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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_PKEY_sign_init, EVP_PKEY_sign - sign using a public key algorithm
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
10
11 int EVP_PKEY_sign_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
12 int EVP_PKEY_sign(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
13                   unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen,
14                   const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
15
16=head1 DESCRIPTION
17
18The EVP_PKEY_sign_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
19context using key B<pkey> for a signing operation.
20
21The EVP_PKEY_sign() function performs a public key signing operation
22using B<ctx>. The data to be signed is specified using the B<tbs> and
23B<tbslen> parameters. If B<sig> is B<NULL> then the maximum size of the output
24buffer is written to the B<siglen> parameter. If B<sig> is not B<NULL> then
25before the call the B<siglen> parameter should contain the length of the
26B<sig> buffer, if the call is successful the signature is written to
27B<sig> and the amount of data written to B<siglen>.
28
29=head1 NOTES
30
31EVP_PKEY_sign() does not hash the data to be signed, and therefore is
32normally used to sign digests. For signing arbitrary messages, see the
33L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)> and
34L<EVP_SignInit(3)> signing interfaces instead.
35
36After the call to EVP_PKEY_sign_init() algorithm specific control
37operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
38operation (see L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)>).
39
40The function EVP_PKEY_sign() can be called more than once on the same
41context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
42
43=head1 RETURN VALUES
44
45EVP_PKEY_sign_init() and EVP_PKEY_sign() return 1 for success and 0
46or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
47indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
48
49=head1 EXAMPLES
50
51Sign data using RSA with PKCS#1 padding and SHA256 digest:
52
53 #include <openssl/evp.h>
54 #include <openssl/rsa.h>
55
56 EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
57 /* md is a SHA-256 digest in this example. */
58 unsigned char *md, *sig;
59 size_t mdlen = 32, siglen;
60 EVP_PKEY *signing_key;
61
62 /*
63  * NB: assumes signing_key and md are set up before the next
64  * step. signing_key must be an RSA private key and md must
65  * point to the SHA-256 digest to be signed.
66  */
67 ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(signing_key, NULL /* no engine */);
68 if (!ctx)
69     /* Error occurred */
70 if (EVP_PKEY_sign_init(ctx) <= 0)
71     /* Error */
72 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_PADDING) <= 0)
73     /* Error */
74 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(ctx, EVP_sha256()) <= 0)
75     /* Error */
76
77 /* Determine buffer length */
78 if (EVP_PKEY_sign(ctx, NULL, &siglen, md, mdlen) <= 0)
79     /* Error */
80
81 sig = OPENSSL_malloc(siglen);
82
83 if (!sig)
84     /* malloc failure */
85
86 if (EVP_PKEY_sign(ctx, sig, &siglen, md, mdlen) <= 0)
87     /* Error */
88
89 /* Signature is siglen bytes written to buffer sig */
90
91
92=head1 SEE ALSO
93
94L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
95L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)>,
96L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)>,
97L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>,
98L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)>,
99L<EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)>,
100L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>
101
102=head1 HISTORY
103
104These functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
105
106=head1 COPYRIGHT
107
108Copyright 2006-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
109
110Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
111this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
112in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
113L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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