1=pod 2 3=head1 NAME 4 5evp - high-level cryptographic functions 6 7=head1 SYNOPSIS 8 9 #include <openssl/evp.h> 10 11=head1 DESCRIPTION 12 13The EVP library provides a high-level interface to cryptographic 14functions. 15 16The L<B<EVP_Seal>I<XXX>|EVP_SealInit(3)> and L<B<EVP_Open>I<XXX>|EVP_OpenInit(3)> 17functions provide public key encryption and decryption to implement digital "envelopes". 18 19The L<B<EVP_DigestSign>I<XXX>|EVP_DigestSignInit(3)> and 20L<B<EVP_DigestVerify>I<XXX>|EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)> functions implement 21digital signatures and Message Authentication Codes (MACs). Also see the older 22L<B<EVP_Sign>I<XXX>|EVP_SignInit(3)> and L<B<EVP_Verify>I<XXX>|EVP_VerifyInit(3)> 23functions. 24 25Symmetric encryption is available with the L<B<EVP_Encrypt>I<XXX>|EVP_EncryptInit(3)> 26functions. The L<B<EVP_Digest>I<XXX>|EVP_DigestInit(3)> functions provide message digests. 27 28The B<EVP_PKEY>I<XXX> functions provide a high-level interface to 29asymmetric algorithms. To create a new EVP_PKEY see 30L<EVP_PKEY_new(3)>. EVP_PKEYs can be associated 31with a private key of a particular algorithm by using the functions 32described on the L<EVP_PKEY_set1_RSA(3)> page, or 33new keys can be generated using L<EVP_PKEY_keygen(3)>. 34EVP_PKEYs can be compared using L<EVP_PKEY_cmp(3)>, or printed using 35L<EVP_PKEY_print_private(3)>. 36 37The EVP_PKEY functions support the full range of asymmetric algorithm operations: 38 39=over 4 40 41=item For key agreement see L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)> 42 43=item For signing and verifying see L<EVP_PKEY_sign(3)>, 44L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)> and L<EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)>. 45However, note that 46these functions do not perform a digest of the data to be signed. Therefore, 47normally you would use the L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)> 48functions for this purpose. 49 50=item For encryption and decryption see L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)> 51and L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)> respectively. However, note that 52these functions perform encryption and decryption only. As public key 53encryption is an expensive operation, normally you would wrap 54an encrypted message in a "digital envelope" using the L<EVP_SealInit(3)> and 55L<EVP_OpenInit(3)> functions. 56 57=back 58 59The L<EVP_BytesToKey(3)> function provides some limited support for password 60based encryption. Careful selection of the parameters will provide a PKCS#5 PBKDF1 compatible 61implementation. However, new applications should not typically use this (preferring, for example, 62PBKDF2 from PCKS#5). 63 64The L<B<EVP_Encode>I<XXX>|EVP_EncodeInit(3)> and 65L<B<EVP_Decode>I<XXX>|EVP_EncodeInit(3)> functions implement base 64 encoding 66and decoding. 67 68All the symmetric algorithms (ciphers), digests and asymmetric algorithms 69(public key algorithms) can be replaced by ENGINE modules providing alternative 70implementations. If ENGINE implementations of ciphers or digests are registered 71as defaults, then the various EVP functions will automatically use those 72implementations automatically in preference to built in software 73implementations. For more information, consult the engine(3) man page. 74 75Although low-level algorithm specific functions exist for many algorithms 76their use is discouraged. They cannot be used with an ENGINE and ENGINE 77versions of new algorithms cannot be accessed using the low-level functions. 78Also makes code harder to adapt to new algorithms and some options are not 79cleanly supported at the low-level and some operations are more efficient 80using the high-level interface. 81 82=head1 SEE ALSO 83 84L<EVP_DigestInit(3)>, 85L<EVP_EncryptInit(3)>, 86L<EVP_OpenInit(3)>, 87L<EVP_SealInit(3)>, 88L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)>, 89L<EVP_SignInit(3)>, 90L<EVP_VerifyInit(3)>, 91L<EVP_EncodeInit(3)>, 92L<EVP_PKEY_new(3)>, 93L<EVP_PKEY_set1_RSA(3)>, 94L<EVP_PKEY_keygen(3)>, 95L<EVP_PKEY_print_private(3)>, 96L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>, 97L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)>, 98L<EVP_PKEY_sign(3)>, 99L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)>, 100L<EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)>, 101L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>, 102L<EVP_BytesToKey(3)>, 103L<ENGINE_by_id(3)> 104 105=head1 COPYRIGHT 106 107Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 108 109Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use 110this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy 111in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at 112L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 113 114=cut 115