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@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ EVP_DigestVerifyFinal, EVP_DigestVerify - EVP signature verification functions
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int EVP_DigestVerifyInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY_CTX **pctx,
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const char *mdname, const char *props,
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EVP_PKEY *pkey, EVP_SIGNATURE *signature);
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EVP_PKEY *pkey, OPENSSL_CTX *libctx);
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int EVP_DigestVerifyInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, EVP_PKEY_CTX **pctx,
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const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *e, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
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int EVP_DigestVerifyUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, size_t cnt);
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@@ -26,20 +26,17 @@ The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures.
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Input data is digested first before the signature verification takes place.
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EVP_DigestVerifyInit_ex() sets up verification context B<ctx> to use a digest
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with the name B<mdname> and public key B<pkey>. The signature algorithm
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B<signature> will be used for the actual signature verification which must be
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compatible with the public key. The name of the digest to be used is passed to
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the provider of the signature algorithm in use. How that provider interprets the
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digest name is provider specific. The provider may implement that digest
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directly itself or it may (optionally) choose to fetch it (which could result in
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a digest from a different provider being selected). If the provider supports
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fetching the digest then it may use the B<props> argument for the properties to
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be used during the fetch.
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with the name B<mdname> and public key B<pkey>. The name of the digest to be
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used is passed to the provider of the signature algorithm in use. How that
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provider interprets the digest name is provider specific. The provider may
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implement that digest directly itself or it may (optionally) choose to fetch it
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(which could result in a digest from a different provider being selected). If
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the provider supports fetching the digest then it may use the B<props> argument
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for the properties to be used during the fetch.
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The B<signature> parameter may be NULL in which case a suitable signature
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algorithm implementation will be implicitly fetched based on the type of key in
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use. See L<provider(7)> for further information about providers and fetching
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algorithms.
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The I<pkey> algorithm is used to fetch a B<EVP_SIGNATURE> method implicitly, to
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be used for the actual signing. See L<provider(7)/Implicit fetch> for
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more information about implict fetches.
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The OpenSSL default and legacy providers support fetching digests and can fetch
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those digests from any available provider. The OpenSSL fips provider also
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@@ -53,7 +50,9 @@ Note that any existing value in B<*pctx> is overwritten. The EVP_PKEY_CTX value
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returned must not be freed directly by the application if B<ctx> is not assigned
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an EVP_PKEY_CTX value before being passed to EVP_DigestVerifyInit_ex() (which
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means the EVP_PKEY_CTX is created inside EVP_DigestVerifyInit_ex() and it will
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be freed automatically when the EVP_MD_CTX is freed).
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be freed automatically when the EVP_MD_CTX is freed). If the EVP_PKEY_CTX to be
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used is created by EVP_DigestVerifyInit_ex then it will use the B<OPENSSL_CTX>
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specified in I<libctx> and the property query string specified in I<props>.
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No B<EVP_PKEY_CTX> will be created by EVP_DigestSignInit_ex() if the passed
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B<ctx> has already been assigned one via L<EVP_MD_CTX_set_pkey_ctx(3)>. See also
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