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2
3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_KEYEXCH-DH
6- DH Key Exchange algorithm support
7
8=head1 DESCRIPTION
9
10Key exchange support for the B<DH> and B<DHX> key types.
11
12Please note that although both key types support the same key exchange
13operations, they cannot be used together in a single key exchange. It
14is not possible to use a private key of the B<DH> type in key exchange
15with the public key of B<DHX> type and vice versa.
16
17=head2 DH and DHX key exchange parameters
18
19=over 4
20
21=item "pad" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_PAD>) <unsigned integer>
22
23Sets the padding mode for the associated key exchange ctx.
24Setting a value of 1 will turn padding on.
25Setting a value of 0 will turn padding off.
26If padding is off then the derived shared secret may be smaller than the
27largest possible secret size.
28If padding is on then the derived shared secret will have its first bytes
29filled with zeros where necessary to make the shared secret the same size as
30the largest possible secret size.
31The padding mode parameter is ignored (and padding implicitly enabled) when
32the KDF type is set to "X942KDF-ASN1" (B<OSSL_KDF_NAME_X942KDF_ASN1>).
33
34=item "kdf-type" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_TYPE>) <UTF8 string>
35
36See L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
37
38=item "kdf-digest" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST>) <UTF8 string>
39
40See L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
41
42=item "kdf-digest-props" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST_PROPS>) <UTF8 string>
43
44See L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
45
46=item "kdf-outlen" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_OUTLEN>) <unsigned integer>
47
48See L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
49
50=item "kdf-ukm" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_UKM>) <octet string>
51
52See L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
53
54=item "cekalg" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_CEK_ALG>) <octet string ptr>
55
56See L<provider-kdf(7)/KDF Parameters>.
57
58=back
59
60=head1 EXAMPLES
61
62The examples assume a host and peer both generate keys using the same
63named group (or domain parameters). See L<EVP_PKEY-DH(7)/Examples>.
64Both the host and peer transfer their public key to each other.
65
66To convert the peer's generated key pair to a public key in DER format in order
67to transfer to the host:
68
69    EVP_PKEY *peer_key; /* It is assumed this contains the peers generated key */
70    unsigned char *peer_pub_der = NULL;
71    int peer_pub_der_len;
72
73    peer_pub_der_len = i2d_PUBKEY(peer_key, &peer_pub_der);
74    ...
75    OPENSSL_free(peer_pub_der);
76
77To convert the received peer's public key from DER format on the host:
78
79    const unsigned char *pd = peer_pub_der;
80    EVP_PKEY *peer_pub_key = d2i_PUBKEY(NULL, &pd, peer_pub_der_len);
81    ...
82    EVP_PKEY_free(peer_pub_key);
83
84To derive a shared secret on the host using the host's key and the peer's public
85key:
86
87    /* It is assumed that the host_key and peer_pub_key are set up */
88    void derive_secret(EVP_KEY *host_key, EVP_PKEY *peer_pub_key)
89    {
90        unsigned int pad = 1;
91        OSSL_PARAM params[2];
92        unsigned char *secret = NULL;
93        size_t secret_len = 0;
94        EVP_PKEY_CTX *dctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey(NULL, host_key, NULL);
95
96        EVP_PKEY_derive_init(dctx);
97
98        /* Optionally set the padding */
99        params[0] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_uint(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_PAD, &pad);
100        params[1] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
101        EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(dctx, params);
102
103        EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(dctx, peer_pub_key);
104
105        /* Get the size by passing NULL as the buffer */
106        EVP_PKEY_derive(dctx, NULL, &secret_len);
107        secret = OPENSSL_zalloc(secret_len);
108
109        EVP_PKEY_derive(dctx, secret, &secret_len);
110        ...
111        OPENSSL_clear_free(secret, secret_len);
112        EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(dctx);
113    }
114
115Very similar code can be used by the peer to derive the same shared secret
116using the host's public key and the peer's generated key pair.
117
118=head1 SEE ALSO
119
120L<EVP_PKEY-DH(7)>,
121L<EVP_PKEY-FFC(7)>,
122L<EVP_PKEY(3)>,
123L<provider-keyexch(7)>,
124L<provider-keymgmt(7)>,
125L<OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)>,
126L<OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7)>,
127
128=head1 COPYRIGHT
129
130Copyright 2020-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
131
132Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
133this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
134in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
135L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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