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NAME
SRP_VBASE_new, SRP_VBASE_free, SRP_VBASE_init, SRP_VBASE_add0_user,
SRP_VBASE_get1_by_user, SRP_VBASE_get_by_user - Functions to create and
manage a stack of SRP user verifier information
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/srp.h>
The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can
be hidden entirely by defining OPENSSL_API_COMPAT with a suitable
version value, see openssl_user_macros(7):
SRP_VBASE *SRP_VBASE_new(char *seed_key);
void SRP_VBASE_free(SRP_VBASE *vb);
int SRP_VBASE_init(SRP_VBASE *vb, char *verifier_file);
int SRP_VBASE_add0_user(SRP_VBASE *vb, SRP_user_pwd *user_pwd);
SRP_user_pwd *SRP_VBASE_get1_by_user(SRP_VBASE *vb, char *username);
SRP_user_pwd *SRP_VBASE_get_by_user(SRP_VBASE *vb, char *username);
DESCRIPTION
All of the functions described on this page are deprecated. There are
no available replacement functions at this time.
The SRP_VBASE_new() function allocates a structure to store server side
SRP verifier information. If seed_key is not NULL a copy is stored and
used to generate dummy parameters for users that are not found by
SRP_VBASE_get1_by_user(). This allows the server to hide the fact that
it doesn't have a verifier for a particular username, as described in
section 2.5.1.3 'Unknown SRP' of RFC 5054. The seed string should
contain random NUL terminated binary data (therefore the random data
should not contain NUL bytes!).
The SRP_VBASE_free() function frees up the vb structure. If vb is
NULL, nothing is done.
The SRP_VBASE_init() function parses the information in a verifier file
and populates the vb structure. The verifier file is a text file
containing multiple entries, whose format is: flag base64(verifier)
base64(salt) username gNid userinfo(optional) where the flag can be 'V'
(valid) or 'R' (revoked). Note that the base64 encoding used here is
non-standard so it is recommended to use openssl-srp(1) to generate
this file.
The SRP_VBASE_add0_user() function adds the user_pwd verifier
information to the vb structure. See SRP_user_pwd_new(3) to create and
populate this record. The library takes ownership of user_pwd, it
should not be freed by the caller.
The SRP_VBASE_get1_by_user() function returns the password info for the
user whose username matches username. It replaces the deprecated
SRP_VBASE_get_by_user(). If no matching user is found but a seed_key
and default gN parameters have been set, dummy authentication
information is generated from the seed_key, allowing the server to hide
the fact that it doesn't have a verifier for a particular username.
RETURN VALUES
SRP_VBASE_init() returns SRP_NO_ERROR (0) on success and a positive
value on failure. The error codes are SRP_ERR_OPEN_FILE if the file
could not be opened, SRP_ERR_VBASE_INCOMPLETE_FILE if the file could
not be parsed, SRP_ERR_MEMORY on memory allocation failure and
SRP_ERR_VBASE_BN_LIB for invalid decoded parameter values.
SRP_VBASE_add0_user() returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
SEE ALSO
openssl-srp(1), SRP_create_verifier(3), SRP_user_pwd_new(3),
SSL_CTX_set_srp_password(3)
HISTORY
The SRP_VBASE_add0_user() function was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
All other functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.1.
All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2018-2021 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>.
3.0.11 2023-09-19 SRP_VBASE_NEW(3ossl)