5 EVP_VerifyInit, EVP_VerifyUpdate, EVP_VerifyFinal - EVP signature verification functions
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
11 int EVP_VerifyInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
12 int EVP_VerifyUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
13 int EVP_VerifyFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,unsigned char *sigbuf, unsigned int siglen,EVP_PKEY *pkey);
15 int EVP_VerifyInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
19 The EVP signature verification routines are a high level interface to digital
22 EVP_VerifyInit_ex() sets up verification context B<ctx> to use digest
23 B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be initialized by calling
24 EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function.
26 EVP_VerifyUpdate() hashes B<cnt> bytes of data at B<d> into the
27 verification context B<ctx>. This function can be called several times on the
28 same B<ctx> to include additional data.
30 EVP_VerifyFinal() verifies the data in B<ctx> using the public key B<pkey>
31 and against the B<siglen> bytes at B<sigbuf>.
33 EVP_VerifyInit() initializes verification context B<ctx> to use the default
34 implementation of digest B<type>.
38 EVP_VerifyInit_ex() and EVP_VerifyUpdate() return 1 for success and 0 for
41 EVP_VerifyFinal() returns 1 for a correct signature, 0 for failure and -1 if some
44 The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
48 The B<EVP> interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
49 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
50 transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
52 Due to the link between message digests and public key algorithms the correct
53 digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of
54 algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in
55 L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>.
57 The call to EVP_VerifyFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest context.
58 This means that calls to EVP_VerifyUpdate() and EVP_VerifyFinal() can be called
59 later to digest and verify additional data.
61 Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must
62 be cleaned up after use by calling EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup() or a memory leak
67 Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to
68 EVP_VerifyUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_VerifyFinal().
70 Since the public key is passed in the call to EVP_SignFinal() any error
71 relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest
72 combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large amounts of
73 data have been passed through EVP_SignUpdate().
75 It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these function.
77 The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_VerifyDigest*() function.
82 L<EVP_SignInit(3)|EVP_SignInit(3)>,
83 L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>,
84 L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<hmac(3)|hmac(3)>, L<md2(3)|md2(3)>,
85 L<md5(3)|md5(3)>, L<mdc2(3)|mdc2(3)>, L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>,
86 L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<dgst(1)|dgst(1)>
90 EVP_VerifyInit(), EVP_VerifyUpdate() and EVP_VerifyFinal() are
91 available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
93 EVP_VerifyInit_ex() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7