5 EVP_DigestSignInit, EVP_DigestSignUpdate, EVP_DigestSignFinal - EVP signing functions
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
11 int EVP_DigestSignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY_CTX **pctx,
12 const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *e, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
13 int EVP_DigestSignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
14 int EVP_DigestSignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen);
18 The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures.
20 EVP_DigestSignInit() sets up signing context B<ctx> to use digest B<type> from
21 ENGINE B<impl> and private key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be initialized with
22 EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function. If B<pctx> is not NULL the
23 EVP_PKEY_CTX of the signing operation will be written to B<*pctx>: this can
24 be used to set alternative signing options.
26 EVP_DigestSignUpdate() hashes B<cnt> bytes of data at B<d> into the
27 signature context B<ctx>. This function can be called several times on the
28 same B<ctx> to include additional data. This function is currently implemented
31 EVP_DigestSignFinal() signs the data in B<ctx> places the signature in B<sig>.
32 If B<sig> is B<NULL> then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to
33 the B<siglen> parameter. If B<sig> is not B<NULL> then before the call the
34 B<siglen> parameter should contain the length of the B<sig> buffer, if the
35 call is successful the signature is written to B<sig> and the amount of data
40 EVP_DigestSignInit() EVP_DigestSignUpdate() and EVP_DigestSignaFinal() return
41 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return
42 value of -2 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key
45 The error codes can be obtained from L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
49 The B<EVP> interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
50 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
51 transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
53 In previous versions of OpenSSL there was a link between message digest types
54 and public key algorithms. This meant that "clone" digests such as EVP_dss1()
55 needed to be used to sign using SHA1 and DSA. This is no longer necessary and
56 the use of clone digest is now discouraged.
58 For some key types and parameters the random number generator must be seeded
59 or the operation will fail.
61 The call to EVP_DigestSignFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest
62 context. This means that calls to EVP_DigestSignUpdate() and
63 EVP_DigestSignFinal() can be called later to digest and sign additional data.
65 Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must
66 be cleaned up after use by calling EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup() or a memory leak
69 The use of EVP_PKEY_size() with these functions is discouraged because some
70 signature operations may have a signature length which depends on the
71 parameters set. As a result EVP_PKEY_size() would have to return a value
72 which indicates the maximum possible signature for any set of parameters.
76 L<EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)|EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)>,
77 L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>,
78 L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<hmac(3)|hmac(3)>, L<md2(3)|md2(3)>,
79 L<md5(3)|md5(3)>, L<mdc2(3)|mdc2(3)>, L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>,
80 L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<dgst(1)|dgst(1)>
84 EVP_DigestSignInit(), EVP_DigestSignUpdate() and EVP_DigestSignFinal()
85 were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.