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authorrelyea%netscape.com <devnull@localhost>2000-03-31 19:16:26 +0000
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+/*
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public
+ * License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+ * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+ * IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * rights and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is the Netscape security libraries.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
+ * Communications Corporation. Portions created by Netscape are
+ * Copyright (C) 1994-2000 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
+ * Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s):
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the
+ * terms of the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later (the
+ * "GPL"), in which case the provisions of the GPL are applicable
+ * instead of those above. If you wish to allow use of your
+ * version of this file only under the terms of the GPL and not to
+ * allow others to use your version of this file under the MPL,
+ * indicate your decision by deleting the provisions above and
+ * replace them with the notice and other provisions required by
+ * the GPL. If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient
+ * may use your version of this file under either the MPL or the
+ * GPL.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Header file for routines specific to S/MIME. Keep things that are pure
+ * pkcs7 out of here; this is for S/MIME policy, S/MIME interoperability, etc.
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+#ifndef _SECMIME_H_
+#define _SECMIME_H_ 1
+
+#include "secpkcs7.h"
+
+
+/************************************************************************/
+SEC_BEGIN_PROTOS
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the local recording of the user S/MIME cipher preferences.
+ * This function is called once for each cipher, the order being
+ * important (first call records greatest preference, and so on).
+ * When finished, it is called with a "which" of CIPHER_FAMILID_MASK.
+ * If the function is called again after that, it is assumed that
+ * the preferences are being reset, and the old preferences are
+ * discarded.
+ *
+ * XXX This is for a particular user, and right now the storage is
+ * XXX local, static. The preference should be stored elsewhere to allow
+ * XXX for multiple uses of one library? How does SSL handle this;
+ * XXX it has something similar?
+ *
+ * - The "which" values are defined in ciferfam.h (the SMIME_* values,
+ * for example SMIME_DES_CBC_56).
+ * - If "on" is non-zero then the named cipher is enabled, otherwise
+ * it is disabled. (It is not necessary to call the function for
+ * ciphers that are disabled, however, as that is the default.)
+ *
+ * If the cipher preference is successfully recorded, SECSuccess
+ * is returned. Otherwise SECFailure is returned. The only errors
+ * are due to failure allocating memory or bad parameters/calls:
+ * SEC_ERROR_XXX ("which" is not in the S/MIME cipher family)
+ * SEC_ERROR_XXX (function is being called more times than there
+ * are known/expected ciphers)
+ */
+extern SECStatus SECMIME_EnableCipher(long which, int on);
+
+/*
+ * Initialize the local recording of the S/MIME policy.
+ * This function is called to enable/disable a particular cipher.
+ * (S/MIME encryption or decryption using a particular cipher is only
+ * allowed if that cipher is currently enabled.) At startup, all S/MIME
+ * ciphers are disabled. From that point, this function can be called
+ * to enable a cipher -- it is not necessary to call this to disable
+ * a cipher unless that cipher was previously, explicitly enabled via
+ * this function.
+ *
+ * XXX This is for a the current module, I think, so local, static storage
+ * XXX is okay. Is that correct, or could multiple uses of the same
+ * XXX library expect to operate under different policies?
+ *
+ * - The "which" values are defined in ciferfam.h (the SMIME_* values,
+ * for example SMIME_DES_CBC_56).
+ * - If "on" is non-zero then the named cipher is enabled, otherwise
+ * it is disabled.
+ *
+ * If the cipher is successfully enabled/disabled, SECSuccess is
+ * returned. Otherwise SECFailure is returned. The only errors
+ * are due to bad parameters:
+ * SEC_ERROR_XXX ("which" is not in the S/MIME cipher family)
+ * SEC_ERROR_XXX ("which" exceeds expected maximum cipher; this is
+ * really an internal error)
+ */
+extern SECStatus SECMIME_SetPolicy(long which, int on);
+
+/*
+ * Does the current policy allow S/MIME decryption of this particular
+ * algorithm and keysize?
+ */
+extern PRBool SECMIME_DecryptionAllowed(SECAlgorithmID *algid, PK11SymKey *key);
+
+/*
+ * Does the current policy allow *any* S/MIME encryption (or decryption)?
+ *
+ * This tells whether or not *any* S/MIME encryption can be done,
+ * according to policy. Callers may use this to do nicer user interface
+ * (say, greying out a checkbox so a user does not even try to encrypt
+ * a message when they are not allowed to) or for any reason they want
+ * to check whether S/MIME encryption (or decryption, for that matter)
+ * may be done.
+ *
+ * It takes no arguments. The return value is a simple boolean:
+ * PR_TRUE means encryption (or decryption) is *possible*
+ * (but may still fail due to other reasons, like because we cannot
+ * find all the necessary certs, etc.; PR_TRUE is *not* a guarantee)
+ * PR_FALSE means encryption (or decryption) is not permitted
+ *
+ * There are no errors from this routine.
+ */
+extern PRBool SECMIME_EncryptionPossible(void);
+
+/*
+ * Start an S/MIME encrypting context.
+ *
+ * "scert" is the cert for the sender. It will be checked for validity.
+ * "rcerts" are the certs for the recipients. They will also be checked.
+ *
+ * "certdb" is the cert database to use for verifying the certs.
+ * It can be NULL if a default database is available (like in the client).
+ *
+ * This function already does all of the stuff specific to S/MIME protocol
+ * and local policy; the return value just needs to be passed to
+ * SEC_PKCS7Encode() or to SEC_PKCS7EncoderStart() to create the encoded data,
+ * and finally to SEC_PKCS7DestroyContentInfo().
+ *
+ * An error results in a return value of NULL and an error set.
+ * (Retrieve specific errors via PORT_GetError()/XP_GetError().)
+ */
+extern SEC_PKCS7ContentInfo *SECMIME_CreateEncrypted(CERTCertificate *scert,
+ CERTCertificate **rcerts,
+ CERTCertDBHandle *certdb,
+ SECKEYGetPasswordKey pwfn,
+ void *pwfn_arg);
+
+/*
+ * Start an S/MIME signing context.
+ *
+ * "scert" is the cert that will be used to sign the data. It will be
+ * checked for validity.
+ *
+ * "certdb" is the cert database to use for verifying the cert.
+ * It can be NULL if a default database is available (like in the client).
+ *
+ * "digestalg" names the digest algorithm. (It should be SEC_OID_SHA1;
+ * XXX There should be SECMIME functions for hashing, or the hashing should
+ * be built into this interface, which we would like because we would
+ * support more smartcards that way, and then this argument should go away.)
+ *
+ * "digest" is the actual digest of the data. It must be provided in
+ * the case of detached data or NULL if the content will be included.
+ *
+ * This function already does all of the stuff specific to S/MIME protocol
+ * and local policy; the return value just needs to be passed to
+ * SEC_PKCS7Encode() or to SEC_PKCS7EncoderStart() to create the encoded data,
+ * and finally to SEC_PKCS7DestroyContentInfo().
+ *
+ * An error results in a return value of NULL and an error set.
+ * (Retrieve specific errors via PORT_GetError()/XP_GetError().)
+ */
+extern SEC_PKCS7ContentInfo *SECMIME_CreateSigned(CERTCertificate *scert,
+ CERTCertificate *ecert,
+ CERTCertDBHandle *certdb,
+ SECOidTag digestalg,
+ SECItem *digest,
+ SECKEYGetPasswordKey pwfn,
+ void *pwfn_arg);
+
+/************************************************************************/
+SEC_END_PROTOS
+
+#endif /* _SECMIME_H_ */