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137 .IX Title "DSA_set_method 3"
138 .TH DSA_set_method 3 "2009-07-19" "1.0.1n" "OpenSSL"
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144 DSA_set_default_method, DSA_get_default_method,
145 DSA_set_method, DSA_new_method, DSA_OpenSSL \- select DSA method
149 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
151 \& #include <openssl/dsa.h>
152 \& #include <openssl/engine.h>
154 \& void DSA_set_default_method(const DSA_METHOD *meth);
156 \& const DSA_METHOD *DSA_get_default_method(void);
158 \& int DSA_set_method(DSA *dsa, const DSA_METHOD *meth);
160 \& DSA *DSA_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
162 \& DSA_METHOD *DSA_OpenSSL(void);
165 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
166 A \fB\s-1DSA_METHOD\s0\fR specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for \s-1DSA\s0
167 operations. By modifying the method, alternative implementations
168 such as hardware accelerators may be used. \s-1IMPORTANT:\s0 See the \s-1NOTES\s0 section for
169 important information about how these \s-1DSA API\s0 functions are affected by the use
170 of \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR \s-1API\s0 calls.
172 Initially, the default \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 is the OpenSSL internal implementation,
173 as returned by \fIDSA_OpenSSL()\fR.
175 \&\fIDSA_set_default_method()\fR makes \fBmeth\fR the default method for all \s-1DSA\s0
176 structures created later. \fB\s-1NB\s0\fR: This is true only whilst no \s-1ENGINE\s0 has
177 been set as a default for \s-1DSA,\s0 so this function is no longer recommended.
179 \&\fIDSA_get_default_method()\fR returns a pointer to the current default
180 \&\s-1DSA_METHOD.\s0 However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on
181 whether the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 is being used, so this function is no longer
184 \&\fIDSA_set_method()\fR selects \fBmeth\fR to perform all operations using the key
185 \&\fBrsa\fR. This will replace the \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 used by the \s-1DSA\s0 key and if the
186 previous method was supplied by an \s-1ENGINE,\s0 the handle to that \s-1ENGINE\s0 will
187 be released during the change. It is possible to have \s-1DSA\s0 keys that only
188 work with certain \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 implementations (eg. from an \s-1ENGINE\s0 module
189 that supports embedded hardware-protected keys), and in such cases
190 attempting to change the \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 for the key can have unexpected
193 \&\fIDSA_new_method()\fR allocates and initializes a \s-1DSA\s0 structure so that \fBengine\fR
194 will be used for the \s-1DSA\s0 operations. If \fBengine\fR is \s-1NULL,\s0 the default engine
195 for \s-1DSA\s0 operations is used, and if no default \s-1ENGINE\s0 is set, the \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0
196 controlled by \fIDSA_set_default_method()\fR is used.
197 .SH "THE DSA_METHOD STRUCTURE"
198 .IX Header "THE DSA_METHOD STRUCTURE"
201 /* name of the implementation */
206 \& DSA_SIG *(*dsa_do_sign)(const unsigned char *dgst, int dlen,
209 \& /* pre\-compute k^\-1 and r */
210 \& int (*dsa_sign_setup)(DSA *dsa, BN_CTX *ctx_in, BIGNUM **kinvp,
214 \& int (*dsa_do_verify)(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len,
215 \& DSA_SIG *sig, DSA *dsa);
217 \& /* compute rr = a1^p1 * a2^p2 mod m (May be NULL for some
218 \& implementations) */
219 \& int (*dsa_mod_exp)(DSA *dsa, BIGNUM *rr, BIGNUM *a1, BIGNUM *p1,
220 \& BIGNUM *a2, BIGNUM *p2, BIGNUM *m,
221 \& BN_CTX *ctx, BN_MONT_CTX *in_mont);
223 \& /* compute r = a ^ p mod m (May be NULL for some implementations) */
224 \& int (*bn_mod_exp)(DSA *dsa, BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *a,
225 \& const BIGNUM *p, const BIGNUM *m,
226 \& BN_CTX *ctx, BN_MONT_CTX *m_ctx);
228 \& /* called at DSA_new */
229 \& int (*init)(DSA *DSA);
231 \& /* called at DSA_free */
232 \& int (*finish)(DSA *DSA);
236 \& char *app_data; /* ?? */
241 .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
242 \&\fIDSA_OpenSSL()\fR and \fIDSA_get_default_method()\fR return pointers to the respective
243 \&\fB\s-1DSA_METHOD\s0\fRs.
245 \&\fIDSA_set_default_method()\fR returns no value.
247 \&\fIDSA_set_method()\fR returns non-zero if the provided \fBmeth\fR was successfully set as
248 the method for \fBdsa\fR (including unloading the \s-1ENGINE\s0 handle if the previous
249 method was supplied by an \s-1ENGINE\s0).
251 \&\fIDSA_new_method()\fR returns \s-1NULL\s0 and sets an error code that can be
252 obtained by \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3) if the allocation
253 fails. Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
256 As of version 0.9.7, \s-1DSA_METHOD\s0 implementations are grouped together with other
257 algorithmic APIs (eg. \s-1RSA_METHOD, EVP_CIPHER,\s0 etc) in \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR modules. If a
258 default \s-1ENGINE\s0 is specified for \s-1DSA\s0 functionality using an \s-1ENGINE API\s0 function,
259 that will override any \s-1DSA\s0 defaults set using the \s-1DSA API \s0(ie.
260 \&\fIDSA_set_default_method()\fR). For this reason, the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 is the recommended way
261 to control default implementations for use in \s-1DSA\s0 and other cryptographic
264 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
265 \&\fIopenssl_dsa\fR\|(3), \fIDSA_new\fR\|(3)
268 \&\fIDSA_set_default_method()\fR, \fIDSA_get_default_method()\fR, \fIDSA_set_method()\fR,
269 \&\fIDSA_new_method()\fR and \fIDSA_OpenSSL()\fR were added in OpenSSL 0.9.4.
271 \&\fIDSA_set_default_openssl_method()\fR and \fIDSA_get_default_openssl_method()\fR replaced
272 \&\fIDSA_set_default_method()\fR and \fIDSA_get_default_method()\fR respectively, and
273 \&\fIDSA_set_method()\fR and \fIDSA_new_method()\fR were altered to use \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fRs rather than
274 \&\fB\s-1DSA_METHOD\s0\fRs during development of the engine version of OpenSSL 0.9.6. For
275 0.9.7, the handling of defaults in the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 was restructured so that this
276 change was reversed, and behaviour of the other functions resembled more closely
277 the previous behaviour. The behaviour of defaults in the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 now
278 transparently overrides the behaviour of defaults in the \s-1DSA API\s0 without
279 requiring changing these function prototypes.