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3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_KDF-TLS13_KDF - The TLS 1.3 EVP_KDF implementation
6
7=head1 DESCRIPTION
8
9Support for computing the TLS 1.3 version of the B<HKDF> KDF through
10the B<EVP_KDF> API.
11
12The EVP_KDF-TLS13_KDF algorithm implements the HKDF key derivation function
13as used by TLS 1.3.
14
15The output is considered to be keying material.
16
17=head2 Identity
18
19"TLS13-KDF" is the name for this implementation; it
20can be used with the EVP_KDF_fetch() function.
21
22=head2 Supported parameters
23
24The supported parameters are:
25
26=over 4
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28=item "properties" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PROPERTIES>) <UTF8 string>
29
30=item "digest" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST>) <UTF8 string>
31
32=item "key" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_KEY>) <octet string>
33
34=item "salt" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SALT>) <octet string>
35
36These parameters work as described in L<EVP_KDF(3)/PARAMETERS>.
37
38=item "prefix" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PREFIX>) <octet string>
39
40This parameter sets the label prefix on the specified TLS 1.3 KDF context.
41For TLS 1.3 this should be set to the ASCII string "tls13 " without a
42trailing zero byte.  Refer to RFC 8446 section 7.1 "Key Schedule" for details.
43
44=item "label" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_LABEL>) <octet string>
45
46This parameter sets the label on the specified TLS 1.3 KDF context.
47Refer to RFC 8446 section 7.1 "Key Schedule" for details.
48
49=item "data" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DATA>) <octet string>
50
51This parameter sets the context data on the specified TLS 1.3 KDF context.
52Refer to RFC 8446 section 7.1 "Key Schedule" for details.
53
54=item "mode" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_MODE>) <UTF8 string> or <integer>
55
56This parameter sets the mode for the TLS 1.3 KDF operation.
57There are two modes that are currently defined:
58
59=over 4
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61=item "EXTRACT_ONLY" or B<EVP_KDF_HKDF_MODE_EXTRACT_ONLY>
62
63In this mode calling L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)> will just perform the extract
64operation. The value returned will be the intermediate fixed-length pseudorandom
65key K.  The I<keylen> parameter must match the size of K, which can be looked
66up by calling EVP_KDF_CTX_get_kdf_size() after setting the mode and digest.
67
68The digest, key and salt values must be set before a key is derived otherwise
69an error will occur.
70
71=item "EXPAND_ONLY" or B<EVP_KDF_HKDF_MODE_EXPAND_ONLY>
72
73In this mode calling L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)> will just perform the expand
74operation. The input key should be set to the intermediate fixed-length
75pseudorandom key K returned from a previous extract operation.
76
77The digest, key and info values must be set before a key is derived otherwise
78an error will occur.
79
80=back
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82=back
83
84=head1 NOTES
85
86This KDF is intended for use by the TLS 1.3 implementation in libssl.
87It does not support all the options and capabilities that HKDF does.
88
89The I<OSSL_PARAM> array passed to L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)> or
90L<EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params(3)> must specify all of the parameters required.
91This KDF does not support a piecemeal approach to providing these.
92
93A context for a TLS 1.3 KDF can be obtained by calling:
94
95 EVP_KDF *kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "TLS13-KDF", NULL);
96 EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);
97
98The output length of a TLS 1.3 KDF expand operation is specified via the
99I<keylen> parameter to the L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)> function.  When using
100EVP_KDF_HKDF_MODE_EXTRACT_ONLY the I<keylen> parameter must equal the size of
101the intermediate fixed-length pseudorandom key otherwise an error will occur.
102For that mode, the fixed output size can be looked up by calling
103EVP_KDF_CTX_get_kdf_size() after setting the mode and digest on the
104B<EVP_KDF_CTX>.
105
106=head1 CONFORMING TO
107
108RFC 8446
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110=head1 SEE ALSO
111
112L<EVP_KDF(3)>,
113L<EVP_KDF_CTX_new(3)>,
114L<EVP_KDF_CTX_free(3)>,
115L<EVP_KDF_CTX_get_kdf_size(3)>,
116L<EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params(3)>,
117L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)>,
118L<EVP_KDF(3)/PARAMETERS>,
119L<EVP_KDF-HKDF(7)>
120
121=head1 HISTORY
122
123This functionality was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
124
125=head1 COPYRIGHT
126
127Copyright 2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
128
129Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
130this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
131in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
132L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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