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  57. .IX Title "ECDSA_SIGN 3ossl"
  58. .TH ECDSA_SIGN 3ossl 2025-01-17 3.4.0 OpenSSL
  59. .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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  61. .if n .ad l
  62. .nh
  63. .SH NAME
  64. ECDSA_size, ECDSA_sign, ECDSA_do_sign,
  65. ECDSA_verify, ECDSA_do_verify, ECDSA_sign_setup, ECDSA_sign_ex,
  66. ECDSA_do_sign_ex \- deprecated low\-level elliptic curve digital signature algorithm
  67. (ECDSA) functions
  68. .SH SYNOPSIS
  69. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  70. .Vb 1
  71. \& #include <openssl/ecdsa.h>
  72. .Ve
  73. .PP
  74. The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
  75. hidden entirely by defining \fBOPENSSL_API_COMPAT\fR with a suitable version value,
  76. see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
  77. .PP
  78. .Vb 1
  79. \& int ECDSA_size(const EC_KEY *eckey);
  80. \&
  81. \& int ECDSA_sign(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int dgstlen,
  82. \& unsigned char *sig, unsigned int *siglen, EC_KEY *eckey);
  83. \& ECDSA_SIG *ECDSA_do_sign(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len,
  84. \& EC_KEY *eckey);
  85. \&
  86. \& int ECDSA_verify(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int dgstlen,
  87. \& const unsigned char *sig, int siglen, EC_KEY *eckey);
  88. \& int ECDSA_do_verify(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgst_len,
  89. \& const ECDSA_SIG *sig, EC_KEY* eckey);
  90. \&
  91. \& ECDSA_SIG *ECDSA_do_sign_ex(const unsigned char *dgst, int dgstlen,
  92. \& const BIGNUM *kinv, const BIGNUM *rp,
  93. \& EC_KEY *eckey);
  94. \& int ECDSA_sign_setup(EC_KEY *eckey, BN_CTX *ctx, BIGNUM **kinv, BIGNUM **rp);
  95. \& int ECDSA_sign_ex(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int dgstlen,
  96. \& unsigned char *sig, unsigned int *siglen,
  97. \& const BIGNUM *kinv, const BIGNUM *rp, EC_KEY *eckey);
  98. .Ve
  99. .SH DESCRIPTION
  100. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  101. See \fBECDSA_SIG_new\fR\|(3) for a description of the \fBECDSA_SIG\fR object.
  102. .PP
  103. See \fBi2d_ECDSA_SIG\fR\|(3) and \fBd2i_ECDSA_SIG\fR\|(3) for information about encoding
  104. and decoding ECDSA signatures to/from DER.
  105. .PP
  106. All of the functions described below are deprecated. Applications should
  107. use the higher level \fBEVP\fR interface such as \fBEVP_DigestSignInit\fR\|(3)
  108. or \fBEVP_DigestVerifyInit\fR\|(3) instead.
  109. .PP
  110. \&\fBECDSA_size()\fR returns the maximum length of a DER encoded ECDSA signature
  111. created with the private EC key \fIeckey\fR. To obtain the actual signature
  112. size use \fBEVP_PKEY_sign\fR\|(3) with a NULL \fIsig\fR parameter.
  113. .PP
  114. \&\fBECDSA_sign()\fR computes a digital signature of the \fIdgstlen\fR bytes hash value
  115. \&\fIdgst\fR using the private EC key \fIeckey\fR. The DER encoded signatures is
  116. stored in \fIsig\fR and its length is returned in \fIsig_len\fR. Note: \fIsig\fR must
  117. point to ECDSA_size(eckey) bytes of memory. The parameter \fItype\fR is currently
  118. ignored. \fBECDSA_sign()\fR is wrapper function for \fBECDSA_sign_ex()\fR with \fIkinv\fR
  119. and \fIrp\fR set to NULL.
  120. .PP
  121. \&\fBECDSA_do_sign()\fR is similar to \fBECDSA_sign()\fR except the signature is returned
  122. as a newly allocated \fBECDSA_SIG\fR structure (or NULL on error). \fBECDSA_do_sign()\fR
  123. is a wrapper function for \fBECDSA_do_sign_ex()\fR with \fIkinv\fR and \fIrp\fR set to
  124. NULL.
  125. .PP
  126. \&\fBECDSA_verify()\fR verifies that the signature in \fIsig\fR of size \fIsiglen\fR is a
  127. valid ECDSA signature of the hash value \fIdgst\fR of size \fIdgstlen\fR using the
  128. public key \fIeckey\fR. The parameter \fItype\fR is ignored.
  129. .PP
  130. \&\fBECDSA_do_verify()\fR is similar to \fBECDSA_verify()\fR except the signature is
  131. presented in the form of a pointer to an \fBECDSA_SIG\fR structure.
  132. .PP
  133. The remaining functions utilise the internal \fIkinv\fR and \fIr\fR values used
  134. during signature computation. Most applications will never need to call these
  135. and some external ECDSA ENGINE implementations may not support them at all if
  136. either \fIkinv\fR or \fIr\fR is not NULL.
  137. .PP
  138. \&\fBECDSA_sign_setup()\fR may be used to precompute parts of the signing operation.
  139. \&\fIeckey\fR is the private EC key and \fIctx\fR is a pointer to \fBBN_CTX\fR structure
  140. (or NULL). The precomputed values or returned in \fIkinv\fR and \fIrp\fR and can be
  141. used in a later call to \fBECDSA_sign_ex()\fR or \fBECDSA_do_sign_ex()\fR.
  142. .PP
  143. \&\fBECDSA_sign_ex()\fR computes a digital signature of the \fIdgstlen\fR bytes hash value
  144. \&\fIdgst\fR using the private EC key \fIeckey\fR and the optional pre-computed values
  145. \&\fIkinv\fR and \fIrp\fR. The DER encoded signature is stored in \fIsig\fR and its
  146. length is returned in \fIsig_len\fR. Note: \fIsig\fR must point to ECDSA_size(eckey)
  147. bytes of memory. The parameter \fItype\fR is ignored.
  148. .PP
  149. \&\fBECDSA_do_sign_ex()\fR is similar to \fBECDSA_sign_ex()\fR except the signature is
  150. returned as a newly allocated \fBECDSA_SIG\fR structure (or NULL on error).
  151. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  152. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  153. \&\fBECDSA_size()\fR returns the maximum length signature or 0 on error.
  154. .PP
  155. \&\fBECDSA_sign()\fR, \fBECDSA_sign_ex()\fR and \fBECDSA_sign_setup()\fR return 1 if successful
  156. or 0 on error.
  157. .PP
  158. \&\fBECDSA_do_sign()\fR and \fBECDSA_do_sign_ex()\fR return a pointer to an allocated
  159. \&\fBECDSA_SIG\fR structure or NULL on error.
  160. .PP
  161. \&\fBECDSA_verify()\fR and \fBECDSA_do_verify()\fR return 1 for a valid
  162. signature, 0 for an invalid signature and \-1 on error.
  163. The error codes can be obtained by \fBERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
  164. .SH EXAMPLES
  165. .IX Header "EXAMPLES"
  166. Creating an ECDSA signature of a given SHA\-256 hash value using the
  167. named curve prime256v1 (aka P\-256).
  168. This example uses deprecated functionality. See "DESCRIPTION".
  169. .PP
  170. First step: create an EC_KEY object (note: this part is \fBnot\fR ECDSA
  171. specific)
  172. .PP
  173. .Vb 3
  174. \& int ret;
  175. \& ECDSA_SIG *sig;
  176. \& EC_KEY *eckey;
  177. \&
  178. \& eckey = EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name(NID_X9_62_prime256v1);
  179. \& if (eckey == NULL)
  180. \& /* error */
  181. \& if (EC_KEY_generate_key(eckey) == 0)
  182. \& /* error */
  183. .Ve
  184. .PP
  185. Second step: compute the ECDSA signature of a SHA\-256 hash value
  186. using \fBECDSA_do_sign()\fR:
  187. .PP
  188. .Vb 3
  189. \& sig = ECDSA_do_sign(digest, 32, eckey);
  190. \& if (sig == NULL)
  191. \& /* error */
  192. .Ve
  193. .PP
  194. or using \fBECDSA_sign()\fR:
  195. .PP
  196. .Vb 2
  197. \& unsigned char *buffer, *pp;
  198. \& int buf_len;
  199. \&
  200. \& buf_len = ECDSA_size(eckey);
  201. \& buffer = OPENSSL_malloc(buf_len);
  202. \& pp = buffer;
  203. \& if (ECDSA_sign(0, dgst, dgstlen, pp, &buf_len, eckey) == 0)
  204. \& /* error */
  205. .Ve
  206. .PP
  207. Third step: verify the created ECDSA signature using \fBECDSA_do_verify()\fR:
  208. .PP
  209. .Vb 1
  210. \& ret = ECDSA_do_verify(digest, 32, sig, eckey);
  211. .Ve
  212. .PP
  213. or using \fBECDSA_verify()\fR:
  214. .PP
  215. .Vb 1
  216. \& ret = ECDSA_verify(0, digest, 32, buffer, buf_len, eckey);
  217. .Ve
  218. .PP
  219. and finally evaluate the return value:
  220. .PP
  221. .Vb 6
  222. \& if (ret == 1)
  223. \& /* signature ok */
  224. \& else if (ret == 0)
  225. \& /* incorrect signature */
  226. \& else
  227. \& /* error */
  228. .Ve
  229. .SH "CONFORMING TO"
  230. .IX Header "CONFORMING TO"
  231. ANSI X9.62, US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS186\-2
  232. (Digital Signature Standard, DSS)
  233. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  234. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  235. \&\fBEC_KEY_new\fR\|(3),
  236. \&\fBEVP_DigestSignInit\fR\|(3),
  237. \&\fBEVP_DigestVerifyInit\fR\|(3),
  238. \&\fBEVP_PKEY_sign\fR\|(3)
  239. \&\fBi2d_ECDSA_SIG\fR\|(3),
  240. \&\fBd2i_ECDSA_SIG\fR\|(3)
  241. .SH HISTORY
  242. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  243. All functionality described here was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  244. .SH COPYRIGHT
  245. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  246. Copyright 2004\-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  247. .PP
  248. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
  249. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  250. in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
  251. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.