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1=pod
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3=head1 NAME
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5EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init, EVP_PKEY_encrypt - encrypt using a public key algorithm
6
7=head1 SYNOPSIS
8
9 #include <openssl/evp.h>
10
11 int EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
12 int EVP_PKEY_encrypt(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
13 unsigned char *out, size_t *outlen,
14 const unsigned char *in, size_t inlen);
15
16=head1 DESCRIPTION
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18The EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
19context using key B<pkey> for an encryption operation.
20
21The EVP_PKEY_encrypt() function performs a public key encryption operation
22using B<ctx>. The data to be encrypted is specified using the B<in> and
23B<inlen> parameters. If B<out> is B<NULL> then the maximum size of the output
24buffer is written to the B<outlen> parameter. If B<out> is not B<NULL> then
25before the call the B<outlen> parameter should contain the length of the
26B<out> buffer, if the call is successful the encrypted data is written to
27B<out> and the amount of data written to B<outlen>.
28
29=head1 NOTES
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31After the call to EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init() algorithm specific control
32operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
33operation.
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35The function EVP_PKEY_encrypt() can be called more than once on the same
36context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
37
38=head1 RETURN VALUES
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40EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init() and EVP_PKEY_encrypt() return 1 for success and 0
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41or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
42indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
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44=head1 EXAMPLE
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46Encrypt data using OAEP (for RSA keys). See also L<pem(3)> or
47L<d2i_X509(3)> for means to load a public key. You may also simply
34890ac1 48set 'eng = NULL;' to start with the default OpenSSL RSA implementation:
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50 #include <openssl/evp.h>
51 #include <openssl/rsa.h>
34890ac1 52 #include <openssl/engine.h>
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54 EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
34890ac1 55 ENGINE *eng;
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56 unsigned char *out, *in;
57 size_t outlen, inlen;
58 EVP_PKEY *key;
34890ac1 59 /* NB: assumes eng, key, in, inlen are already set up,
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60 * and that key is an RSA public key
61 */
34890ac1 62 ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(key,eng);
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63 if (!ctx)
64 /* Error occurred */
65 if (EVP_PKEY_encrypt_init(ctx) <= 0)
66 /* Error */
67 if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_OAEP_PADDING) <= 0)
68 /* Error */
69
70 /* Determine buffer length */
71 if (EVP_PKEY_encrypt(ctx, NULL, &outlen, in, inlen) <= 0)
72 /* Error */
73
74 out = OPENSSL_malloc(outlen);
75
76 if (!out)
77 /* malloc failure */
78
79 if (EVP_PKEY_encrypt(ctx, out, &outlen, in, inlen) <= 0)
80 /* Error */
81
82 /* Encrypted data is outlen bytes written to buffer out */
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84=head1 SEE ALSO
85
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86L<d2i_X509(3)>,
87L<engine(3)>,
88L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
89L<EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3)>,
90L<EVP_PKEY_sign(3)>,
91L<EVP_PKEY_verify(3)>,
92L<EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3)>,
93L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>
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94
95=head1 HISTORY
96
fb552ac6 97These functions were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.
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99=cut