().
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63=head1 NOTES
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65If the flag B<CMS_STREAM> is set the returned B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure is
66B<not> complete and outputting its contents via a function that does not
67properly finalize the B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure will give unpredictable
68results.
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70Several functions including SMIME_write_CMS(), i2d_CMS_bio_stream(),
71PEM_write_bio_CMS_stream() finalize the structure. Alternatively finalization
72can be performed by obtaining the streaming ASN1 B<BIO> directly using
73BIO_new_CMS().
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75The recipients specified in B<certs> use a CMS KeyTransRecipientInfo info
76structure. KEKRecipientInfo is also supported using the flag B<CMS_PARTIAL>
77and CMS_add0_recipient_key().
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79The parameter B<certs> may be NULL if B<CMS_PARTIAL> is set and recipients
80added later using CMS_add1_recipient_cert() or CMS_add0_recipient_key().
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82=head1 RETURN VALUES
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84CMS_encrypt() returns either a CMS_ContentInfo structure or NULL if an error
85occurred. The error can be obtained from ERR_get_error(3).
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87=head1 SEE ALSO
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89L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<CMS_decrypt(3)>
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91=head1 HISTORY
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93The B<CMS_STREAM> flag was first supported in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
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95=head1 COPYRIGHT
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97Copyright 2008-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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99Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
100this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
101in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
102L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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