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  135. .IX Title "RSA_GENERATE_KEY 3ossl"
  136. .TH RSA_GENERATE_KEY 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. EVP_RSA_gen,
  143. RSA_generate_key_ex, RSA_generate_key,
  144. RSA_generate_multi_prime_key \- generate RSA key pair
  145. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  146. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  147. .Vb 1
  148. \& #include <openssl/rsa.h>
  149. \&
  150. \& EVP_PKEY *EVP_RSA_gen(unsigned int bits);
  151. .Ve
  152. .PP
  153. The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
  154. hidden entirely by defining \fB\s-1OPENSSL_API_COMPAT\s0\fR with a suitable version value,
  155. see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
  156. .PP
  157. .Vb 2
  158. \& int RSA_generate_key_ex(RSA *rsa, int bits, BIGNUM *e, BN_GENCB *cb);
  159. \& int RSA_generate_multi_prime_key(RSA *rsa, int bits, int primes, BIGNUM *e, BN_GENCB *cb);
  160. .Ve
  161. .PP
  162. The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 0.9.8, and can be
  163. hidden entirely by defining \fB\s-1OPENSSL_API_COMPAT\s0\fR with a suitable version value,
  164. see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
  165. .PP
  166. .Vb 2
  167. \& RSA *RSA_generate_key(int bits, unsigned long e,
  168. \& void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
  169. .Ve
  170. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  171. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  172. \&\fBEVP_RSA_gen()\fR generates a new \s-1RSA\s0 key pair with modulus size \fIbits\fR.
  173. .PP
  174. All of the functions described below are deprecated.
  175. Applications should instead use \fBEVP_RSA_gen()\fR, \fBEVP_PKEY_Q_keygen\fR\|(3), or
  176. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_keygen_init\fR\|(3) and \fBEVP_PKEY_keygen\fR\|(3).
  177. .PP
  178. \&\fBRSA_generate_key_ex()\fR generates a 2\-prime \s-1RSA\s0 key pair and stores it in the
  179. \&\fB\s-1RSA\s0\fR structure provided in \fIrsa\fR.
  180. .PP
  181. \&\fBRSA_generate_multi_prime_key()\fR generates a multi-prime \s-1RSA\s0 key pair and stores
  182. it in the \fB\s-1RSA\s0\fR structure provided in \fIrsa\fR. The number of primes is given by
  183. the \fIprimes\fR parameter.
  184. If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL \s-1CSPRNG\s0 fails due to
  185. external circumstances (see \s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7)), the operation will fail.
  186. .PP
  187. The modulus size will be of length \fIbits\fR, the number of primes to form the
  188. modulus will be \fIprimes\fR, and the public exponent will be \fIe\fR. Key sizes
  189. with \fInum\fR < 1024 should be considered insecure. The exponent is an odd
  190. number, typically 3, 17 or 65537.
  191. .PP
  192. In order to maintain adequate security level, the maximum number of permitted
  193. \&\fIprimes\fR depends on modulus bit length:
  194. .PP
  195. .Vb 3
  196. \& <1024 | >=1024 | >=4096 | >=8192
  197. \& \-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-+\-\-\-\-\-\-\-
  198. \& 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
  199. .Ve
  200. .PP
  201. A callback function may be used to provide feedback about the
  202. progress of the key generation. If \fIcb\fR is not \s-1NULL,\s0 it
  203. will be called as follows using the \fBBN_GENCB_call()\fR function
  204. described on the \fBBN_generate_prime\fR\|(3) page.
  205. .PP
  206. \&\fBRSA_generate_key()\fR is similar to \fBRSA_generate_key_ex()\fR but
  207. expects an old-style callback function; see
  208. \&\fBBN_generate_prime\fR\|(3) for information on the old-style callback.
  209. .IP "\(bu" 2
  210. While a random prime number is generated, it is called as
  211. described in \fBBN_generate_prime\fR\|(3).
  212. .IP "\(bu" 2
  213. When the n\-th randomly generated prime is rejected as not
  214. suitable for the key, \fIBN_GENCB_call(cb, 2, n)\fR is called.
  215. .IP "\(bu" 2
  216. When a random p has been found with p\-1 relatively prime to \fIe\fR,
  217. it is called as \fIBN_GENCB_call(cb, 3, 0)\fR.
  218. .PP
  219. The process is then repeated for prime q and other primes (if any)
  220. with \fIBN_GENCB_call(cb, 3, i)\fR where \fIi\fR indicates the i\-th prime.
  221. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  222. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  223. \&\fBEVP_RSA_gen()\fR returns an \fI\s-1EVP_PKEY\s0\fR or \s-1NULL\s0 on failure.
  224. .PP
  225. \&\fBRSA_generate_multi_prime_key()\fR returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
  226. \&\fBRSA_generate_key_ex()\fR returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
  227. The error codes can be obtained by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
  228. .PP
  229. \&\fBRSA_generate_key()\fR returns a pointer to the \s-1RSA\s0 structure or
  230. \&\s-1NULL\s0 if the key generation fails.
  231. .SH "BUGS"
  232. .IX Header "BUGS"
  233. \&\fIBN_GENCB_call(cb, 2, x)\fR is used with two different meanings.
  234. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  235. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  236. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_Q_keygen\fR\|(3)
  237. \&\fBBN_generate_prime\fR\|(3), \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3),
  238. \&\fBRAND_bytes\fR\|(3), \s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7)
  239. .SH "HISTORY"
  240. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  241. \&\fBEVP_RSA_gen()\fR was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
  242. All other functions described here were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  243. For replacement see \s-1\fBEVP_PKEY\-RSA\s0\fR\|(7).
  244. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  245. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  246. Copyright 2000\-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  247. .PP
  248. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  249. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  250. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  251. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.