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137 .IX Title "EVP_SignInit 3"
138 .TH EVP_SignInit 3 "2014-08-10" "1.0.1n" "OpenSSL"
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144 EVP_SignInit, EVP_SignUpdate, EVP_SignFinal \- EVP signing functions
148 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
150 \& #include <openssl/evp.h>
152 \& int EVP_SignInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
153 \& int EVP_SignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
154 \& int EVP_SignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,unsigned char *sig,unsigned int *s, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
156 \& void EVP_SignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
158 \& int EVP_PKEY_size(EVP_PKEY *pkey);
161 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
162 The \s-1EVP\s0 signature routines are a high level interface to digital
165 \&\fIEVP_SignInit_ex()\fR sets up signing context \fBctx\fR to use digest
166 \&\fBtype\fR from \s-1ENGINE \s0\fBimpl\fR. \fBctx\fR must be initialized with
167 \&\fIEVP_MD_CTX_init()\fR before calling this function.
169 \&\fIEVP_SignUpdate()\fR hashes \fBcnt\fR bytes of data at \fBd\fR into the
170 signature context \fBctx\fR. This function can be called several times on the
171 same \fBctx\fR to include additional data.
173 \&\fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR signs the data in \fBctx\fR using the private key \fBpkey\fR and
174 places the signature in \fBsig\fR. \fBsig\fR must be at least EVP_PKEY_size(pkey)
175 bytes in size. \fBs\fR is an \s-1OUT\s0 paramter, and not used as an \s-1IN\s0 parameter.
176 The number of bytes of data written (i.e. the length of the signature)
177 will be written to the integer at \fBs\fR, at most EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes
180 \&\fIEVP_SignInit()\fR initializes a signing context \fBctx\fR to use the default
181 implementation of digest \fBtype\fR.
183 \&\fIEVP_PKEY_size()\fR returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes. The actual
184 signature returned by \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR may be smaller.
186 .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
187 \&\fIEVP_SignInit_ex()\fR, \fIEVP_SignUpdate()\fR and \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR return 1
188 for success and 0 for failure.
190 \&\fIEVP_PKEY_size()\fR returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes.
192 The error codes can be obtained by \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
195 The \fB\s-1EVP\s0\fR interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
196 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
197 transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
199 Due to the link between message digests and public key algorithms the correct
200 digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of
201 algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in
202 \&\fIEVP_DigestInit\fR\|(3).
204 When signing with \s-1DSA\s0 private keys the random number generator must be seeded
205 or the operation will fail. The random number generator does not need to be
206 seeded for \s-1RSA\s0 signatures.
208 The call to \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR internally finalizes a copy of the digest context.
209 This means that calls to \fIEVP_SignUpdate()\fR and \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR can be called
210 later to digest and sign additional data.
212 Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must
213 be cleaned up after use by calling \fIEVP_MD_CTX_cleanup()\fR or a memory leak
217 Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to
218 \&\fIEVP_SignUpdate()\fR could not be made after calling \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR.
220 Since the private key is passed in the call to \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR any error
221 relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest
222 combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large amounts of
223 data have been passed through \fIEVP_SignUpdate()\fR.
225 It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these function.
227 The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_SignDigest*() function.
229 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
230 \&\fIEVP_VerifyInit\fR\|(3),
231 \&\fIEVP_DigestInit\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_err\fR\|(3),
232 \&\fIopenssl_evp\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_hmac\fR\|(3), \fImd2\fR\|(3),
233 \&\fIopenssl_md5\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_mdc2\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_ripemd\fR\|(3),
234 \&\fIopenssl_sha\fR\|(3), \fIopenssl_dgst\fR\|(1)
237 \&\fIEVP_SignInit()\fR, \fIEVP_SignUpdate()\fR and \fIEVP_SignFinal()\fR are
238 available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
240 \&\fIEVP_SignInit_ex()\fR was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.