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137 .IX Title "EVP_DigestSignInit 3"
138 .TH EVP_DigestSignInit 3 "2009-12-26" "1.0.1n" "OpenSSL"
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144 EVP_DigestSignInit, EVP_DigestSignUpdate, EVP_DigestSignFinal \- EVP signing functions
148 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
150 \& #include <openssl/evp.h>
152 \& int EVP_DigestSignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY_CTX **pctx,
153 \& const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *e, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
154 \& int EVP_DigestSignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
155 \& int EVP_DigestSignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen);
158 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
159 The \s-1EVP\s0 signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures.
161 \&\fIEVP_DigestSignInit()\fR sets up signing context \fBctx\fR to use digest \fBtype\fR from
162 \&\s-1ENGINE \s0\fBimpl\fR and private key \fBpkey\fR. \fBctx\fR must be initialized with
163 \&\fIEVP_MD_CTX_init()\fR before calling this function. If \fBpctx\fR is not \s-1NULL\s0 the
164 \&\s-1EVP_PKEY_CTX\s0 of the signing operation will be written to \fB*pctx\fR: this can
165 be used to set alternative signing options.
167 \&\fIEVP_DigestSignUpdate()\fR hashes \fBcnt\fR bytes of data at \fBd\fR into the
168 signature context \fBctx\fR. This function can be called several times on the
169 same \fBctx\fR to include additional data. This function is currently implemented
172 \&\fIEVP_DigestSignFinal()\fR signs the data in \fBctx\fR places the signature in \fBsig\fR.
173 If \fBsig\fR is \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to
174 the \fBsiglen\fR parameter. If \fBsig\fR is not \fB\s-1NULL\s0\fR then before the call the
175 \&\fBsiglen\fR parameter should contain the length of the \fBsig\fR buffer, if the
176 call is successful the signature is written to \fBsig\fR and the amount of data
177 written to \fBsiglen\fR.
179 .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
180 \&\fIEVP_DigestSignInit()\fR \fIEVP_DigestSignUpdate()\fR and \fIEVP_DigestSignaFinal()\fR return
181 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return
182 value of \-2 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key
185 The error codes can be obtained from \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
188 The \fB\s-1EVP\s0\fR interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
189 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
190 transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
192 In previous versions of OpenSSL there was a link between message digest types
193 and public key algorithms. This meant that \*(L"clone\*(R" digests such as \fIEVP_dss1()\fR
194 needed to be used to sign using \s-1SHA1\s0 and \s-1DSA.\s0 This is no longer necessary and
195 the use of clone digest is now discouraged.
197 For some key types and parameters the random number generator must be seeded
198 or the operation will fail.
200 The call to \fIEVP_DigestSignFinal()\fR internally finalizes a copy of the digest
201 context. This means that calls to \fIEVP_DigestSignUpdate()\fR and
202 \&\fIEVP_DigestSignFinal()\fR can be called later to digest and sign additional data.
204 Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must
205 be cleaned up after use by calling \fIEVP_MD_CTX_cleanup()\fR or a memory leak
208 The use of \fIEVP_PKEY_size()\fR with these functions is discouraged because some
209 signature operations may have a signature length which depends on the
210 parameters set. As a result \fIEVP_PKEY_size()\fR would have to return a value
211 which indicates the maximum possible signature for any set of parameters.
213 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
214 \&\fIEVP_DigestVerifyInit\fR\|(3),
215 \&\fIEVP_DigestInit\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_err\fR\|(3),
216 \&\fIopenssl_evp\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_hmac\fR\|(3), \fImd2\fR\|(3),
217 \&\fIopenssl_md5\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_mdc2\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_ripemd\fR\|(3),
218 \&\fIopenssl_sha\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_dgst\fR\|(1)
221 \&\fIEVP_DigestSignInit()\fR, \fIEVP_DigestSignUpdate()\fR and \fIEVP_DigestSignFinal()\fR
222 were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.