5 SMIME_read_CMS - parse S/MIME message.
9 #include <openssl/cms.h>
11 CMS_ContentInfo *SMIME_read_CMS(BIO *in, BIO **bcont);
15 SMIME_read_CMS() parses a message in S/MIME format.
17 B<in> is a BIO to read the message from.
19 If cleartext signing is used then the content is saved in a memory bio which is
20 written to B<*bcont>, otherwise B<*bcont> is set to NULL.
22 The parsed CMS_ContentInfo structure is returned or NULL if an
27 If B<*bcont> is not NULL then the message is clear text signed. B<*bcont> can
28 then be passed to CMS_verify() with the B<CMS_DETACHED> flag set.
30 Otherwise the type of the returned structure can be determined
31 using CMS_get0_type().
33 To support future functionality if B<bcont> is not NULL B<*bcont> should be
34 initialized to NULL. For example:
39 cms = SMIME_read_CMS(in, &cont);
43 The MIME parser used by SMIME_read_CMS() is somewhat primitive. While it will
44 handle most S/MIME messages more complex compound formats may not work.
46 The parser assumes that the CMS_ContentInfo structure is always base64 encoded
47 and will not handle the case where it is in binary format or uses quoted
50 The use of a memory BIO to hold the signed content limits the size of message
51 which can be processed due to memory restraints: a streaming single pass option
56 SMIME_read_CMS() returns a valid B<CMS_ContentInfo> structure or B<NULL>
57 if an error occurred. The error can be obtained from ERR_get_error(3).
61 L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<CMS_type(3)|CMS_type(3)>
62 L<SMIME_read_CMS(3)|SMIME_read_CMS(3)>, L<CMS_sign(3)|CMS_sign(3)>,
63 L<CMS_verify(3)|CMS_verify(3)>, L<CMS_encrypt(3)|CMS_encrypt(3)>
64 L<CMS_decrypt(3)|CMS_decrypt(3)>
68 SMIME_read_CMS() was added to OpenSSL 0.9.8