PROVIDER-SIGNATURE(7SSL) OpenSSL PROVIDER-SIGNATURE(7SSL)
NAME
provider-signature - The signature library <-> provider functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/core_dispatch.h>
#include <openssl/core_names.h>
/*
* None of these are actual functions, but are displayed like this for
* the function signatures for functions that are offered as function
* pointers in OSSL_DISPATCH arrays.
*/
/* Context management */
void *OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx(void *provctx, const char *propq);
void OSSL_FUNC_signature_freectx(void *ctx);
void *OSSL_FUNC_signature_dupctx(void *ctx);
/* Signing */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign_init(void *ctx, void *provkey,
const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign(void *ctx, unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen,
size_t sigsize, const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
/* Verifying */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_init(void *ctx, void *provkey,
const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify(void *ctx, const unsigned char *sig, size_t siglen,
const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
/* Verify Recover */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover_init(void *ctx, void *provkey,
const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover(void *ctx, unsigned char *rout,
size_t *routlen, size_t routsize,
const unsigned char *sig, size_t siglen);
/* Digest Sign */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_init(void *ctx, const char *mdname,
void *provkey,
const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update(void *ctx, const unsigned char *data,
size_t datalen);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_final(void *ctx, unsigned char *sig,
size_t *siglen, size_t sigsize);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign(void *ctx,
unsigned char *sigret, size_t *siglen,
size_t sigsize, const unsigned char *tbs,
size_t tbslen);
/* Digest Verify */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_init(void *ctx, const char *mdname,
void *provkey,
const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update(void *ctx,
const unsigned char *data,
size_t datalen);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_final(void *ctx, const unsigned char *sig,
size_t siglen);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify(void *ctx, const unsigned char *sig,
size_t siglen, const unsigned char *tbs,
size_t tbslen);
/* Signature parameters */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_params(void *ctx, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_params(void *ctx,
void *provctx);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params(void *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
const OSSL_PARAM *OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_params(void *ctx,
void *provctx);
/* MD parameters */
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_md_params(void *ctx, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
const OSSL_PARAM * OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_md_params(void *ctx);
int OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_md_params(void *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
const OSSL_PARAM * OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_md_params(void *ctx);
DESCRIPTION
This documentation is primarily aimed at provider authors. See
provider(7) for further information.
The signature (OSSL_OP_SIGNATURE) operation enables providers to
implement signature algorithms and make them available to applications
via the API functions EVP_PKEY_sign(3), EVP_PKEY_verify(3), and
EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3) (as well as other related functions).
All "functions" mentioned here are passed as function pointers between
libcrypto and the provider in OSSL_DISPATCH(3) arrays via
OSSL_ALGORITHM(3) arrays that are returned by the provider's
provider_query_operation() function (see "Provider Functions" in
provider-base(7)).
All these "functions" have a corresponding function type definition
named OSSL_FUNC_{name}_fn, and a helper function to retrieve the
function pointer from an OSSL_DISPATCH(3) element named
OSSL_FUNC_{name}. For example, the "function"
OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx() has these:
typedef void *(OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx_fn)(void *provctx, const char *propq);
static ossl_inline OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx_fn
OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx(const OSSL_DISPATCH *opf);
OSSL_DISPATCH(3) arrays are indexed by numbers that are provided as
macros in openssl-core_dispatch.h(7), as follows:
OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_NEWCTX
OSSL_FUNC_signature_freectx OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_FREECTX
OSSL_FUNC_signature_dupctx OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DUPCTX
OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign_init OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_SIGN_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_SIGN
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_init OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_VERIFY_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_VERIFY
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover_init OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_VERIFY_RECOVER_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_VERIFY_RECOVER
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_init OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_SIGN_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_SIGN_UPDATE
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_final OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_SIGN_FINAL
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_SIGN
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_init OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_VERIFY_INIT
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_VERIFY_UPDATE
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_final OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_VERIFY_FINAL
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_DIGEST_VERIFY
OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_GET_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_GETTABLE_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_SET_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_SETTABLE_CTX_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_md_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_GET_CTX_MD_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_md_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_GETTABLE_CTX_MD_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_md_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_SET_CTX_MD_PARAMS
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_md_params OSSL_FUNC_SIGNATURE_SETTABLE_CTX_MD_PARAMS
A signature algorithm implementation may not implement all of these
functions. In order to be a consistent set of functions we must have
at least a set of context functions (OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_freectx) as well as a set of "signature" functions,
i.e. at least one of:
OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign_init and OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_init and OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover_init and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_init,
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_final
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_init,
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_final
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_init and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_init and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_params are optional, but if one of
them is present then the other one must also be present. The same
applies to OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_params and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_params, as well as the "md_params"
functions. The OSSL_FUNC_signature_dupctx function is optional.
A signature algorithm must also implement some mechanism for
generating, loading or importing keys via the key management
(OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation. See provider-keymgmt(7) for further
details.
Context Management Functions
OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx() should create and return a pointer to a
provider side structure for holding context information during a
signature operation. A pointer to this context will be passed back in
a number of the other signature operation function calls. The
parameter provctx is the provider context generated during provider
initialisation (see provider(7)). The propq parameter is a property
query string that may be (optionally) used by the provider during any
"fetches" that it may perform (if it performs any).
OSSL_FUNC_signature_freectx() is passed a pointer to the provider side
signature context in the ctx parameter. This function should free any
resources associated with that context.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_dupctx() should duplicate the provider side
signature context in the ctx parameter and return the duplicate copy.
Signing Functions
OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign_init() initialises a context for signing given
a provider side signature context in the ctx parameter, and a pointer
to a provider key object in the provkey parameter. The params, if not
NULL, should be set on the context in a manner similar to using
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params(). The key object should have been
previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider using the
key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see provider-keymgmt(7)>.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_sign() performs the actual signing itself. A
previously initialised signature context is passed in the ctx
parameter. The data to be signed is pointed to be the tbs parameter
which is tbslen bytes long. Unless sig is NULL, the signature should
be written to the location pointed to by the sig parameter and it
should not exceed sigsize bytes in length. The length of the signature
should be written to *siglen. If sig is NULL then the maximum length
of the signature should be written to *siglen.
Verify Functions
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_init() initialises a context for verifying a
signature given a provider side signature context in the ctx parameter,
and a pointer to a provider key object in the provkey parameter. The
params, if not NULL, should be set on the context in a manner similar
to using OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params(). The key object should
have been previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider
using the key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see
provider-keymgmt(7)>.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify() performs the actual verification itself.
A previously initialised signature context is passed in the ctx
parameter. The data that the signature covers is pointed to be the tbs
parameter which is tbslen bytes long. The signature is pointed to by
the sig parameter which is siglen bytes long.
Verify Recover Functions
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover_init() initialises a context for
recovering the signed data given a provider side signature context in
the ctx parameter, and a pointer to a provider key object in the
provkey parameter. The params, if not NULL, should be set on the
context in a manner similar to using
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params(). The key object should have been
previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider using the
key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see provider-keymgmt(7)>.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_verify_recover() performs the actual verify recover
itself. A previously initialised signature context is passed in the
ctx parameter. The signature is pointed to by the sig parameter which
is siglen bytes long. Unless rout is NULL, the recovered data should
be written to the location pointed to by rout which should not exceed
routsize bytes in length. The length of the recovered data should be
written to *routlen. If rout is NULL then the maximum size of the
output buffer is written to the routlen parameter.
Digest Sign Functions
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digeset_sign_init() initialises a context for
signing given a provider side signature context in the ctx parameter,
and a pointer to a provider key object in the provkey parameter. The
params, if not NULL, should be set on the context in a manner similar
to using OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_md_params(). The key object should have
been previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider using
the key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see
provider-keymgmt(7)>. The name of the digest to be used will be in the
mdname parameter.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update() provides data to be signed in
the data parameter which should be of length datalen. A previously
initialised signature context is passed in the ctx parameter. This
function may be called multiple times to cumulatively add data to be
signed.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_final() finalises a signature operation
previously started through OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_init() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update() calls. Once finalised no more
data will be added through OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign_update(). A
previously initialised signature context is passed in the ctx
parameter. Unless sig is NULL, the signature should be written to the
location pointed to by the sig parameter and it should not exceed
sigsize bytes in length. The length of the signature should be written
to *siglen. If sig is NULL then the maximum length of the signature
should be written to *siglen.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_sign() implements a "one shot" digest sign
operation previously started through
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digeset_sign_init(). A previously initialised
signature context is passed in the ctx parameter. The data to be signed
is in tbs which should be tbslen bytes long. Unless sig is NULL, the
signature should be written to the location pointed to by the sig
parameter and it should not exceed sigsize bytes in length. The length
of the signature should be written to *siglen. If sig is NULL then the
maximum length of the signature should be written to *siglen.
Digest Verify Functions
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digeset_verify_init() initialises a context for
verifying given a provider side verification context in the ctx
parameter, and a pointer to a provider key object in the provkey
parameter. The params, if not NULL, should be set on the context in a
manner similar to OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_md_params(). The key object should have
been previously generated, loaded or imported into the provider using
the key management (OSSL_OP_KEYMGMT) operation (see
provider-keymgmt(7)>. The name of the digest to be used will be in the
mdname parameter.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update() provides data to be verified
in the data parameter which should be of length datalen. A previously
initialised verification context is passed in the ctx parameter. This
function may be called multiple times to cumulatively add data to be
verified.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_final() finalises a verification
operation previously started through
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_init() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update() calls. Once finalised no
more data will be added through
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify_update(). A previously initialised
verification context is passed in the ctx parameter. The signature to
be verified is in sig which is siglen bytes long.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digest_verify() implements a "one shot" digest
verify operation previously started through
OSSL_FUNC_signature_digeset_verify_init(). A previously initialised
verification context is passed in the ctx parameter. The data to be
verified is in tbs which should be tbslen bytes long. The signature to
be verified is in sig which is siglen bytes long.
Signature parameters
See OSSL_PARAM(3) for further details on the parameters structure used
by the OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params() functions.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_params() gets signature parameters
associated with the given provider side signature context ctx and
stored them in params. Passing NULL for params should return true.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params() sets the signature parameters
associated with the given provider side signature context ctx to
params. Any parameter settings are additional to any that were
previously set. Passing NULL for params should return true.
Common parameters currently recognised by built-in signature algorithms
are as follows.
"digest" (OSSL_SIGNATURE_PARAM_DIGEST) <UTF8 string>
Get or sets the name of the digest algorithm used for the input to
the signature functions. It is required in order to calculate the
"algorithm-id".
"properties" (OSSL_SIGNATURE_PARAM_PROPERTIES) <UTF8 string>
Sets the name of the property query associated with the "digest"
algorithm. NULL is used if this optional value is not set.
"digest-size" (OSSL_SIGNATURE_PARAM_DIGEST_SIZE) <unsigned integer>
Gets or sets the output size of the digest algorithm used for the
input to the signature functions. The length of the "digest-size"
parameter should not exceed that of a size_t.
"algorithm-id" (OSSL_SIGNATURE_PARAM_ALGORITHM_ID) <octet string>
Gets the DER encoded AlgorithmIdentifier that corresponds to the
combination of signature algorithm and digest algorithm for the
signature operation.
"kat" (OSSL_SIGNATURE_PARAM_KAT) <unsigned integer>
Sets a flag to modify the sign operation to return an error if the
initial calculated signature is invalid. In the normal mode of
operation - new random values are chosen until the signature
operation succeeds. By default it retries until a signature is
calculated. Setting the value to 0 causes the sign operation to
retry, otherwise the sign operation is only tried once and returns
whether or not it was successful. Known answer tests can be
performed if the random generator is overridden to supply known
values that either pass or fail.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_params() get a constant OSSL_PARAM(3)
array that describes the gettable and settable parameters, i.e.
parameters that can be used with OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_ctx_params()
and OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ctx_params() respectively.
MD parameters
See OSSL_PARAM(3) for further details on the parameters structure used
by the OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_md_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_md_ctx_params() functions.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_md_ctx_params() gets digest parameters
associated with the given provider side digest signature context ctx
and stores them in params. Passing NULL for params should return true.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_ms_ctx_params() sets the digest parameters
associated with the given provider side digest signature context ctx to
params. Any parameter settings are additional to any that were
previously set. Passing NULL for params should return true.
Parameters currently recognised by built-in signature algorithms are
the same as those for built-in digest algorithms. See "Digest
Parameters" in provider-digest(7) for further information.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_md_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_md_ctx_params() get a constant
OSSL_PARAM(3) array that describes the gettable and settable digest
parameters, i.e. parameters that can be used with
OSSL_FUNC_signature_get_md_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_set_md_ctx_params() respectively.
RETURN VALUES
OSSL_FUNC_signature_newctx() and OSSL_FUNC_signature_dupctx() should
return the newly created provider side signature context, or NULL on
failure.
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_ctx_params(),
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_ctx_params(),
OSSL_FUNC_signature_gettable_md_ctx_params() and
OSSL_FUNC_signature_settable_md_ctx_params(), return the gettable or
settable parameters in a constant OSSL_PARAM(3) array.
All other functions should return 1 for success or 0 on error.
SEE ALSO
provider(7)
HISTORY
The provider SIGNATURE interface was introduced in OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
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Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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