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3=head1 NAME
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5EC_KEY_get_enc_flags, EC_KEY_set_enc_flags
6- Get and set flags for encoding EC_KEY structures
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8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10 #include <openssl/ec.h>
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12 unsigned int EC_KEY_get_enc_flags(const EC_KEY *key);
13 void EC_KEY_set_enc_flags(EC_KEY *eckey, unsigned int flags);
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15=head1 DESCRIPTION
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17The format of the external representation of the public key written by
18i2d_ECPrivateKey() (such as whether it is stored in a compressed form or not) is
19described by the point_conversion_form. See L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)>
20for a description of point_conversion_form.
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22When reading a private key encoded without an associated public key (e.g. if
23EC_PKEY_NO_PUBKEY has been used - see below), then d2i_ECPrivateKey() generates
24the missing public key automatically. Private keys encoded without parameters
25(e.g. if EC_PKEY_NO_PARAMETERS has been used - see below) cannot be loaded using
26d2i_ECPrivateKey().
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28The functions EC_KEY_get_enc_flags() and EC_KEY_set_enc_flags() get and set the
29value of the encoding flags for the B<key>. There are two encoding flags
30currently defined - EC_PKEY_NO_PARAMETERS and EC_PKEY_NO_PUBKEY.  These flags
31define the behaviour of how the  B<key> is converted into ASN1 in a call to
32i2d_ECPrivateKey(). If EC_PKEY_NO_PARAMETERS is set then the public parameters for
33the curve are not encoded along with the private key. If EC_PKEY_NO_PUBKEY is
34set then the public key is not encoded along with the private key.
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36=head1 RETURN VALUES
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38EC_KEY_get_enc_flags() returns the value of the current encoding flags for the
39EC_KEY.
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41=head1 SEE ALSO
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43L<crypto(7)>, L<EC_GROUP_new(3)>,
44L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)>, L<EC_POINT_new(3)>,
45L<EC_POINT_add(3)>,
46L<EC_GFp_simple_method(3)>,
47L<d2i_ECPKParameters(3)>,
48L<d2i_ECPrivateKey(3)>
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50=head1 COPYRIGHT
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52Copyright 2015-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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54Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
55this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
56in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
57L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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