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NAME
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_fetch, EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free, EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_up_ref,
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_is_a, EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_provider,
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_do_all_provided, EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_names_do_all,
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_name, EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_description,
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params,
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params - Functions to manage
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER algorithm objects
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_fetch(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *algorithm,
const char *properties);
void EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free(EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher);
int EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_up_ref(EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher);
const char *EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_name(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher);
int EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_is_a(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher, const char *name);
OSSL_PROVIDER *EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_provider(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher);
void EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_do_all_provided(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
void (*fn)(EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher,
void *arg),
void *arg);
int EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_names_do_all(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher,
void (*fn)(const char *name, void *data),
void *data);
const char *EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_description(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cipher);
const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cip);
const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params(const EVP_ASYM_CIPHER *cip);
DESCRIPTION
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_fetch() fetches the implementation for the given
algorithm from any provider offering it, within the criteria given by
the properties and in the scope of the given library context ctx (see
OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)). The algorithm will be one offering functions for
performing asymmetric cipher related tasks such as asymmetric
encryption and decryption. See "ALGORITHM FETCHING" in crypto(7) for
further information.
The returned value must eventually be freed with
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free().
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_free() decrements the reference count for the
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER structure. Typically this structure will have been
obtained from an earlier call to EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_fetch(). If the
reference count drops to 0 then the structure is freed.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_up_ref() increments the reference count for an
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER structure.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_is_a() returns 1 if cipher is an implementation of an
algorithm that's identifiable with name, otherwise 0.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_provider() returns the provider that cipher was
fetched from.
have multiple synonyms associated with it. In this case the first name
from the algorithm definition is returned. Ownership of the returned
string is retained by the cipher object and should not be freed by the
caller.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_names_do_all() traverses all names for cipher, and
calls fn with each name and data.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_get0_description() returns a description of the cipher,
meant for display and human consumption. The description is at the
discretion of the cipher implementation.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() and
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() return a constant OSSL_PARAM(3)
array that describes the names and types of key parameters that can be
retrieved or set by a key encryption algorithm using
EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_params(3) and EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3).
RETURN VALUES
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_fetch() returns a pointer to an EVP_ASYM_CIPHER for
success or NULL for failure.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_up_ref() returns 1 for success or 0 otherwise.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_names_do_all() returns 1 if the callback was called for
all names. A return value of 0 means that the callback was not called
for any names.
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params() and
EVP_ASYM_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() return a constant OSSL_PARAM(3)
array or NULL on error.
SEE ALSO
"ALGORITHM FETCHING" in crypto(7), OSSL_PROVIDER(3)
HISTORY
The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2019-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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