.\" $OpenBSD: EVP_PKEY_derive.3,v 1.8 2018/03/23 04:34:23 schwarze Exp $ .\" full merge up to: OpenSSL 48e5119a Jan 19 10:49:22 2018 +0100 .\" .\" This file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson . .\" Copyright (c) 2006, 2009, 2013, 2018 The OpenSSL Project. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in .\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the .\" distribution. .\" .\" 3. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE OpenSSL PROJECT OR .\" ITS CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, .\" SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT .\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; .\" LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, .\" STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: March 23 2018 $ .Dt EVP_PKEY_DERIVE 3 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm EVP_PKEY_derive_init , .Nm EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer , .Nm EVP_PKEY_derive .Nd derive public key algorithm shared secret .Sh SYNOPSIS .In openssl/evp.h .Ft int .Fo EVP_PKEY_derive_init .Fa "EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx" .Fc .Ft int .Fo EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer .Fa "EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx" .Fa "EVP_PKEY *peer" .Fc .Ft int .Fo EVP_PKEY_derive .Fa "EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx" .Fa "unsigned char *key" .Fa "size_t *keylen" .Fc .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init function initializes a public key algorithm context using key .Fa ctx->pkey for shared secret derivation. .Pp The .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer function sets the peer key: this will normally be a public key. .Pp The .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive function derives a shared secret using .Fa ctx . If .Fa key is .Dv NULL , then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to the .Fa keylen parameter. If .Fa key is not .Dv NULL then before the call the .Fa keylen parameter should contain the length of the .Fa key buffer. If the call is successful, the shared secret is written to .Fa key and the amount of data written to .Fa keylen . .Pp After the call to .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init , algorithm specific control operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the operation. .Pp The function .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive can be called more than once on the same context if several operations are performed using the same parameters. .Sh RETURN VALUES .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init and .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive return 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular, a return value of -2 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm. .Sh EXAMPLES Derive shared secret (for example DH or EC keys): .Bd -literal -offset indent #include #include EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx; ENGINE *eng; unsigned char *skey; size_t skeylen; EVP_PKEY *pkey, *peerkey; /* Assumes that pkey, eng, and peerkey have already been set up. */ ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(pkey, eng); if (!ctx) /* Error occurred */ if (EVP_PKEY_derive_init(ctx) <= 0) /* Error */ if (EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(ctx, peerkey) <= 0) /* Error */ /* Determine buffer length */ if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, NULL, &skeylen) <= 0) /* Error */ skey = malloc(skeylen); if (!skey) /* malloc failure */ if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, skey, &skeylen) <= 0) /* Error */ /* Shared secret is skey bytes written to buffer skey */ .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_new 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_decrypt 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_encrypt 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_meth_set_derive 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_sign 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify 3 , .Xr EVP_PKEY_verify_recover 3 , .Xr X25519 3 .Sh HISTORY .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init , .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer , and .Fn EVP_PKEY_derive first appeared in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and have been available since .Ox 4.9 .