openssl/doc/man3/d2i_PrivateKey.pod

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=head1 NAME

d2i_PrivateKey, d2i_PublicKey, d2i_AutoPrivateKey,
i2d_PrivateKey, i2d_PublicKey,
d2i_PrivateKey_bio, d2i_PrivateKey_fp
- decode and encode functions for reading and saving EVP_PKEY structures

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/evp.h>

 EVP_PKEY *d2i_PrivateKey(int type, EVP_PKEY **a, const unsigned char **pp,
                          long length);
 EVP_PKEY *d2i_PublicKey(int type, EVP_PKEY **a, const unsigned char **pp,
                         long length);
 EVP_PKEY *d2i_AutoPrivateKey(EVP_PKEY **a, const unsigned char **pp,
                              long length);
 int i2d_PrivateKey(const EVP_PKEY *a, unsigned char **pp);
 int i2d_PublicKey(const EVP_PKEY *a, unsigned char **pp);

 EVP_PKEY *d2i_PrivateKey_bio(BIO *bp, EVP_PKEY **a);
 EVP_PKEY *d2i_PrivateKey_fp(FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY **a)

=head1 DESCRIPTION

d2i_PrivateKey() decodes a private key using algorithm B<type>. It attempts to
use any key specific format or PKCS#8 unencrypted PrivateKeyInfo format. The
B<type> parameter should be a public key algorithm constant such as
B<EVP_PKEY_RSA>. An error occurs if the decoded key does not match B<type>.
d2i_PublicKey() does the same for public keys.

d2i_AutoPrivateKey() is similar to d2i_PrivateKey() except it attempts to
automatically detect the private key format.

i2d_PrivateKey() encodes B<key>. It uses a key specific format or, if none is
defined for that key type, PKCS#8 unencrypted PrivateKeyInfo format.
i2d_PublicKey() does the same for public keys.

These functions are similar to the d2i_X509() functions; see L<d2i_X509(3)>.

=head1 NOTES

All these functions use DER format and unencrypted keys. Applications wishing
to encrypt or decrypt private keys should use other functions such as
d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey() instead.

If the B<*a> is not NULL when calling d2i_PrivateKey() or d2i_AutoPrivateKey()
(i.e. an existing structure is being reused) and the key format is PKCS#8
then B<*a> will be freed and replaced on a successful call.

To decode a key with type B<EVP_PKEY_EC>, d2i_PublicKey() requires B<*a> to be
a non-NULL EVP_PKEY structure assigned an EC_KEY structure referencing the proper
EC_GROUP.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

The d2i_PrivateKey(), d2i_AutoPrivateKey(), d2i_PrivateKey_bio(), d2i_PrivateKey_fp(),
and d2i_PublicKey() functions return a valid B<EVP_KEY> structure or B<NULL> if an
error occurs. The error code can be obtained by calling L<ERR_get_error(3)>.

i2d_PrivateKey() and i2d_PublicKey() return the number of bytes successfully
encoded or a negative value if an error occurs. The error code can be obtained
by calling L<ERR_get_error(3)>.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<crypto(7)>,
L<d2i_PKCS8PrivateKey_bio(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2017-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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