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3*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 NAME
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5*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryEVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH - ECDH Key Exchange algorithm support
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7*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 DESCRIPTION
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9*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryKey exchange support for the B<ECDH> key type.
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11*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head2 ECDH Key Exchange parameters
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13*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=over 4
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15*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "ecdh-cofactor-mode" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_EC_ECDH_COFACTOR_MODE>) <integer>
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17*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySets or gets the ECDH mode of operation for the associated key exchange ctx.
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19*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryIn the context of an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange, this parameter
20*b077aed3SPierre Proncherycan be used to select between the plain Diffie-Hellman (DH) or Cofactor
21*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryDiffie-Hellman (CDH) variants of the key exchange algorithm.
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23*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryWhen setting, the value should be 1, 0 or -1, respectively forcing cofactor mode
24*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryon, off, or resetting it to the default for the private key associated with the
25*b077aed3SPierre Proncherygiven key exchange ctx.
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27*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryWhen getting, the value should be either 1 or 0, respectively signaling if the
28*b077aed3SPierre Proncherycofactor mode is on or off.
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30*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySee also L<provider-keymgmt(7)> for the related
31*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryB<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_USE_COFACTOR_ECDH> parameter that can be set on a
32*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryper-key basis.
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34*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "kdf-type" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_TYPE>) <UTF8 string>
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36*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySee L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
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38*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "kdf-digest" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST>) <UTF8 string>
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40*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySee L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
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42*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "kdf-digest-props" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST_PROPS>) <UTF8 string>
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44*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySee L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
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46*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "kdf-outlen" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_OUTLEN>) <unsigned integer>
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48*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySee L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
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50*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "kdf-ukm" (B<OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_UKM>) <octet string>
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52*b077aed3SPierre ProncherySee L<provider-keyexch(7)/Common Key Exchange parameters>.
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56*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 EXAMPLES
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58*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryKeys for the host and peer must be generated as shown in
59*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_PKEY-EC(7)/Examples> using the same curve name.
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61*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe code to generate a shared secret for the normal case is identical to
62*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_KEYEXCH-DH(7)/Examples>.
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64*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryTo derive a shared secret on the host using the host's key and the peer's public
65*b077aed3SPierre Proncherykey but also using X963KDF with a user key material:
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67*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery    /* It is assumed that the host_key, peer_pub_key and ukm are set up */
68*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery    void derive_secret(EVP_PKEY *host_key, EVP_PKEY *peer_key,
69*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery                       unsigned char *ukm, size_t ukm_len)
70*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery    {
71*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        unsigned char secret[64];
72*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        size_t out_len = sizeof(secret);
73*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        size_t secret_len = out_len;
74*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        unsigned int pad = 1;
75*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        OSSL_PARAM params[6];
76*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        EVP_PKEY_CTX *dctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey(NULL, host_key, NULL);
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78*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        EVP_PKEY_derive_init(dctx);
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80*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        params[0] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_uint(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_PAD, &pad);
81*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        params[1] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_TYPE,
82*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery                                                     "X963KDF", 0);
83*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        params[2] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST,
84*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery                                                     "SHA1", 0);
85*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        params[3] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_size_t(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_OUTLEN,
86*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery                                                &out_len);
87*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        params[4] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_UKM,
88*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery                                                      ukm, ukm_len);
89*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        params[5] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
90*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(dctx, params);
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92*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(dctx, peer_pub_key);
93*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        EVP_PKEY_derive(dctx, secret, &secret_len);
94*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        ...
95*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        OPENSSL_clear_free(secret, secret_len);
96*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery        EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(dctx);
97*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery    }
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99*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 SEE ALSO
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101*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_PKEY-EC(7)>
102*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_PKEY(3)>,
103*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<provider-keyexch(7)>,
104*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<provider-keymgmt(7)>,
105*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)>,
106*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7)>,
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108*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 COPYRIGHT
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110*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryCopyright 2020-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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112*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryLicensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
113*b077aed3SPierre Proncherythis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
114*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
115*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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