openssl/doc/crypto/dh.pod
Rich Salz e6390acac9 ex_data part 2: doc fixes and CRYPTO_free_ex_index.
Add CRYPTO_free_ex_index (for shared libraries)
Unify and complete the documentation for all "ex_data" API's and objects.
Replace xxx_get_ex_new_index functions with a macro.
Added an exdata test.
Renamed the ex_data internal datatypes.

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
2015-12-01 11:48:37 -05:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
dh - Diffie-Hellman key agreement
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/dh.h>
#include <openssl/engine.h>
DH * DH_new(void);
void DH_free(DH *dh);
DH * DH_generate_parameters(int prime_len, int generator,
void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
int DH_check(const DH *dh, int *codes);
int DH_generate_key(DH *dh);
int DH_compute_key(unsigned char *key, BIGNUM *pub_key, DH *dh);
void DH_set_default_method(const DH_METHOD *meth);
const DH_METHOD *DH_get_default_method(void);
int DH_set_method(DH *dh, const DH_METHOD *meth);
DH *DH_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
const DH_METHOD *DH_OpenSSL(void);
DH * d2i_DHparams(DH **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
int i2d_DHparams(const DH *a, unsigned char **pp);
int DHparams_print_fp(FILE *fp, const DH *x);
int DHparams_print(BIO *bp, const DH *x);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
These functions implement the Diffie-Hellman key agreement protocol.
The generation of shared DH parameters is described in
L<DH_generate_parameters(3)>; L<DH_generate_key(3)> describes how
to perform a key agreement.
The B<DH> structure consists of several BIGNUM components.
struct
{
BIGNUM *p; // prime number (shared)
BIGNUM *g; // generator of Z_p (shared)
BIGNUM *priv_key; // private DH value x
BIGNUM *pub_key; // public DH value g^x
// ...
};
DH
Note that DH keys may use non-standard B<DH_METHOD> implementations,
either directly or by the use of B<ENGINE> modules. In some cases (eg. an
ENGINE providing support for hardware-embedded keys), these BIGNUM values
will not be used by the implementation or may be used for alternative data
storage. For this reason, applications should generally avoid using DH
structure elements directly and instead use API functions to query or
modify keys.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<dhparam(1)>, L<bn(3)>, L<dsa(3)>, L<err(3)>,
L<rand(3)>, L<rsa(3)>, L<engine(3)>,
L<DH_set_method(3)>, L<DH_new(3)>,
L<DH_get_ex_new_index(3)>,
L<DH_generate_parameters(3)>,
L<DH_compute_key(3)>, L<d2i_DHparams(3)>,
L<RSA_print(3)>
=cut