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diff --git a/doc/man3/X509_PUBKEY_new.pod b/doc/man3/X509_PUBKEY_new.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b13310513b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man3/X509_PUBKEY_new.pod @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +X509_PUBKEY_new, X509_PUBKEY_free, X509_PUBKEY_set, X509_PUBKEY_get0, +X509_PUBKEY_get, d2i_PUBKEY, i2d_PUBKEY, d2i_PUBKEY_bio, d2i_PUBKEY_fp, +i2d_PUBKEY_fp, i2d_PUBKEY_bio, X509_PUBKEY_set0_param, +X509_PUBKEY_get0_param - SubjectPublicKeyInfo public key functions + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include <openssl/x509.h> + + X509_PUBKEY *X509_PUBKEY_new(void); + void X509_PUBKEY_free(X509_PUBKEY *a); + + int X509_PUBKEY_set(X509_PUBKEY **x, EVP_PKEY *pkey); + EVP_PKEY *X509_PUBKEY_get0(X509_PUBKEY *key); + EVP_PKEY *X509_PUBKEY_get(X509_PUBKEY *key); + + EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY(EVP_PKEY **a, const unsigned char **pp, long length); + int i2d_PUBKEY(EVP_PKEY *a, unsigned char **pp); + + EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, EVP_PKEY **a); + EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY_fp(FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY **a); + + int i2d_PUBKEY_fp(FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY *pkey); + int i2d_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, EVP_PKEY *pkey); + + int X509_PUBKEY_set0_param(X509_PUBKEY *pub, ASN1_OBJECT *aobj, + int ptype, void *pval, + unsigned char *penc, int penclen); + int X509_PUBKEY_get0_param(ASN1_OBJECT **ppkalg, + const unsigned char **pk, int *ppklen, + X509_ALGOR **pa, X509_PUBKEY *pub); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B<X509_PUBKEY> structure represents the ASN.1 B<SubjectPublicKeyInfo> +structure defined in RFC5280 and used in certificates and certificate requests. + +X509_PUBKEY_new() allocates and initializes an B<X509_PUBKEY> structure. + +X509_PUBKEY_free() frees up B<X509_PUBKEY> structure B<a>. If B<a> is NULL +nothing is done. + +X509_PUBKEY_set() sets the public key in B<*x> to the public key contained +in the B<EVP_PKEY> structure B<pkey>. If B<*x> is not NULL any existing +public key structure will be freed. + +X509_PUBKEY_get0() returns the public key contained in B<key>. The returned +value is an internal pointer which B<MUST NOT> be freed after use. + +X509_PUBKEY_get() is similar to X509_PUBKEY_get0() except the reference +count on the returned key is incremented so it B<MUST> be freed using +EVP_PKEY_free() after use. + +d2i_PUBKEY() and i2d_PUBKEY() decode and encode an B<EVP_PKEY> structure +using B<SubjectPublicKeyInfo> format. They otherwise follow the conventions of +other ASN.1 functions such as d2i_X509(). + +d2i_PUBKEY_bio(), d2i_PUBKEY_fp(), i2d_PUBKEY_bio() and i2d_PUBKEY_fp() are +similar to d2i_PUBKEY() and i2d_PUBKEY() except they decode or encode using a +B<BIO> or B<FILE> pointer. + +X509_PUBKEY_set0_param() sets the public key parameters of B<pub>. The +OID associated with the algorithm is set to B<aobj>. The type of the +algorithm parameters is set to B<type> using the structure B<pval>. +The encoding of the public key itself is set to the B<penclen> +bytes contained in buffer B<penc>. On success ownership of all the supplied +parameters is passed to B<pub> so they must not be freed after the +call. + +X509_PUBKEY_get0_param() retrieves the public key parameters from B<pub>, +B<*ppkalg> is set to the associated OID and the encoding consists of +B<*ppklen> bytes at B<*pk>, B<*pa> is set to the associated +AlgorithmIdentifier for the public key. If the value of any of these +parameters is not required it can be set to B<NULL>. All of the +retrieved pointers are internal and must not be freed after the +call. + +=head1 NOTES + +The B<X509_PUBKEY> functions can be used to encode and decode public keys +in a standard format. + +In many cases applications will not call the B<X509_PUBKEY> functions +directly: they will instead call wrapper functions such as X509_get0_pubkey(). + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +If the allocation fails, X509_PUBKEY_new() returns B<NULL> and sets an error +code that can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>. + +Otherwise it returns a pointer to the newly allocated structure. + +X509_PUBKEY_free() does not return a value. + +X509_PUBKEY_get0() and X509_PUBKEY_get() return a pointer to an B<EVP_PKEY> +structure or B<NULL> if an error occurs. + +X509_PUBKEY_set(), X509_PUBKEY_set0_param() and X509_PUBKEY_get0_param() +return 1 for success and 0 if an error occurred. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<d2i_X509(3)>, +L<ERR_get_error(3)>, +L<X509_get_pubkey(3)>, + +=head1 COPYRIGHT + +Copyright 2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. + +Licensed under the OpenSSL license (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 +L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. + +=cut |