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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_PKEY_derive_init, EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer, EVP_PKEY_derive - derive public key algorithm shared secret
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
10
11 int EVP_PKEY_derive_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
12 int EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY *peer);
13 int EVP_PKEY_derive(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *key, size_t *keylen);
14
15=head1 DESCRIPTION
16
17The EVP_PKEY_derive_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
18context using key B<pkey> for shared secret derivation.
19
20The EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() function sets the peer key: this will normally
21be a public key.
22
23The EVP_PKEY_derive() derives a shared secret using B<ctx>.
24If B<key> is B<NULL> then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to
25the B<keylen> parameter. If B<key> is not B<NULL> then before the call the
26B<keylen> parameter should contain the length of the B<key> buffer, if the call
27is successful the shared secret is written to B<key> and the amount of data
28written to B<keylen>.
29
30=head1 NOTES
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32After the call to EVP_PKEY_derive_init() algorithm specific control
33operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
34operation.
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36The function EVP_PKEY_derive() can be called more than once on the same
37context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
38
39=head1 RETURN VALUES
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41EVP_PKEY_derive_init() and EVP_PKEY_derive() return 1 for success and 0
42or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
43indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
44
45=head1 EXAMPLES
46
47Derive shared secret (for example DH or EC keys):
48
49 #include <openssl/evp.h>
50 #include <openssl/rsa.h>
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52 EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
53 ENGINE *eng;
54 unsigned char *skey;
55 size_t skeylen;
56 EVP_PKEY *pkey, *peerkey;
57 /* NB: assumes pkey, eng, peerkey have been already set up */
58
59 ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(pkey, eng);
60 if (!ctx)
61     /* Error occurred */
62 if (EVP_PKEY_derive_init(ctx) <= 0)
63     /* Error */
64 if (EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(ctx, peerkey) <= 0)
65     /* Error */
66
67 /* Determine buffer length */
68 if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, NULL, &skeylen) <= 0)
69     /* Error */
70
71 skey = OPENSSL_malloc(skeylen);
72
73 if (!skey)
74     /* malloc failure */
75
76 if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, skey, &skeylen) <= 0)
77     /* Error */
78
79 /* Shared secret is skey bytes written to buffer skey */
80
81=head1 SEE ALSO
82
83L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
84L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)>,
85L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>,
86L<EVP_PKEY_sign(3)>,
87L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)>,
88L<EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)>,
89
90=head1 HISTORY
91
92These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
93
94=head1 COPYRIGHT
95
96Copyright 2006-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
97
98Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
99this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
100in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
101L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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