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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_CIPHER_fetch,
6EVP_CIPHER_up_ref,
7EVP_CIPHER_free,
8EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new,
9EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset,
10EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free,
11EVP_EncryptInit_ex,
12EVP_EncryptInit_ex2,
13EVP_EncryptUpdate,
14EVP_EncryptFinal_ex,
15EVP_DecryptInit_ex,
16EVP_DecryptInit_ex2,
17EVP_DecryptUpdate,
18EVP_DecryptFinal_ex,
19EVP_CipherInit_ex,
20EVP_CipherInit_ex2,
21EVP_CipherUpdate,
22EVP_CipherFinal_ex,
23EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length,
24EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl,
25EVP_EncryptInit,
26EVP_EncryptFinal,
27EVP_DecryptInit,
28EVP_DecryptFinal,
29EVP_CipherInit,
30EVP_CipherFinal,
31EVP_Cipher,
32EVP_get_cipherbyname,
33EVP_get_cipherbynid,
34EVP_get_cipherbyobj,
35EVP_CIPHER_is_a,
36EVP_CIPHER_get0_name,
37EVP_CIPHER_get0_description,
38EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all,
39EVP_CIPHER_get0_provider,
40EVP_CIPHER_get_nid,
41EVP_CIPHER_get_params,
42EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params,
43EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size,
44EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length,
45EVP_CIPHER_get_iv_length,
46EVP_CIPHER_get_flags,
47EVP_CIPHER_get_mode,
48EVP_CIPHER_get_type,
49EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher,
50EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_cipher,
51EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get1_cipher,
52EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_name,
53EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_nid,
54EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params,
55EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params,
56EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params,
57EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params,
58EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params,
59EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params,
60EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_block_size,
61EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length,
62EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length,
63EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_tag_length,
64EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_app_data,
65EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_app_data,
66EVP_CIPHER_CTX_flags,
67EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags,
68EVP_CIPHER_CTX_clear_flags,
69EVP_CIPHER_CTX_test_flags,
70EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_type,
71EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_mode,
72EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_num,
73EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_num,
74EVP_CIPHER_CTX_is_encrypting,
75EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1,
76EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param,
77EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding,
78EVP_enc_null,
79EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided,
80EVP_CIPHER_nid,
81EVP_CIPHER_name,
82EVP_CIPHER_block_size,
83EVP_CIPHER_key_length,
84EVP_CIPHER_iv_length,
85EVP_CIPHER_flags,
86EVP_CIPHER_mode,
87EVP_CIPHER_type,
88EVP_CIPHER_CTX_encrypting,
89EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid,
90EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size,
91EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length,
92EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length,
93EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length,
94EVP_CIPHER_CTX_num,
95EVP_CIPHER_CTX_type,
96EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode
97- EVP cipher routines
98
99=head1 SYNOPSIS
100
101=for openssl generic
102
103 #include <openssl/evp.h>
104
105 EVP_CIPHER *EVP_CIPHER_fetch(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *algorithm,
106                              const char *properties);
107 int EVP_CIPHER_up_ref(EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
108 void EVP_CIPHER_free(EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
109 EVP_CIPHER_CTX *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new(void);
110 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
111 void EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
112
113 int EVP_EncryptInit_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
114                        ENGINE *impl, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
115 int EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
116                         const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv,
117                         const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
118 int EVP_EncryptUpdate(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
119                       int *outl, const unsigned char *in, int inl);
120 int EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int *outl);
121
122 int EVP_DecryptInit_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
123                        ENGINE *impl, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
124 int EVP_DecryptInit_ex2(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
125                         const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv,
126                         const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
127 int EVP_DecryptUpdate(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
128                       int *outl, const unsigned char *in, int inl);
129 int EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
130
131 int EVP_CipherInit_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
132                       ENGINE *impl, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv, int enc);
133 int EVP_CipherInit_ex2(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
134                        const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv,
135                        int enc, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
136 int EVP_CipherUpdate(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
137                      int *outl, const unsigned char *in, int inl);
138 int EVP_CipherFinal_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
139
140 int EVP_EncryptInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
141                     const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
142 int EVP_EncryptFinal(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int *outl);
143
144 int EVP_DecryptInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
145                     const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
146 int EVP_DecryptFinal(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
147
148 int EVP_CipherInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
149                    const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv, int enc);
150 int EVP_CipherFinal(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
151
152 int EVP_Cipher(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
153                const unsigned char *in, unsigned int inl);
154
155 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *x, int padding);
156 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *x, int keylen);
157 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, int cmd, int p1, void *p2);
158 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_rand_key(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *key);
159 void EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, int flags);
160 void EVP_CIPHER_CTX_clear_flags(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, int flags);
161 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_test_flags(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, int flags);
162
163 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_get_cipherbyname(const char *name);
164 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_get_cipherbynid(int nid);
165 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_get_cipherbyobj(const ASN1_OBJECT *a);
166
167 int EVP_CIPHER_get_nid(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
168 int EVP_CIPHER_is_a(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher, const char *name);
169 int EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher,
170                             void (*fn)(const char *name, void *data),
171                             void *data);
172 const char *EVP_CIPHER_get0_name(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
173 const char *EVP_CIPHER_get0_description(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
174 const OSSL_PROVIDER *EVP_CIPHER_get0_provider(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
175 int EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
176 int EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
177 int EVP_CIPHER_get_iv_length(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
178 unsigned long EVP_CIPHER_get_flags(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
179 unsigned long EVP_CIPHER_get_mode(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
180 int EVP_CIPHER_get_type(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
181
182 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_cipher(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
183 EVP_CIPHER *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get1_cipher(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
184 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_nid(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
185 const char *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_name(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
186
187 int EVP_CIPHER_get_params(EVP_CIPHER *cipher, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
188 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
189 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
190 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
191 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
192 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
193 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
194 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
195 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_block_size(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
196 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
197 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
198 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_tag_length(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
199 void *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_app_data(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
200 void EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_app_data(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, void *data);
201 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_type(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
202 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_mode(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
203 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_num(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
204 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_num(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, int num);
205 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_is_encrypting(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
206
207 int EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *c, ASN1_TYPE *type);
208 int EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *c, ASN1_TYPE *type);
209
210 void EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
211                                 void (*fn)(EVP_CIPHER *cipher, void *arg),
212                                 void *arg);
213
214 #define EVP_CIPHER_nid EVP_CIPHER_get_nid
215 #define EVP_CIPHER_name EVP_CIPHER_get0_name
216 #define EVP_CIPHER_block_size EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size
217 #define EVP_CIPHER_key_length EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length
218 #define EVP_CIPHER_iv_length EVP_CIPHER_get_iv_length
219 #define EVP_CIPHER_flags EVP_CIPHER_get_flags
220 #define EVP_CIPHER_mode EVP_CIPHER_get_mode
221 #define EVP_CIPHER_type EVP_CIPHER_get_type
222 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_encrypting EVP_CIPHER_CTX_is_encrypting
223 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_nid
224 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_block_size
225 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length
226 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length
227 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_tag_length
228 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_num EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_num
229 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_type EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_type
230 #define EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_mode
231
232The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
233hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
234see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
235
236 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
237
238The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0, and can be
239hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
240see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
241
242 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_flags(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
243
244=head1 DESCRIPTION
245
246The EVP cipher routines are a high-level interface to certain
247symmetric ciphers.
248
249The B<EVP_CIPHER> type is a structure for cipher method implementation.
250
251=over 4
252
253=item EVP_CIPHER_fetch()
254
255Fetches the cipher implementation for the given I<algorithm> from any provider
256offering it, within the criteria given by the I<properties>.
257See L<crypto(7)/ALGORITHM FETCHING> for further information.
258
259The returned value must eventually be freed with EVP_CIPHER_free().
260
261Fetched B<EVP_CIPHER> structures are reference counted.
262
263=item EVP_CIPHER_up_ref()
264
265Increments the reference count for an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure.
266
267=item EVP_CIPHER_free()
268
269Decrements the reference count for the fetched B<EVP_CIPHER> structure.
270If the reference count drops to 0 then the structure is freed.
271If the argument is NULL, nothing is done.
272
273=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new()
274
275Allocates and returns a cipher context.
276
277=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free()
278
279Clears all information from a cipher context and frees any allocated memory
280associated with it, including I<ctx> itself. This function should be called
281after all operations using a cipher are complete so sensitive information does
282not remain in memory. If the argument is NULL, nothing is done.
283
284=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl()
285
286I<This is a legacy method.> EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() and
287EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() is the mechanism that should be used to set and get
288parameters that are used by providers.
289
290Performs cipher-specific control actions on context I<ctx>. The control command
291is indicated in I<cmd> and any additional arguments in I<p1> and I<p2>.
292EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl() must be called after EVP_CipherInit_ex2(). Other restrictions
293may apply depending on the control type and cipher implementation.
294
295If this function happens to be used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, it will
296translate the controls that are known to OpenSSL into L<OSSL_PARAM(3)>
297parameters with keys defined by OpenSSL and call EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() or
298EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() as is appropriate for each control command.
299
300See L</CONTROLS> below for more information, including what translations are
301being done.
302
303=item EVP_CIPHER_get_params()
304
305Retrieves the requested list of algorithm I<params> from a CIPHER I<cipher>.
306See L</PARAMETERS> below for more information.
307
308=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params()
309
310Retrieves the requested list of I<params> from CIPHER context I<ctx>.
311See L</PARAMETERS> below for more information.
312
313=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params()
314
315Sets the list of I<params> into a CIPHER context I<ctx>.
316See L</PARAMETERS> below for more information.
317
318=item EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params()
319
320Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the retrievable parameters
321that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_get_params().
322
323=item EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params()
324
325Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the retrievable parameters
326that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params().
327EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() returns the parameters that can be retrieved
328from the algorithm, whereas EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params() returns the
329parameters that can be retrieved in the context's current state.
330
331=item EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params()
332
333Get a constant L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> array that describes the settable parameters
334that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params().
335EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() returns the parameters that can be set from the
336algorithm, whereas EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params() returns the parameters that
337can be set in the context's current state.
338
339=item EVP_EncryptInit_ex2()
340
341Sets up cipher context I<ctx> for encryption with cipher I<type>. I<type> is
342typically supplied by calling EVP_CIPHER_fetch(). I<type> may also be set
343using legacy functions such as EVP_aes_256_cbc(), but this is not recommended
344for new applications. I<key> is the symmetric key to use and I<iv> is the IV to
345use (if necessary), the actual number of bytes used for the key and IV depends
346on the cipher. The parameters I<params> will be set on the context after
347initialisation. It is possible to set all parameters to NULL except I<type> in
348an initial call and supply the remaining parameters in subsequent calls, all of
349which have I<type> set to NULL. This is done when the default cipher parameters
350are not appropriate.
351For B<EVP_CIPH_GCM_MODE> the IV will be generated internally if it is not
352specified.
353
354=item EVP_EncryptInit_ex()
355
356This legacy function is similar to EVP_EncryptInit_ex2() when I<impl> is NULL.
357The implementation of the I<type> from the I<impl> engine will be used if it
358exists.
359
360=item EVP_EncryptUpdate()
361
362Encrypts I<inl> bytes from the buffer I<in> and writes the encrypted version to
363I<out>. The pointers I<out> and I<in> may point to the same location, in which
364case the encryption will be done in-place. However, in-place encryption is
365guaranteed to work only if the encryption context (I<ctx>) has processed data in
366multiples of the block size. If the context contains an incomplete data block
367from previous operations, in-place encryption will fail.
368
369If I<out> and I<in> point to different locations, the two buffers must be
370disjoint, otherwise the operation might fail or the outcome might be undefined.
371
372This function can be called multiple times to encrypt successive blocks
373of data. The amount of data written depends on the block alignment of the
374encrypted data.
375For most ciphers and modes, the amount of data written can be anything
376from zero bytes to (inl + cipher_block_size - 1) bytes.
377For wrap cipher modes, the amount of data written can be anything
378from zero bytes to (inl + cipher_block_size) bytes.
379For stream ciphers, the amount of data written can be anything from zero
380bytes to inl bytes.
381Thus, the buffer pointed to by I<out> must contain sufficient room for the
382operation being performed.
383The actual number of bytes written is placed in I<outl>.
384
385If padding is enabled (the default) then EVP_EncryptFinal_ex() encrypts
386the "final" data, that is any data that remains in a partial block.
387It uses standard block padding (aka PKCS padding) as described in
388the NOTES section, below. The encrypted
389final data is written to I<out> which should have sufficient space for
390one cipher block. The number of bytes written is placed in I<outl>. After
391this function is called the encryption operation is finished and no further
392calls to EVP_EncryptUpdate() should be made.
393
394If padding is disabled then EVP_EncryptFinal_ex() will not encrypt any more
395data and it will return an error if any data remains in a partial block:
396that is if the total data length is not a multiple of the block size.
397
398=item EVP_DecryptInit_ex2(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptUpdate()
399and EVP_DecryptFinal_ex()
400
401These functions are the corresponding decryption operations.
402EVP_DecryptFinal() will return an error code if padding is enabled and the
403final block is not correctly formatted. The parameters and restrictions are
404identical to the encryption operations except that if padding is enabled the
405decrypted data buffer I<out> passed to EVP_DecryptUpdate() should have
406sufficient room for (I<inl> + cipher_block_size) bytes unless the cipher block
407size is 1 in which case I<inl> bytes is sufficient.
408
409=item EVP_CipherInit_ex2(), EVP_CipherInit_ex(), EVP_CipherUpdate() and
410EVP_CipherFinal_ex()
411
412These functions can be used for decryption or encryption. The operation
413performed depends on the value of the I<enc> parameter. It should be set to 1
414for encryption, 0 for decryption and -1 to leave the value unchanged
415(the actual value of 'enc' being supplied in a previous call).
416
417=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset()
418
419Clears all information from a cipher context and free up any allocated memory
420associated with it, except the I<ctx> itself. This function should be called
421anytime I<ctx> is reused by another
422EVP_CipherInit() / EVP_CipherUpdate() / EVP_CipherFinal() series of calls.
423
424=item EVP_EncryptInit(), EVP_DecryptInit() and EVP_CipherInit()
425
426Behave in a similar way to EVP_EncryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex() and
427EVP_CipherInit_ex() except if the I<type> is not a fetched cipher they use the
428default implementation of the I<type>.
429
430=item EVP_EncryptFinal(), EVP_DecryptFinal() and EVP_CipherFinal()
431
432Identical to EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(), EVP_DecryptFinal_ex() and
433EVP_CipherFinal_ex(). In previous releases they also cleaned up
434the I<ctx>, but this is no longer done and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup()
435must be called to free any context resources.
436
437=item EVP_Cipher()
438
439Encrypts or decrypts a maximum I<inl> amount of bytes from I<in> and leaves the
440result in I<out>.
441
442For legacy ciphers - If the cipher doesn't have the flag
443B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER> set, then I<inl> must be a multiple of
444EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size().  If it isn't, the result is undefined.  If the cipher
445has that flag set, then I<inl> can be any size.
446
447Due to the constraints of the API contract of this function it shouldn't be used
448in applications, please consider using EVP_CipherUpdate() and
449EVP_CipherFinal_ex() instead.
450
451=item EVP_get_cipherbyname(), EVP_get_cipherbynid() and EVP_get_cipherbyobj()
452
453Returns an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure when passed a cipher name, a cipher B<NID> or
454an B<ASN1_OBJECT> structure respectively.
455
456EVP_get_cipherbyname() will return NULL for algorithms such as "AES-128-SIV",
457"AES-128-CBC-CTS" and "CAMELLIA-128-CBC-CTS" which were previously only
458accessible via low level interfaces.
459
460The EVP_get_cipherbyname() function is present for backwards compatibility with
461OpenSSL prior to version 3 and is different to the EVP_CIPHER_fetch() function
462since it does not attempt to "fetch" an implementation of the cipher.
463Additionally, it only knows about ciphers that are built-in to OpenSSL and have
464an associated NID. Similarly EVP_get_cipherbynid() and EVP_get_cipherbyobj()
465also return objects without an associated implementation.
466
467When the cipher objects returned by these functions are used (such as in a call
468to EVP_EncryptInit_ex()) an implementation of the cipher will be implicitly
469fetched from the loaded providers. This fetch could fail if no suitable
470implementation is available. Use EVP_CIPHER_fetch() instead to explicitly fetch
471the algorithm and an associated implementation from a provider.
472
473See L<crypto(7)/ALGORITHM FETCHING> for more information about fetching.
474
475The cipher objects returned from these functions do not need to be freed with
476EVP_CIPHER_free().
477
478=item EVP_CIPHER_get_nid() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_nid()
479
480Return the NID of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>
481structure.  The actual NID value is an internal value which may not have a
482corresponding OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
483
484=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_clear_flags() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_test_flags()
485
486Sets, clears and tests I<ctx> flags.  See L</FLAGS> below for more information.
487
488For provided ciphers EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags() should be called only after the
489fetched cipher has been assigned to the I<ctx>. It is recommended to use
490L</PARAMETERS> instead.
491
492=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding()
493
494Enables or disables padding. This function should be called after the context
495is set up for encryption or decryption with EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(),
496EVP_DecryptInit_ex2() or EVP_CipherInit_ex2(). By default encryption operations
497are padded using standard block padding and the padding is checked and removed
498when decrypting. If the I<pad> parameter is zero then no padding is
499performed, the total amount of data encrypted or decrypted must then
500be a multiple of the block size or an error will occur.
501
502=item EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length()
503
504Return the key length of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or
505B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> structure. The constant B<EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH> is the maximum
506key length for all ciphers. Note: although EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length() is fixed for
507a given cipher, the value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length() may be different for
508variable key length ciphers.
509
510=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length()
511
512Sets the key length of the cipher context.
513If the cipher is a fixed length cipher then attempting to set the key
514length to any value other than the fixed value is an error.
515
516=item EVP_CIPHER_get_iv_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length()
517
518Return the IV length of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or
519B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>. It will return zero if the cipher does not use an IV.
520The constant B<EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH> is the maximum IV length for all ciphers.
521
522=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_tag_length()
523
524Returns the tag length of an AEAD cipher when passed a B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>. It will
525return zero if the cipher does not support a tag. It returns a default value if
526the tag length has not been set.
527
528=item EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_block_size()
529
530Return the block size of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or
531B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> structure. The constant B<EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH> is also the
532maximum block length for all ciphers.
533
534=item EVP_CIPHER_get_type() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_type()
535
536Return the type of the passed cipher or context. This "type" is the actual NID
537of the cipher OBJECT IDENTIFIER and as such it ignores the cipher parameters
538(40 bit RC2 and 128 bit RC2 have the same NID). If the cipher does not have an
539object identifier or does not have ASN1 support this function will return
540B<NID_undef>.
541
542=item EVP_CIPHER_is_a()
543
544Returns 1 if I<cipher> is an implementation of an algorithm that's identifiable
545with I<name>, otherwise 0. If I<cipher> is a legacy cipher (it's the return
546value from the likes of EVP_aes128() rather than the result of an
547EVP_CIPHER_fetch()), only cipher names registered with the default library
548context (see L<OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)>) will be considered.
549
550=item EVP_CIPHER_get0_name() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_name()
551
552Return the name of the passed cipher or context.  For fetched ciphers with
553multiple names, only one of them is returned. See also EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all().
554
555=item EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all()
556
557Traverses all names for the I<cipher>, and calls I<fn> with each name and
558I<data>.  This is only useful with fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>s.
559
560=item EVP_CIPHER_get0_description()
561
562Returns a description of the cipher, meant for display and human consumption.
563The description is at the discretion of the cipher implementation.
564
565=item EVP_CIPHER_get0_provider()
566
567Returns an B<OSSL_PROVIDER> pointer to the provider that implements the given
568B<EVP_CIPHER>.
569
570=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_cipher()
571
572Returns the B<EVP_CIPHER> structure when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> structure.
573EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get1_cipher() is the same except the ownership is passed to
574the caller.
575
576=item EVP_CIPHER_get_mode() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_mode()
577
578Return the block cipher mode:
579EVP_CIPH_ECB_MODE, EVP_CIPH_CBC_MODE, EVP_CIPH_CFB_MODE, EVP_CIPH_OFB_MODE,
580EVP_CIPH_CTR_MODE, EVP_CIPH_GCM_MODE, EVP_CIPH_CCM_MODE, EVP_CIPH_XTS_MODE,
581EVP_CIPH_WRAP_MODE, EVP_CIPH_OCB_MODE or EVP_CIPH_SIV_MODE.
582If the cipher is a stream cipher then EVP_CIPH_STREAM_CIPHER is returned.
583
584=item EVP_CIPHER_get_flags()
585
586Returns any flags associated with the cipher. See L</FLAGS>
587for a list of currently defined flags.
588
589=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_num() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_num()
590
591Gets or sets the cipher specific "num" parameter for the associated I<ctx>.
592Built-in ciphers typically use this to track how much of the current underlying block
593has been "used" already.
594
595=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_is_encrypting()
596
597Reports whether the I<ctx> is being used for encryption or decryption.
598
599=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_flags()
600
601A deprecated macro calling C<EVP_CIPHER_get_flags(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_cipher(ctx))>.
602Do not use.
603
604=item EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1()
605
606Sets the AlgorithmIdentifier "parameter" based on the passed cipher. This will
607typically include any parameters and an IV. The cipher IV (if any) must be set
608when this call is made. This call should be made before the cipher is actually
609"used" (before any EVP_EncryptUpdate(), EVP_DecryptUpdate() calls for example).
610This function may fail if the cipher does not have any ASN1 support.
611
612=item EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param()
613
614Sets the cipher parameters based on an ASN1 AlgorithmIdentifier "parameter".
615The precise effect depends on the cipher. In the case of B<RC2>, for example,
616it will set the IV and effective key length.
617This function should be called after the base cipher type is set but before
618the key is set. For example EVP_CipherInit() will be called with the IV and
619key set to NULL, EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param() will be called and finally
620EVP_CipherInit() again with all parameters except the key set to NULL. It is
621possible for this function to fail if the cipher does not have any ASN1 support
622or the parameters cannot be set (for example the RC2 effective key length
623is not supported.
624
625=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_rand_key()
626
627Generates a random key of the appropriate length based on the cipher context.
628The B<EVP_CIPHER> can provide its own random key generation routine to support
629keys of a specific form. I<key> must point to a buffer at least as big as the
630value returned by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length().
631
632=item EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided()
633
634Traverses all ciphers implemented by all activated providers in the given
635library context I<libctx>, and for each of the implementations, calls the given
636function I<fn> with the implementation method and the given I<arg> as argument.
637
638=back
639
640=head1 PARAMETERS
641
642See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for information about passing parameters.
643
644=head2 Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters
645
646When EVP_CIPHER_fetch() is called it internally calls EVP_CIPHER_get_params()
647and caches the results.
648
649EVP_CIPHER_get_params() can be used with the following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys:
650
651=over 4
652
653=item "mode" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_MODE>) <unsigned integer>
654
655Gets the mode for the associated cipher algorithm I<cipher>.
656See L</EVP_CIPHER_get_mode() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_mode()> for a list of valid modes.
657Use EVP_CIPHER_get_mode() to retrieve the cached value.
658
659=item "keylen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_KEYLEN>) <unsigned integer>
660
661Gets the key length for the associated cipher algorithm I<cipher>.
662Use EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length() to retrieve the cached value.
663
664=item "ivlen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_IVLEN>) <unsigned integer>
665
666Gets the IV length for the associated cipher algorithm I<cipher>.
667Use EVP_CIPHER_get_iv_length() to retrieve the cached value.
668
669=item "blocksize" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_BLOCK_SIZE>) <unsigned integer>
670
671Gets the block size for the associated cipher algorithm I<cipher>.
672The block size should be 1 for stream ciphers.
673Note that the block size for a cipher may be different to the block size for
674the underlying encryption/decryption primitive.
675For example AES in CTR mode has a block size of 1 (because it operates like a
676stream cipher), even though AES has a block size of 16.
677Use EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size() to retrieve the cached value.
678
679=item "aead" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD>) <integer>
680
681Gets 1 if this is an AEAD cipher algorithm, otherwise it gets 0.
682Use (EVP_CIPHER_get_flags(cipher) & EVP_CIPH_FLAG_AEAD_CIPHER) to retrieve the
683cached value.
684
685=item "custom-iv" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_CUSTOM_IV>) <integer>
686
687Gets 1 if the cipher algorithm I<cipher> has a custom IV, otherwise it gets 0.
688Storing and initializing the IV is left entirely to the implementation, if a
689custom IV is used.
690Use (EVP_CIPHER_get_flags(cipher) & EVP_CIPH_CUSTOM_IV) to retrieve the
691cached value.
692
693=item "cts" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_CTS>) <integer>
694
695Gets 1 if the cipher algorithm I<cipher> uses ciphertext stealing,
696otherwise it gets 0.
697This is currently used to indicate that the cipher is a one shot that only
698allows a single call to EVP_CipherUpdate().
699Use (EVP_CIPHER_get_flags(cipher) & EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CTS) to retrieve the
700cached value.
701
702=item "tls-multi" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK>) <integer>
703
704Gets 1 if the cipher algorithm I<cipher> supports interleaving of crypto blocks,
705otherwise it gets 0. The interleaving is an optimization only applicable to certain
706TLS ciphers.
707Use (EVP_CIPHER_get_flags(cipher) & EVP_CIPH_FLAG_TLS1_1_MULTIBLOCK) to retrieve the
708cached value.
709
710=item "has-randkey" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_HAS_RANDKEY>) <integer>
711
712Gets 1 if the cipher algorithm I<cipher> supports the gettable EVP_CIPHER_CTX
713parameter B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_RANDOM_KEY>. Only DES and 3DES set this to 1,
714all other OpenSSL ciphers return 0.
715
716=back
717
718=head2 Gettable and Settable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters
719
720The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys can be used with both EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params()
721and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params().
722
723=over 4
724
725=item "padding" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_PADDING>) <unsigned integer>
726
727Gets or sets the padding mode for the cipher context I<ctx>.
728Padding is enabled if the value is 1, and disabled if the value is 0.
729See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding().
730
731=item "num" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_NUM>) <unsigned integer>
732
733Gets or sets the cipher specific "num" parameter for the cipher context I<ctx>.
734Built-in ciphers typically use this to track how much of the current underlying
735block has been "used" already.
736See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_num() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_num().
737
738=item "keylen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_KEYLEN>) <unsigned integer>
739
740Gets or sets the key length for the cipher context I<ctx>.
741The length of the "keylen" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
742See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length().
743
744=item "tag" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TAG>) <octet string>
745
746Gets or sets the AEAD tag for the associated cipher context I<ctx>.
747See L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)/AEAD Interface>.
748
749=item "keybits" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_RC2_KEYBITS>) <unsigned integer>
750
751Gets or sets the effective keybits used for a RC2 cipher.
752The length of the "keybits" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
753
754=item "rounds" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_ROUNDS>) <unsigned integer>
755
756Gets or sets the number of rounds to be used for a cipher.
757This is used by the RC5 cipher.
758
759=item "alg_id_param" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_ALGORITHM_ID_PARAMS>) <octet string>
760
761Used to pass the DER encoded AlgorithmIdentifier parameter to or from
762the cipher implementation.  Functions like L<EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1(3)>
763and L<EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param(3)> use this parameter for any implementation
764that has the flag B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_ASN1> set.
765
766=item "cts_mode" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_CTS_MODE>) <UTF8 string>
767
768Gets or sets the cipher text stealing mode. For all modes the output size is the
769same as the input size. The input length must be greater than or equal to the
770block size. (The block size for AES and CAMELLIA is 16 bytes).
771
772Valid values for the mode are:
773
774=over 4
775
776=item "CS1"
777
778The NIST variant of cipher text stealing.
779For input lengths that are multiples of the block size it is equivalent to
780using a "AES-XXX-CBC" or "CAMELLIA-XXX-CBC" cipher otherwise the second last
781cipher text block is a partial block.
782
783=item "CS2"
784
785For input lengths that are multiples of the block size it is equivalent to
786using a "AES-XXX-CBC" or "CAMELLIA-XXX-CBC" cipher, otherwise it is the same as
787"CS3" mode.
788
789=item "CS3"
790
791The Kerberos5 variant of cipher text stealing which always swaps the last
792cipher text block with the previous block (which may be a partial or full block
793depending on the input length). If the input length is exactly one full block
794then this is equivalent to using a "AES-XXX-CBC" or "CAMELLIA-XXX-CBC" cipher.
795
796=back
797
798The default is "CS1".
799This is only supported for "AES-128-CBC-CTS", "AES-192-CBC-CTS", "AES-256-CBC-CTS",
800"CAMELLIA-128-CBC-CTS", "CAMELLIA-192-CBC-CTS" and "CAMELLIA-256-CBC-CTS".
801
802=item "tls1multi_interleave" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_INTERLEAVE>) <unsigned integer>
803
804Sets or gets the number of records being sent in one go for a tls1 multiblock
805cipher operation (either 4 or 8 records).
806
807=back
808
809=head2 Gettable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters
810
811The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params():
812
813=over 4
814
815=item "ivlen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_IVLEN> and <B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_IVLEN>) <unsigned integer>
816
817Gets the IV length for the cipher context I<ctx>.
818The length of the "ivlen" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
819See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length().
820
821=item "iv" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_IV>) <octet string OR octet ptr>
822
823Gets the IV used to initialize the associated cipher context I<ctx>.
824See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_original_iv().
825
826=item "updated-iv" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_UPDATED_IV>) <octet string OR octet ptr>
827
828Gets the updated pseudo-IV state for the associated cipher context, e.g.,
829the previous ciphertext block for CBC mode or the iteratively encrypted IV
830value for OFB mode.  Note that octet pointer access is deprecated and is
831provided only for backwards compatibility with historical libcrypto APIs.
832See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_updated_iv().
833
834=item "randkey" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_RANDOM_KEY>) <octet string>
835
836Gets an implementation specific randomly generated key for the associated
837cipher context I<ctx>. This is currently only supported by DES and 3DES (which set
838the key to odd parity).
839
840=item "taglen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TAGLEN>) <unsigned integer>
841
842Gets the tag length to be used for an AEAD cipher for the associated cipher
843context I<ctx>. It gets a default value if it has not been set.
844The length of the "taglen" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
845See also EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_tag_length().
846
847=item "tlsaadpad" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_AAD_PAD>) <unsigned integer>
848
849Gets the length of the tag that will be added to a TLS record for the AEAD
850tag for the associated cipher context I<ctx>.
851The length of the "tlsaadpad" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
852
853=item "tlsivgen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_GET_IV_GEN>) <octet string>
854
855Gets the invocation field generated for encryption.
856Can only be called after "tlsivfixed" is set.
857This is only used for GCM mode.
858
859=item "tls1multi_enclen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_ENC_LEN>) <unsigned integer>
860
861Get the total length of the record returned from the "tls1multi_enc" operation.
862
863=item "tls1multi_maxbufsz" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_MAX_BUFSIZE>) <unsigned integer>
864
865Gets the maximum record length for a TLS1 multiblock cipher operation.
866The length of the "tls1multi_maxbufsz" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
867
868=item "tls1multi_aadpacklen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_AAD_PACKLEN>) <unsigned integer>
869
870Gets the result of running the "tls1multi_aad" operation.
871
872=item "tls-mac" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS_MAC>) <octet ptr>
873
874Used to pass the TLS MAC data.
875
876=back
877
878=head2 Settable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters
879
880The following L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> keys can be used with EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params():
881
882=over 4
883
884=item "mackey" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_MAC_KEY>) <octet string>
885
886Sets the MAC key used by composite AEAD ciphers such as AES-CBC-HMAC-SHA256.
887
888=item "speed" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_SPEED>) <unsigned integer>
889
890Sets the speed option for the associated cipher context. This is only supported
891by AES SIV ciphers which disallow multiple operations by default.
892Setting "speed" to 1 allows another encrypt or decrypt operation to be
893performed. This is used for performance testing.
894
895=item "use-bits" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_USE_BITS>) <unsigned integer>
896
897Determines if the input length I<inl> passed to EVP_EncryptUpdate(),
898EVP_DecryptUpdate() and EVP_CipherUpdate() is the number of bits or number of bytes.
899Setting "use-bits" to 1 uses bits. The default is in bytes.
900This is only used for B<CFB1> ciphers.
901
902This can be set using EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags(ctx, EVP_CIPH_FLAG_LENGTH_BITS).
903
904=item "tls-version" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS_VERSION>) <integer>
905
906Sets the TLS version.
907
908=item "tls-mac-size" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS_MAC_SIZE>) <unsigned integer>
909
910Set the TLS MAC size.
911
912=item "tlsaad" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_AAD>) <octet string>
913
914Sets TLSv1.2 AAD information for the associated cipher context I<ctx>.
915TLSv1.2 AAD information is always 13 bytes in length and is as defined for the
916"additional_data" field described in section 6.2.3.3 of RFC5246.
917
918=item "tlsivfixed" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_IV_FIXED>) <octet string>
919
920Sets the fixed portion of an IV for an AEAD cipher used in a TLS record
921encryption/ decryption for the associated cipher context.
922TLS record encryption/decryption always occurs "in place" so that the input and
923output buffers are always the same memory location.
924AEAD IVs in TLSv1.2 consist of an implicit "fixed" part and an explicit part
925that varies with every record.
926Setting a TLS fixed IV changes a cipher to encrypt/decrypt TLS records.
927TLS records are encrypted/decrypted using a single OSSL_FUNC_cipher_cipher call per
928record.
929For a record decryption the first bytes of the input buffer will be the explicit
930part of the IV and the final bytes of the input buffer will be the AEAD tag.
931The length of the explicit part of the IV and the tag length will depend on the
932cipher in use and will be defined in the RFC for the relevant ciphersuite.
933In order to allow for "in place" decryption the plaintext output should be
934written to the same location in the output buffer that the ciphertext payload
935was read from, i.e. immediately after the explicit IV.
936
937When encrypting a record the first bytes of the input buffer should be empty to
938allow space for the explicit IV, as will the final bytes where the tag will
939be written.
940The length of the input buffer will include the length of the explicit IV, the
941payload, and the tag bytes.
942The cipher implementation should generate the explicit IV and write it to the
943beginning of the output buffer, do "in place" encryption of the payload and
944write that to the output buffer, and finally add the tag onto the end of the
945output buffer.
946
947Whether encrypting or decrypting the value written to I<*outl> in the
948OSSL_FUNC_cipher_cipher call should be the length of the payload excluding the explicit
949IV length and the tag length.
950
951=item "tlsivinv" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_SET_IV_INV>) <octet string>
952
953Sets the invocation field used for decryption.
954Can only be called after "tlsivfixed" is set.
955This is only used for GCM mode.
956
957=item "tls1multi_enc" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_ENC>) <octet string>
958
959Triggers a multiblock TLS1 encrypt operation for a TLS1 aware cipher that
960supports sending 4 or 8 records in one go.
961The cipher performs both the MAC and encrypt stages and constructs the record
962headers itself.
963"tls1multi_enc" supplies the output buffer for the encrypt operation,
964"tls1multi_encin" & "tls1multi_interleave" must also be set in order to supply
965values to the encrypt operation.
966
967=item "tls1multi_encin" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_ENC_IN>) <octet string>
968
969Supplies the data to encrypt for a TLS1 multiblock cipher operation.
970
971=item "tls1multi_maxsndfrag" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_MAX_SEND_FRAGMENT>) <unsigned integer>
972
973Sets the maximum send fragment size for a TLS1 multiblock cipher operation.
974It must be set before using "tls1multi_maxbufsz".
975The length of the "tls1multi_maxsndfrag" parameter should not exceed that of a B<size_t>.
976
977=item "tls1multi_aad" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_AAD>) <octet string>
978
979Sets the authenticated additional data used by a TLS1 multiblock cipher operation.
980The supplied data consists of 13 bytes of record data containing:
981Bytes 0-7: The sequence number of the first record
982Byte 8: The record type
983Byte 9-10: The protocol version
984Byte 11-12: Input length (Always 0)
985
986"tls1multi_interleave" must also be set for this operation.
987
988=back
989
990=head1 CONTROLS
991
992The Mappings from EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl() identifiers to PARAMETERS are listed
993in the following section. See the L</PARAMETERS> section for more details.
994
995EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl() can be used to send the following standard controls:
996
997=over 4
998
999=item EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN and EVP_CTRL_GET_IVLEN
1000
1001When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() and
1002EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() get called with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the
1003key "ivlen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_IVLEN>).
1004
1005=item EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IV_FIXED
1006
1007When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1008with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "tlsivfixed"
1009(B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_IV_FIXED>).
1010
1011=item EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_MAC_KEY
1012
1013When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1014with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "mackey"
1015(B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_MAC_KEY>).
1016
1017=item EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG and EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG
1018
1019When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() and
1020EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() get called with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the
1021key "tag" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TAG>).
1022
1023=item EVP_CTRL_CCM_SET_L
1024
1025When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1026with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "ivlen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_IVLEN>)
1027with a value of (15 - L)
1028
1029=item EVP_CTRL_COPY
1030
1031There is no OSSL_PARAM mapping for this. Use EVP_CIPHER_CTX_copy() instead.
1032
1033=item EVP_CTRL_GCM_SET_IV_INV
1034
1035When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1036with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "tlsivinv"
1037(B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_SET_IV_INV>).
1038
1039=item EVP_CTRL_RAND_KEY
1040
1041When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1042with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "randkey"
1043(B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_RANDOM_KEY>).
1044
1045=item EVP_CTRL_SET_KEY_LENGTH
1046
1047When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1048with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "keylen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_KEYLEN>).
1049
1050=item EVP_CTRL_SET_RC2_KEY_BITS and EVP_CTRL_GET_RC2_KEY_BITS
1051
1052When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() and
1053EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() get called with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the
1054key "keybits" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_RC2_KEYBITS>).
1055
1056=item EVP_CTRL_SET_RC5_ROUNDS and EVP_CTRL_GET_RC5_ROUNDS
1057
1058When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() and
1059EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() get called with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the
1060key "rounds" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_ROUNDS>).
1061
1062=item EVP_CTRL_SET_SPEED
1063
1064When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1065with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key "speed" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_SPEED>).
1066
1067=item EVP_CTRL_GCM_IV_GEN
1068
1069When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() gets called
1070with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key
1071"tlsivgen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_GET_IV_GEN>).
1072
1073=item EVP_CTRL_AEAD_TLS1_AAD
1074
1075When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() get called
1076with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the key
1077"tlsaad" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_AAD>)
1078followed by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() with a key of
1079"tlsaadpad" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_AEAD_TLS1_AAD_PAD>).
1080
1081=item EVP_CTRL_TLS1_1_MULTIBLOCK_MAX_BUFSIZE
1082
1083When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>,
1084EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called with an L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> item with the
1085key OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_MAX_SEND_FRAGMENT
1086followed by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() with a key of
1087"tls1multi_maxbufsz" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_MAX_BUFSIZE>).
1088
1089=item EVP_CTRL_TLS1_1_MULTIBLOCK_AAD
1090
1091When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1092with L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> items with the keys
1093"tls1multi_aad" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_AAD>) and
1094"tls1multi_interleave" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_INTERLEAVE>)
1095followed by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() with keys of
1096"tls1multi_aadpacklen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_AAD_PACKLEN>) and
1097"tls1multi_interleave" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_INTERLEAVE>).
1098
1099=item EVP_CTRL_TLS1_1_MULTIBLOCK_ENCRYPT
1100
1101When used with a fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>, EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() gets called
1102with L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> items with the keys
1103"tls1multi_enc" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_ENC>),
1104"tls1multi_encin" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_ENC_IN>) and
1105"tls1multi_interleave" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_INTERLEAVE>),
1106followed by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() with a key of
1107"tls1multi_enclen" (B<OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_TLS1_MULTIBLOCK_ENC_LEN>).
1108
1109=back
1110
1111=head1 FLAGS
1112
1113EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_flags(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_clear_flags() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_test_flags().
1114can be used to manipulate and test these B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> flags:
1115
1116=over 4
1117
1118=item EVP_CIPH_NO_PADDING
1119
1120Used by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding().
1121
1122See also L</Gettable and Settable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters> "padding"
1123
1124=item EVP_CIPH_FLAG_LENGTH_BITS
1125
1126See L</Settable EVP_CIPHER_CTX parameters> "use-bits".
1127
1128=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_FLAG_WRAP_ALLOW
1129
1130Used for Legacy purposes only. This flag needed to be set to indicate the
1131cipher handled wrapping.
1132
1133=back
1134
1135EVP_CIPHER_flags() uses the following flags that
1136have mappings to L</Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters>:
1137
1138=over 4
1139
1140=item EVP_CIPH_FLAG_AEAD_CIPHER
1141
1142See L</Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters> "aead".
1143
1144=item EVP_CIPH_CUSTOM_IV
1145
1146See L</Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters> "custom-iv".
1147
1148=item EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CTS
1149
1150See L</Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters> "cts".
1151
1152=item EVP_CIPH_FLAG_TLS1_1_MULTIBLOCK;
1153
1154See L</Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters> "tls-multi".
1155
1156=item EVP_CIPH_RAND_KEY
1157
1158See L</Gettable EVP_CIPHER parameters> "has-randkey".
1159
1160=back
1161
1162EVP_CIPHER_flags() uses the following flags for legacy purposes only:
1163
1164=over 4
1165
1166=item EVP_CIPH_VARIABLE_LENGTH
1167
1168=item EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER
1169
1170=item EVP_CIPH_ALWAYS_CALL_INIT
1171
1172=item EVP_CIPH_CTRL_INIT
1173
1174=item EVP_CIPH_CUSTOM_KEY_LENGTH
1175
1176=item EVP_CIPH_CUSTOM_COPY
1177
1178=item EVP_CIPH_FLAG_DEFAULT_ASN1
1179
1180See L<EVP_CIPHER_meth_set_flags(3)> for further information related to the above
1181flags.
1182
1183=back
1184
1185=head1 RETURN VALUES
1186
1187EVP_CIPHER_fetch() returns a pointer to a B<EVP_CIPHER> for success
1188and B<NULL> for failure.
1189
1190EVP_CIPHER_up_ref() returns 1 for success or 0 otherwise.
1191
1192EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() returns a pointer to a newly created
1193B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> for success and B<NULL> for failure.
1194
1195EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() and EVP_EncryptFinal_ex()
1196return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
1197
1198EVP_DecryptInit_ex2() and EVP_DecryptUpdate() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
1199EVP_DecryptFinal_ex() returns 0 if the decrypt failed or 1 for success.
1200
1201EVP_CipherInit_ex2() and EVP_CipherUpdate() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
1202EVP_CipherFinal_ex() returns 0 for a decryption failure or 1 for success.
1203
1204EVP_Cipher() returns 1 on success or 0 on failure, if the flag
1205B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER> is not set for the cipher.
1206EVP_Cipher() returns the number of bytes written to I<out> for encryption / decryption, or
1207the number of bytes authenticated in a call specifying AAD for an AEAD cipher, if the flag
1208B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER> is set for the cipher.
1209
1210EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset() returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
1211
1212EVP_get_cipherbyname(), EVP_get_cipherbynid() and EVP_get_cipherbyobj()
1213return an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure or NULL on error.
1214
1215EVP_CIPHER_get_nid() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_nid() return a NID.
1216
1217EVP_CIPHER_get_block_size() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_block_size() return the
1218block size.
1219
1220EVP_CIPHER_get_key_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length() return the key
1221length.
1222
1223EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding() always returns 1.
1224
1225EVP_CIPHER_get_iv_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length() return the IV
1226length or zero if the cipher does not use an IV.
1227
1228EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_tag_length() return the tag length or zero if the cipher
1229does not use a tag.
1230
1231EVP_CIPHER_get_type() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_type() return the NID of the
1232cipher's OBJECT IDENTIFIER or NID_undef if it has no defined
1233OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
1234
1235EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher() returns an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure.
1236
1237EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_num() returns a nonnegative num value or
1238B<EVP_CTRL_RET_UNSUPPORTED> if the implementation does not support the call
1239or on any other error.
1240
1241EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_num() returns 1 on success and 0 if the implementation
1242does not support the call or on any other error.
1243
1244EVP_CIPHER_CTX_is_encrypting() returns 1 if the I<ctx> is set up for encryption
12450 otherwise.
1246
1247EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1() and EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param() return greater
1248than zero for success and zero or a negative number on failure.
1249
1250EVP_CIPHER_CTX_rand_key() returns 1 for success and zero or a negative number
1251for failure.
1252
1253EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all() returns 1 if the callback was called for all names.
1254A return value of 0 means that the callback was not called for any names.
1255
1256=head1 CIPHER LISTING
1257
1258All algorithms have a fixed key length unless otherwise stated.
1259
1260Refer to L</SEE ALSO> for the full list of ciphers available through the EVP
1261interface.
1262
1263=over 4
1264
1265=item EVP_enc_null()
1266
1267Null cipher: does nothing.
1268
1269=back
1270
1271=head1 AEAD INTERFACE
1272
1273The EVP interface for Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD)
1274modes are subtly altered and several additional I<ctrl> operations are supported
1275depending on the mode specified.
1276
1277To specify additional authenticated data (AAD), a call to EVP_CipherUpdate(),
1278EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() should be made with the output
1279parameter I<out> set to B<NULL>. In this case, on success, the parameter
1280I<outl> is set to the number of bytes authenticated.
1281
1282When decrypting, the return value of EVP_DecryptFinal() or EVP_CipherFinal()
1283indicates whether the operation was successful. If it does not indicate success,
1284the authentication operation has failed and any output data B<MUST NOT> be used
1285as it is corrupted.
1286
1287=head2 GCM and OCB Modes
1288
1289The following I<ctrl>s are supported in GCM and OCB modes.
1290
1291=over 4
1292
1293=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN, ivlen, NULL)
1294
1295Sets the IV length. This call can only be made before specifying an IV. If
1296not called a default IV length is used.
1297
1298For GCM AES and OCB AES the default is 12 (i.e. 96 bits). For OCB mode the
1299maximum is 15.
1300
1301=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG, taglen, tag)
1302
1303Writes C<taglen> bytes of the tag value to the buffer indicated by C<tag>.
1304This call can only be made when encrypting data and B<after> all data has been
1305processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal() call).
1306
1307For OCB, C<taglen> must either be 16 or the value previously set via
1308B<EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG>.
1309
1310=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag)
1311
1312When decrypting, this call sets the expected tag to C<taglen> bytes from C<tag>.
1313C<taglen> must be between 1 and 16 inclusive.
1314The tag must be set prior to any call to EVP_DecryptFinal() or
1315EVP_DecryptFinal_ex().
1316
1317For GCM, this call is only valid when decrypting data.
1318
1319For OCB, this call is valid when decrypting data to set the expected tag,
1320and when encrypting to set the desired tag length.
1321
1322In OCB mode, calling this when encrypting with C<tag> set to C<NULL> sets the
1323tag length. The tag length can only be set before specifying an IV. If this is
1324not called prior to setting the IV during encryption, then a default tag length
1325is used.
1326
1327For OCB AES, the default tag length is 16 (i.e. 128 bits).  It is also the
1328maximum tag length for OCB.
1329
1330=back
1331
1332=head2 CCM Mode
1333
1334The EVP interface for CCM mode is similar to that of the GCM mode but with a
1335few additional requirements and different I<ctrl> values.
1336
1337For CCM mode, the total plaintext or ciphertext length B<MUST> be passed to
1338EVP_CipherUpdate(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() with the output
1339and input parameters (I<in> and I<out>) set to B<NULL> and the length passed in
1340the I<inl> parameter.
1341
1342The following I<ctrl>s are supported in CCM mode.
1343
1344=over 4
1345
1346=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag)
1347
1348This call is made to set the expected B<CCM> tag value when decrypting or
1349the length of the tag (with the C<tag> parameter set to NULL) when encrypting.
1350The tag length is often referred to as B<M>. If not set a default value is
1351used (12 for AES). When decrypting, the tag needs to be set before passing
1352in data to be decrypted, but as in GCM and OCB mode, it can be set after
1353passing additional authenticated data (see L</AEAD INTERFACE>).
1354
1355=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_CCM_SET_L, ivlen, NULL)
1356
1357Sets the CCM B<L> value. If not set a default is used (8 for AES).
1358
1359=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN, ivlen, NULL)
1360
1361Sets the CCM nonce (IV) length. This call can only be made before specifying a
1362nonce value. The nonce length is given by B<15 - L> so it is 7 by default for
1363AES.
1364
1365=back
1366
1367=head2 SIV Mode
1368
1369For SIV mode ciphers the behaviour of the EVP interface is subtly
1370altered and several additional ctrl operations are supported.
1371
1372To specify any additional authenticated data (AAD) and/or a Nonce, a call to
1373EVP_CipherUpdate(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() should be made
1374with the output parameter I<out> set to B<NULL>.
1375
1376RFC5297 states that the Nonce is the last piece of AAD before the actual
1377encrypt/decrypt takes place. The API does not differentiate the Nonce from
1378other AAD.
1379
1380When decrypting the return value of EVP_DecryptFinal() or EVP_CipherFinal()
1381indicates if the operation was successful. If it does not indicate success
1382the authentication operation has failed and any output data B<MUST NOT>
1383be used as it is corrupted.
1384
1385The API does not store the the SIV (Synthetic Initialization Vector) in
1386the cipher text. Instead, it is stored as the tag within the EVP_CIPHER_CTX.
1387The SIV must be retrieved from the context after encryption, and set into
1388the context before decryption.
1389
1390This differs from RFC5297 in that the cipher output from encryption, and
1391the cipher input to decryption, does not contain the SIV. This also means
1392that the plain text and cipher text lengths are identical.
1393
1394The following ctrls are supported in SIV mode, and are used to get and set
1395the Synthetic Initialization Vector:
1396
1397=over 4
1398
1399=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG, taglen, tag);
1400
1401Writes I<taglen> bytes of the tag value (the Synthetic Initialization Vector)
1402to the buffer indicated by I<tag>. This call can only be made when encrypting
1403data and B<after> all data has been processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal()
1404call). For SIV mode the taglen must be 16.
1405
1406=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag);
1407
1408Sets the expected tag (the Synthetic Initialization Vector) to I<taglen>
1409bytes from I<tag>. This call is only legal when decrypting data and must be
1410made B<before> any data is processed (e.g. before any EVP_DecryptUpdate()
1411calls). For SIV mode the taglen must be 16.
1412
1413=back
1414
1415SIV mode makes two passes over the input data, thus, only one call to
1416EVP_CipherUpdate(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() should be made
1417with I<out> set to a non-B<NULL> value. A call to EVP_DecryptFinal() or
1418EVP_CipherFinal() is not required, but will indicate if the update
1419operation succeeded.
1420
1421=head2 ChaCha20-Poly1305
1422
1423The following I<ctrl>s are supported for the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD algorithm.
1424
1425=over 4
1426
1427=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN, ivlen, NULL)
1428
1429Sets the nonce length. This call is now redundant since the only valid value
1430is the default length of 12 (i.e. 96 bits).
1431Prior to OpenSSL 3.0 a nonce of less than 12 bytes could be used to automatically
1432pad the iv with leading 0 bytes to make it 12 bytes in length.
1433
1434=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG, taglen, tag)
1435
1436Writes C<taglen> bytes of the tag value to the buffer indicated by C<tag>.
1437This call can only be made when encrypting data and B<after> all data has been
1438processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal() call).
1439
1440C<taglen> specified here must be 16 (B<POLY1305_BLOCK_SIZE>, i.e. 128-bits) or
1441less.
1442
1443=item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag)
1444
1445Sets the expected tag to C<taglen> bytes from C<tag>.
1446The tag length can only be set before specifying an IV.
1447C<taglen> must be between 1 and 16 (B<POLY1305_BLOCK_SIZE>) inclusive.
1448This call is only valid when decrypting data.
1449
1450=back
1451
1452=head1 NOTES
1453
1454Where possible the B<EVP> interface to symmetric ciphers should be used in
1455preference to the low-level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
1456transparent to the cipher used and much more flexible. Additionally, the
1457B<EVP> interface will ensure the use of platform specific cryptographic
1458acceleration such as AES-NI (the low-level interfaces do not provide the
1459guarantee).
1460
1461PKCS padding works by adding B<n> padding bytes of value B<n> to make the total
1462length of the encrypted data a multiple of the block size. Padding is always
1463added so if the data is already a multiple of the block size B<n> will equal
1464the block size. For example if the block size is 8 and 11 bytes are to be
1465encrypted then 5 padding bytes of value 5 will be added.
1466
1467When decrypting the final block is checked to see if it has the correct form.
1468
1469Although the decryption operation can produce an error if padding is enabled,
1470it is not a strong test that the input data or key is correct. A random block
1471has better than 1 in 256 chance of being of the correct format and problems with
1472the input data earlier on will not produce a final decrypt error.
1473
1474If padding is disabled then the decryption operation will always succeed if
1475the total amount of data decrypted is a multiple of the block size.
1476
1477The functions EVP_EncryptInit(), EVP_EncryptInit_ex(),
1478EVP_EncryptFinal(), EVP_DecryptInit(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex(),
1479EVP_CipherInit(), EVP_CipherInit_ex() and EVP_CipherFinal() are obsolete
1480but are retained for compatibility with existing code. New code should
1481use EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(), EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex2(),
1482EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(), EVP_CipherInit_ex2() and EVP_CipherFinal_ex()
1483because they can reuse an existing context without allocating and freeing
1484it up on each call.
1485
1486There are some differences between functions EVP_CipherInit() and
1487EVP_CipherInit_ex(), significant in some circumstances. EVP_CipherInit() fills
1488the passed context object with zeros.  As a consequence, EVP_CipherInit() does
1489not allow step-by-step initialization of the ctx when the I<key> and I<iv> are
1490passed in separate calls. It also means that the flags set for the CTX are
1491removed, and it is especially important for the
1492B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX_FLAG_WRAP_ALLOW> flag treated specially in
1493EVP_CipherInit_ex().
1494
1495Ignoring failure returns of the B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> initialization functions can
1496lead to subsequent undefined behavior when calling the functions that update or
1497finalize the context. The only valid calls on the B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> when
1498initialization fails are calls that attempt another initialization of the
1499context or release the context.
1500
1501EVP_get_cipherbynid(), and EVP_get_cipherbyobj() are implemented as macros.
1502
1503=head1 BUGS
1504
1505B<EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH> and B<EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH> only refer to the internal
1506ciphers with default key lengths. If custom ciphers exceed these values the
1507results are unpredictable. This is because it has become standard practice to
1508define a generic key as a fixed unsigned char array containing
1509B<EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH> bytes.
1510
1511The ASN1 code is incomplete (and sometimes inaccurate) it has only been tested
1512for certain common S/MIME ciphers (RC2, DES, triple DES) in CBC mode.
1513
1514=head1 EXAMPLES
1515
1516Encrypt a string using IDEA:
1517
1518 int do_crypt(char *outfile)
1519 {
1520     unsigned char outbuf[1024];
1521     int outlen, tmplen;
1522     /*
1523      * Bogus key and IV: we'd normally set these from
1524      * another source.
1525      */
1526     unsigned char key[] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15};
1527     unsigned char iv[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8};
1528     char intext[] = "Some Crypto Text";
1529     EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx;
1530     FILE *out;
1531
1532     ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
1533     if (!EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(ctx, EVP_idea_cbc(), key, iv, NULL)) {
1534         /* Error */
1535         EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1536         return 0;
1537     }
1538
1539     if (!EVP_EncryptUpdate(ctx, outbuf, &outlen, intext, strlen(intext))) {
1540         /* Error */
1541         EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1542         return 0;
1543     }
1544     /*
1545      * Buffer passed to EVP_EncryptFinal() must be after data just
1546      * encrypted to avoid overwriting it.
1547      */
1548     if (!EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(ctx, outbuf + outlen, &tmplen)) {
1549         /* Error */
1550         EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1551         return 0;
1552     }
1553     outlen += tmplen;
1554     EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1555     /*
1556      * Need binary mode for fopen because encrypted data is
1557      * binary data. Also cannot use strlen() on it because
1558      * it won't be NUL terminated and may contain embedded
1559      * NULs.
1560      */
1561     out = fopen(outfile, "wb");
1562     if (out == NULL) {
1563         /* Error */
1564         return 0;
1565     }
1566     fwrite(outbuf, 1, outlen, out);
1567     fclose(out);
1568     return 1;
1569 }
1570
1571The ciphertext from the above example can be decrypted using the B<openssl>
1572utility with the command line (shown on two lines for clarity):
1573
1574 openssl idea -d \
1575     -K 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F -iv 0102030405060708 <filename
1576
1577General encryption and decryption function example using FILE I/O and AES128
1578with a 128-bit key:
1579
1580 int do_crypt(FILE *in, FILE *out, int do_encrypt)
1581 {
1582     /* Allow enough space in output buffer for additional block */
1583     unsigned char inbuf[1024], outbuf[1024 + EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH];
1584     int inlen, outlen;
1585     EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx;
1586     /*
1587      * Bogus key and IV: we'd normally set these from
1588      * another source.
1589      */
1590     unsigned char key[] = "0123456789abcdeF";
1591     unsigned char iv[] = "1234567887654321";
1592
1593     /* Don't set key or IV right away; we want to check lengths */
1594     ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
1595     if (!EVP_CipherInit_ex2(ctx, EVP_aes_128_cbc(), NULL, NULL,
1596                             do_encrypt, NULL)) {
1597         /* Error */
1598         EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1599         return 0;
1600     }
1601     OPENSSL_assert(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_key_length(ctx) == 16);
1602     OPENSSL_assert(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_iv_length(ctx) == 16);
1603
1604     /* Now we can set key and IV */
1605     if (!EVP_CipherInit_ex2(ctx, NULL, key, iv, do_encrypt, NULL)) {
1606         /* Error */
1607         EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1608         return 0;
1609     }
1610
1611     for (;;) {
1612         inlen = fread(inbuf, 1, 1024, in);
1613         if (inlen <= 0)
1614             break;
1615         if (!EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, outbuf, &outlen, inbuf, inlen)) {
1616             /* Error */
1617             EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1618             return 0;
1619         }
1620         fwrite(outbuf, 1, outlen, out);
1621     }
1622     if (!EVP_CipherFinal_ex(ctx, outbuf, &outlen)) {
1623         /* Error */
1624         EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1625         return 0;
1626     }
1627     fwrite(outbuf, 1, outlen, out);
1628
1629     EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1630     return 1;
1631 }
1632
1633Encryption using AES-CBC with a 256-bit key with "CS1" ciphertext stealing.
1634
1635 int encrypt(const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv,
1636             const unsigned char *msg, size_t msg_len, unsigned char *out)
1637 {
1638    /*
1639     * This assumes that key size is 32 bytes and the iv is 16 bytes.
1640     * For ciphertext stealing mode the length of the ciphertext "out" will be
1641     * the same size as the plaintext size "msg_len".
1642     * The "msg_len" can be any size >= 16.
1643     */
1644     int ret = 0, encrypt = 1, outlen, len;
1645     EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx = NULL;
1646     EVP_CIPHER *cipher = NULL;
1647     OSSL_PARAM params[2];
1648
1649     ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
1650     cipher = EVP_CIPHER_fetch(NULL, "AES-256-CBC-CTS", NULL);
1651     if (ctx == NULL || cipher == NULL)
1652         goto err;
1653
1654     /*
1655      * The default is "CS1" so this is not really needed,
1656      * but would be needed to set either "CS2" or "CS3".
1657      */
1658     params[0] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_CTS_MODE,
1659                                                  "CS1", 0);
1660     params[1] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
1661
1662     if (!EVP_CipherInit_ex2(ctx, cipher, key, iv, encrypt, params))
1663         goto err;
1664
1665     /* NOTE: CTS mode does not support multiple calls to EVP_CipherUpdate() */
1666     if (!EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, out, &outlen, msg, msg_len))
1667         goto err;
1668      if (!EVP_CipherFinal_ex(ctx, out + outlen, &len))
1669         goto err;
1670     ret = 1;
1671 err:
1672     EVP_CIPHER_free(cipher);
1673     EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
1674     return ret;
1675 }
1676
1677=head1 SEE ALSO
1678
1679L<evp(7)>,
1680L<property(7)>,
1681L<crypto(7)/ALGORITHM FETCHING>,
1682L<provider-cipher(7)>,
1683L<life_cycle-cipher(7)>
1684
1685Supported ciphers are listed in:
1686
1687L<EVP_aes_128_gcm(3)>,
1688L<EVP_aria_128_gcm(3)>,
1689L<EVP_bf_cbc(3)>,
1690L<EVP_camellia_128_ecb(3)>,
1691L<EVP_cast5_cbc(3)>,
1692L<EVP_chacha20(3)>,
1693L<EVP_des_cbc(3)>,
1694L<EVP_desx_cbc(3)>,
1695L<EVP_idea_cbc(3)>,
1696L<EVP_rc2_cbc(3)>,
1697L<EVP_rc4(3)>,
1698L<EVP_rc5_32_12_16_cbc(3)>,
1699L<EVP_seed_cbc(3)>,
1700L<EVP_sm4_cbc(3)>,
1701
1702=head1 HISTORY
1703
1704Support for OCB mode was added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
1705
1706B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> was made opaque in OpenSSL 1.1.0.  As a result,
1707EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset() appeared and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup()
1708disappeared.  EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init() remains as an alias for
1709EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset().
1710
1711The EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher() function was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0; use
1712EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_cipher() instead.
1713
1714The EVP_EncryptInit_ex2(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex2(), EVP_CipherInit_ex2(),
1715EVP_CIPHER_fetch(), EVP_CIPHER_free(), EVP_CIPHER_up_ref(),
1716EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get0_cipher(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get1_cipher(),
1717EVP_CIPHER_get_params(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params(),
1718EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params(), EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params(),
1719EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params(), EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params(),
1720EVP_CIPHER_CTX_settable_params() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_gettable_params()
1721functions were added in 3.0.
1722
1723The EVP_CIPHER_nid(), EVP_CIPHER_name(), EVP_CIPHER_block_size(),
1724EVP_CIPHER_key_length(), EVP_CIPHER_iv_length(), EVP_CIPHER_flags(),
1725EVP_CIPHER_mode(), EVP_CIPHER_type(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid(),
1726EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length(),
1727EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length(),
1728EVP_CIPHER_CTX_num(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_type(), and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode()
1729functions were renamed to include C<get> or C<get0> in their names in
1730OpenSSL 3.0, respectively. The old names are kept as non-deprecated
1731alias macros.
1732
1733The EVP_CIPHER_CTX_encrypting() function was renamed to
1734EVP_CIPHER_CTX_is_encrypting() in OpenSSL 3.0. The old name is kept as
1735non-deprecated alias macro.
1736
1737The EVP_CIPHER_CTX_flags() macro was deprecated in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
1738
1739=head1 COPYRIGHT
1740
1741Copyright 2000-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
1742
1743Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
1744this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
1745in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
1746L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
1747
1748=cut
1749