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  135. .IX Title "EVP_SIGNINIT 3ossl"
  136. .TH EVP_SIGNINIT 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. EVP_SignInit, EVP_SignInit_ex, EVP_SignUpdate,
  143. EVP_SignFinal_ex, EVP_SignFinal
  144. \&\- EVP signing functions
  145. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  146. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  147. .Vb 1
  148. \& #include <openssl/evp.h>
  149. \&
  150. \& int EVP_SignInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
  151. \& int EVP_SignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
  152. \& int EVP_SignFinal_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *md, unsigned int *s,
  153. \& EVP_PKEY *pkey, OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
  154. \& int EVP_SignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *sig, unsigned int *s,
  155. \& EVP_PKEY *pkey);
  156. \&
  157. \& void EVP_SignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
  158. .Ve
  159. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  160. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  161. The \s-1EVP\s0 signature routines are a high-level interface to digital
  162. signatures.
  163. .PP
  164. \&\fBEVP_SignInit_ex()\fR sets up signing context \fIctx\fR to use digest
  165. \&\fItype\fR from \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR \fIimpl\fR. \fIctx\fR must be created with
  166. \&\fBEVP_MD_CTX_new()\fR before calling this function.
  167. .PP
  168. \&\fBEVP_SignUpdate()\fR hashes \fIcnt\fR bytes of data at \fId\fR into the
  169. signature context \fIctx\fR. This function can be called several times on the
  170. same \fIctx\fR to include additional data.
  171. .PP
  172. \&\fBEVP_SignFinal_ex()\fR signs the data in \fIctx\fR using the private key
  173. \&\fIpkey\fR and places the signature in \fIsig\fR. The library context \fIlibctx\fR and
  174. property query \fIpropq\fR are used when creating a context to use with the key
  175. \&\fIpkey\fR. \fIsig\fR must be at least \f(CW\*(C`EVP_PKEY_get_size(pkey)\*(C'\fR bytes in size.
  176. \&\fIs\fR is an \s-1OUT\s0 parameter, and not used as an \s-1IN\s0 parameter.
  177. The number of bytes of data written (i.e. the length of the signature)
  178. will be written to the integer at \fIs\fR, at most \f(CW\*(C`EVP_PKEY_get_size(pkey)\*(C'\fR
  179. bytes will be written.
  180. .PP
  181. \&\fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR is similar to \fBEVP_SignFinal_ex()\fR but uses default
  182. values of \s-1NULL\s0 for the library context \fIlibctx\fR and the property query \fIpropq\fR.
  183. .PP
  184. \&\fBEVP_SignInit()\fR initializes a signing context \fIctx\fR to use the default
  185. implementation of digest \fItype\fR.
  186. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  187. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  188. \&\fBEVP_SignInit_ex()\fR, \fBEVP_SignUpdate()\fR, \fBEVP_SignFinal_ex()\fR and
  189. \&\fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
  190. .PP
  191. The error codes can be obtained by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
  192. .SH "NOTES"
  193. .IX Header "NOTES"
  194. The \fB\s-1EVP\s0\fR interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
  195. preference to the low-level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
  196. transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
  197. .PP
  198. When signing with some private key types the random number generator must
  199. be seeded. If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL \s-1CSPRNG\s0 fails
  200. due to external circumstances (see \s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7)), the operation will fail.
  201. .PP
  202. The call to \fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR internally finalizes a copy of the digest context.
  203. This means that calls to \fBEVP_SignUpdate()\fR and \fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR can be called
  204. later to digest and sign additional data.cApplications may disable this
  205. behavior by setting the \s-1EVP_MD_CTX_FLAG_FINALISE\s0 context flag via
  206. \&\fBEVP_MD_CTX_set_flags\fR\|(3).
  207. .PP
  208. Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must
  209. be cleaned up after use by calling \fBEVP_MD_CTX_free()\fR or a memory leak
  210. will occur.
  211. .PP
  212. Note that not all providers support continuation, in case the selected
  213. provider does not allow to duplicate contexts \fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR will
  214. finalize the digest context and attempting to process additional data via
  215. \&\fBEVP_SignUpdate()\fR will result in an error.
  216. .SH "BUGS"
  217. .IX Header "BUGS"
  218. Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to
  219. \&\fBEVP_SignUpdate()\fR could not be made after calling \fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR.
  220. .PP
  221. Since the private key is passed in the call to \fBEVP_SignFinal()\fR any error
  222. relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest
  223. combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large amounts of
  224. data have been passed through \fBEVP_SignUpdate()\fR.
  225. .PP
  226. It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these function.
  227. .PP
  228. The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_DigestSign*() functions.
  229. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  230. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  231. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_get_size\fR\|(3), \fBEVP_PKEY_get_bits\fR\|(3),
  232. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_get_security_bits\fR\|(3),
  233. \&\fBEVP_VerifyInit\fR\|(3),
  234. \&\fBEVP_DigestInit\fR\|(3),
  235. \&\fBevp\fR\|(7), \s-1\fBHMAC\s0\fR\|(3), \s-1\fBMD2\s0\fR\|(3),
  236. \&\s-1\fBMD5\s0\fR\|(3), \s-1\fBMDC2\s0\fR\|(3), \s-1\fBRIPEMD160\s0\fR\|(3),
  237. \&\s-1\fBSHA1\s0\fR\|(3), \fBopenssl\-dgst\fR\|(1)
  238. .SH "HISTORY"
  239. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  240. The function \fBEVP_SignFinal_ex()\fR was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
  241. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  242. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  243. Copyright 2000\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  244. .PP
  245. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  246. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  247. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  248. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.