5 EVP_PKEY_sign_init, EVP_PKEY_sign - sign using a public key algorithm
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
11 int EVP_PKEY_sign_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
12 int EVP_PKEY_sign(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
13 unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen,
14 const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
18 The EVP_PKEY_sign_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
19 context using key B<pkey> for a signing operation.
21 The EVP_PKEY_sign() function performs a public key signing operation
22 using B<ctx>. The data to be signed is specified using the B<tbs> and
23 B<tbslen> parameters. If B<sig> is B<NULL> then the maximum size of the output
24 buffer is written to the B<siglen> parameter. If B<sig> is not B<NULL> then
25 before the call the B<siglen> parameter should contain the length of the
26 B<sig> buffer, if the call is successful the signature is written to
27 B<sig> and the amount of data written to B<siglen>.
31 EVP_PKEY_sign() does not hash the data to be signed, and therefore is
32 normally used to sign digests. For signing arbitrary messages, see the
33 L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)|EVP_DigestSignInit(3)> and
34 L<EVP_SignInit(3)|EVP_SignInit(3)> signing interfaces instead.
36 After the call to EVP_PKEY_sign_init() algorithm specific control
37 operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
38 operation (see L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)|EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)>).
40 The function EVP_PKEY_sign() can be called more than once on the same
41 context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
45 EVP_PKEY_sign_init() and EVP_PKEY_sign() return 1 for success and 0
46 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
47 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
51 Sign data using RSA with PKCS#1 padding and SHA256 digest:
53 #include <openssl/evp.h>
54 #include <openssl/rsa.h>
57 /* md is a SHA-256 digest in this example. */
58 unsigned char *md, *sig;
59 size_t mdlen = 32, siglen;
60 EVP_PKEY *signing_key;
63 * NB: assumes signing_key and md are set up before the next
64 * step. signing_key must be an RSA private key and md must
65 * point to the SHA-256 digest to be signed.
67 ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(signing_key, NULL /* no engine */);
70 if (EVP_PKEY_sign_init(ctx) <= 0)
72 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_PADDING) <= 0)
74 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(ctx, EVP_sha256()) <= 0)
77 /* Determine buffer length */
78 if (EVP_PKEY_sign(ctx, NULL, &siglen, md, mdlen) <= 0)
81 sig = OPENSSL_malloc(siglen);
86 if (EVP_PKEY_sign(ctx, sig, &siglen, md, mdlen) <= 0)
89 /* Signature is siglen bytes written to buffer sig */
94 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)|EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
95 L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)|EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)>,
96 L<EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)|EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3)>,
97 L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)|EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>,
98 L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)|EVP_PKEY_verify(3)>,
99 L<EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)|EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)>,
100 L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)|EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>
104 These functions were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.