openssl/doc/man3/d2i_PrivateKey.pod
Shane Lontis 6aa2e59e1c Add d2i_KeyParams/i2d_KeyParams API's.
Convert EVP_PKEY Parameters to/from binary.
This wraps the low level i2d/d2i calls for DH,DSA and EC key parameters
in a similar way to Public and Private Keys.
The API's can be used by applications (including openssl apps) that only
want to use EVP_PKEY without needing to access low level key API's.

Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8903)
2019-05-27 21:55:10 +10:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
d2i_PrivateKey, d2i_PublicKey, d2i_KeyParams, d2i_AutoPrivateKey,
i2d_PrivateKey, i2d_PublicKey, i2d_KeyParams, i2d_KeyParams_bio,
d2i_PrivateKey_bio, d2i_PrivateKey_fp, d2i_KeyParams_bio
- 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_KeyParams(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);
int i2d_KeyParams(const EVP_PKEY *a, unsigned char **pp);
int i2d_KeyParams_bio(BIO *bp, const EVP_PKEY *pkey);
EVP_PKEY *d2i_PrivateKey_bio(BIO *bp, EVP_PKEY **a);
EVP_PKEY *d2i_PrivateKey_fp(FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY **a)
EVP_PKEY *d2i_KeyParams_bio(int type, EVP_PKEY **a, BIO *in);
=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_KeyParams() does the same for domain parameter 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.
i2d_KeyParams() does the same for domain parameter 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(),
d2i_PublicKey(), d2i_KeyParams() and d2i_KeyParams_bio() 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(), i2d_PublicKey(), i2d_KeyParams() i2d_KeyParams_bio() 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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