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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init, EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex,
6EVP_PKEY_verify_recover
7- recover signature using a public key algorithm
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
10
11 #include <openssl/evp.h>
12
13 int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
14 int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
15                                     const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
16 int EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
17                             unsigned char *rout, size_t *routlen,
18                             const unsigned char *sig, size_t siglen);
19
20=head1 DESCRIPTION
21
22EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() initializes a public key algorithm context
23I<ctx> for signing using the algorithm given when the context was created
24using L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)> or variants thereof.  The algorithm is used to
25fetch a B<EVP_SIGNATURE> method implicitly, see L<provider(7)/Implicit fetch>
26for more information about implicit fetches.
27
28EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex() is the same as
29EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() but additionally sets the passed parameters
30I<params> on the context before returning.
31
32The EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() function recovers signed data
33using I<ctx>. The signature is specified using the I<sig> and
34I<siglen> parameters. If I<rout> is NULL then the maximum size of the output
35buffer is written to the I<routlen> parameter. If I<rout> is not NULL then
36before the call the I<routlen> parameter should contain the length of the
37I<rout> buffer, if the call is successful recovered data is written to
38I<rout> and the amount of data written to I<routlen>.
39
40=head1 NOTES
41
42Normally an application is only interested in whether a signature verification
43operation is successful in those cases the EVP_verify() function should be
44used.
45
46Sometimes however it is useful to obtain the data originally signed using a
47signing operation. Only certain public key algorithms can recover a signature
48in this way (for example RSA in PKCS padding mode).
49
50After the call to EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() algorithm specific control
51operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
52operation.
53
54The function EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() can be called more than once on the same
55context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
56
57=head1 RETURN VALUES
58
59EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() and EVP_PKEY_verify_recover() return 1 for success
60and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
61indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
62
63=head1 EXAMPLES
64
65Recover digest originally signed using PKCS#1 and SHA256 digest:
66
67 #include <openssl/evp.h>
68 #include <openssl/rsa.h>
69
70 EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
71 unsigned char *rout, *sig;
72 size_t routlen, siglen;
73 EVP_PKEY *verify_key;
74
75 /*
76  * NB: assumes verify_key, sig and siglen are already set up
77  * and that verify_key is an RSA public key
78  */
79 ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(verify_key, NULL /* no engine */);
80 if (!ctx)
81     /* Error occurred */
82 if (EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init(ctx) <= 0)
83     /* Error */
84 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_PADDING) <= 0)
85     /* Error */
86 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(ctx, EVP_sha256()) <= 0)
87     /* Error */
88
89 /* Determine buffer length */
90 if (EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(ctx, NULL, &routlen, sig, siglen) <= 0)
91     /* Error */
92
93 rout = OPENSSL_malloc(routlen);
94
95 if (!rout)
96     /* malloc failure */
97
98 if (EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(ctx, rout, &routlen, sig, siglen) <= 0)
99     /* Error */
100
101 /* Recovered data is routlen bytes written to buffer rout */
102
103=head1 SEE ALSO
104
105L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
106L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)>,
107L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>,
108L<EVP_PKEY_sign(3)>,
109L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)>,
110L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>
111
112=head1 HISTORY
113
114The EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init() and EVP_PKEY_verify_recover()
115functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
116
117The EVP_PKEY_verify_recover_init_ex() function was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
118
119=head1 COPYRIGHT
120
121Copyright 2013-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
122
123Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
124this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
125in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
126L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
127
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