5 EVP_SignInit, EVP_SignUpdate, EVP_SignFinal - EVP signing functions
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
11 int EVP_SignInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
12 int EVP_SignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
13 int EVP_SignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,unsigned char *sig,unsigned int *s, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
15 void EVP_SignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
17 int EVP_PKEY_size(EVP_PKEY *pkey);
21 The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital
24 EVP_SignInit_ex() sets up signing context B<ctx> to use digest
25 B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be initialized with
26 EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function.
28 EVP_SignUpdate() hashes B<cnt> bytes of data at B<d> into the
29 signature context B<ctx>. This function can be called several times on the
30 same B<ctx> to include additional data.
32 EVP_SignFinal() signs the data in B<ctx> using the private key B<pkey> and
33 places the signature in B<sig>. B<sig> must be at least EVP_PKEY_size(pkey)
34 bytes in size. B<s> is an OUT paramter, and not used as an IN parameter.
35 The number of bytes of data written (i.e. the length of the signature)
36 will be written to the integer at B<s>, at most EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes
39 EVP_SignInit() initializes a signing context B<ctx> to use the default
40 implementation of digest B<type>.
42 EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes. The actual
43 signature returned by EVP_SignFinal() may be smaller.
47 EVP_SignInit_ex(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() return 1
48 for success and 0 for failure.
50 EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes.
52 The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
56 The B<EVP> interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
57 preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
58 transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
60 Due to the link between message digests and public key algorithms the correct
61 digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of
62 algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in
63 L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>.
65 When signing with DSA private keys the random number generator must be seeded
66 or the operation will fail. The random number generator does not need to be
67 seeded for RSA signatures.
69 The call to EVP_SignFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest context.
70 This means that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() can be called
71 later to digest and sign additional data.
73 Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must
74 be cleaned up after use by calling EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup() or a memory leak
79 Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to
80 EVP_SignUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_SignFinal().
82 Since the private key is passed in the call to EVP_SignFinal() any error
83 relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest
84 combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large amounts of
85 data have been passed through EVP_SignUpdate().
87 It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these function.
89 The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_SignDigest*() function.
93 L<EVP_VerifyInit(3)|EVP_VerifyInit(3)>,
94 L<EVP_DigestInit(3)|EVP_DigestInit(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>,
95 L<evp(3)|evp(3)>, L<hmac(3)|hmac(3)>, L<md2(3)|md2(3)>,
96 L<md5(3)|md5(3)>, L<mdc2(3)|mdc2(3)>, L<ripemd(3)|ripemd(3)>,
97 L<sha(3)|sha(3)>, L<dgst(1)|dgst(1)>
101 EVP_SignInit(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() are
102 available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
104 EVP_SignInit_ex() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.