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PR#3071 The primary changes made are: - Updates to the "NAME" section of many pages to correctly reflect the functions defined on those pages. This section is automatically parsed by the util/extract-names.pl script, so if it is not correct then running "man" will not correctly locate the right manual pages. - Updates to take account of where functions are now deprecated - Full documentation of the ec sub-library - A number of other typo corrections and other minor tweaks
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=head1 NAME
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RSA_generate_key_ex, RSA_generate_key - generate RSA key pair
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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#include <openssl/rsa.h>
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int RSA_generate_key_ex(RSA *rsa, int bits, BIGNUM *e, BN_GENCB *cb);
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Deprecated:
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RSA *RSA_generate_key(int num, unsigned long e,
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void (*callback)(int,int,void *), void *cb_arg);
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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RSA_generate_key_ex() generates a key pair and stores it in the B<RSA>
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structure provided in B<rsa>. The pseudo-random number generator must
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be seeded prior to calling RSA_generate_key_ex().
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The modulus size will be of length B<bits>, and the public exponent will be
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B<e>. Key sizes with B<num> E<lt> 1024 should be considered insecure.
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The exponent is an odd number, typically 3, 17 or 65537.
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A callback function may be used to provide feedback about the
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progress of the key generation. If B<cb> is not B<NULL>, it
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will be called as follows using the BN_GENCB_call() function
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described on the L<BN_generate_prime(3)|BN_generate_prime(3)> page.
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=over 4
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=item *
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While a random prime number is generated, it is called as
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described in L<BN_generate_prime(3)|BN_generate_prime(3)>.
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=item *
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When the n-th randomly generated prime is rejected as not
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suitable for the key, B<BN_GENCB_call(cb, 2, n)> is called.
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=item *
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When a random p has been found with p-1 relatively prime to B<e>,
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it is called as B<BN_GENCB_call(cb, 3, 0)>.
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=back
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The process is then repeated for prime q with B<BN_GENCB_call(cb, 3, 1)>.
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RSA_generate_key is deprecated (new applications should use
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RSA_generate_key_ex instead). RSA_generate_key works in the same was as
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RSA_generate_key_ex except it uses "old style" call backs. See
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L<BN_generate_prime(3)|BN_generate_prime(3)> for further details.
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=head1 RETURN VALUE
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If key generation fails, RSA_generate_key() returns B<NULL>.
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The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
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=head1 BUGS
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B<BN_GENCB_call(cb, 2, x)> is used with two different meanings.
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RSA_generate_key() goes into an infinite loop for illegal input values.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>, L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>,
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L<RSA_free(3)|RSA_free(3)>, L<BN_generate_prime(3)|BN_generate_prime(3)>
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=head1 HISTORY
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The B<cb_arg> argument was added in SSLeay 0.9.0.
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=cut
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