Commit 25191fff authored by Richard Levitte's avatar Richard Levitte
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Document the EVP_MD_CTX changes



Reviewed-by: default avatarRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
parent b3bb7799
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=head1 NAME

EVP_MD_CTX_init, EVP_MD_CTX_create, EVP_DigestInit_ex, EVP_DigestUpdate,
EVP_DigestFinal_ex, EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup, EVP_MD_CTX_destroy, EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE,
EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex, EVP_DigestInit, EVP_DigestFinal, EVP_MD_CTX_copy, EVP_MD_type,
EVP_MD_CTX_new, EVP_MD_CTX_reset, EVP_MD_CTX_free, EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex,
EVP_DigestInit_ex, EVP_DigestUpdate, EVP_DigestFinal_ex, EVP_MAX_MD_SIZE,
EVP_DigestInit, EVP_DigestFinal, EVP_MD_CTX_copy, EVP_MD_type,
EVP_MD_pkey_type, EVP_MD_size, EVP_MD_block_size, EVP_MD_CTX_md, EVP_MD_CTX_size,
EVP_MD_CTX_block_size, EVP_MD_CTX_type, EVP_md_null, EVP_md2, EVP_md5, EVP_sha1,
EVP_sha224, EVP_sha256, EVP_sha384, EVP_sha512, EVP_mdc2,
@@ -15,17 +15,15 @@ EVP digest routines

 #include <openssl/evp.h>

 void EVP_MD_CTX_init(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
 EVP_MD_CTX *EVP_MD_CTX_create(void);
 EVP_MD_CTX *EVP_MD_CTX_new(void);
 int EVP_MD_CTX_reset(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
 void EVP_MD_CTX_free(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);

 int EVP_DigestInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
 int EVP_DigestUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, size_t cnt);
 int EVP_DigestFinal_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *md,
        unsigned int *s);

 int EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
 void EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);

 int EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *out,const EVP_MD_CTX *in);

 int EVP_DigestInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
@@ -42,9 +40,16 @@ EVP digest routines
 int EVP_MD_block_size(const EVP_MD *md);

 const EVP_MD *EVP_MD_CTX_md(const EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
 #define EVP_MD_CTX_size(e)		EVP_MD_size(EVP_MD_CTX_md(e))
 #define EVP_MD_CTX_block_size(e)	EVP_MD_block_size((e)->digest)
 #define EVP_MD_CTX_type(e)		EVP_MD_type((e)->digest)
 int (*EVP_MD_CTX_update_fn(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx))(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,
                                              const void *data, size_t count);
 void EVP_MD_CTX_set_update_fn(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,
                               int (*update) (EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,
                                              const void *data, size_t count));
 int EVP_MD_CTX_size(const EVP_MD *ctx);
 int EVP_MD_CTX_block_size(const EVP_MD *ctx);
 int EVP_MD_CTX_type(const EVP_MD *ctx);
 EVP_PKEY_CTX *EVP_MD_CTX_pkey_ctx(const EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);
 void *EVP_MD_CTX_md_data(const EVP_MD_CTX *ctx);

 const EVP_MD *EVP_md_null(void);
 const EVP_MD *EVP_md2(void);
@@ -59,17 +64,21 @@ EVP digest routines
 const EVP_MD *EVP_sha512(void);

 const EVP_MD *EVP_get_digestbyname(const char *name);
 #define EVP_get_digestbynid(a) EVP_get_digestbyname(OBJ_nid2sn(a))
 #define EVP_get_digestbyobj(a) EVP_get_digestbynid(OBJ_obj2nid(a))
 const EVP_MD *EVP_get_digestbynid(int type);
 const EVP_MD *EVP_get_digestbyobj(const ASN1_OBJECT *o);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The EVP digest routines are a high level interface to message digests,
and should be used instead of the cipher-specific functions.

EVP_MD_CTX_init() initializes digest context B<ctx>.
EVP_MD_CTX_new() allocates, initializes and returns a digest context.

EVP_MD_CTX_reset() resets the digest context B<ctx>.  This can be used
to reuse an already existing context.

EVP_MD_CTX_create() allocates, initializes and returns a digest context.
EVP_MD_CTX_free() cleans up digest context B<ctx> and frees up the
space allocated to it.

EVP_DigestInit_ex() sets up digest context B<ctx> to use a digest
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be initialized before calling this
@@ -88,13 +97,6 @@ After calling EVP_DigestFinal_ex() no additional calls to EVP_DigestUpdate()
can be made, but EVP_DigestInit_ex() can be called to initialize a new
digest operation.

EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup() cleans up digest context B<ctx>, it should be called
after a digest context is no longer needed.

EVP_MD_CTX_destroy() cleans up digest context B<ctx> and frees up the
space allocated to it, it should be called only on a context created
using EVP_MD_CTX_create().

EVP_MD_CTX_copy_ex() can be used to copy the message digest state from
B<in> to B<out>. This is useful if large amounts of data are to be
hashed which only differ in the last few bytes. B<out> must be initialized
@@ -186,17 +188,9 @@ implementations of digests to be specified.
If digest contexts are not cleaned up after use
memory leaks will occur.

Stack allocation of EVP_MD_CTX structures is common, for example:

 EVP_MD_CTX mctx;
 EVP_MD_CTX_init(&mctx);

This will cause binary compatibility issues if the size of EVP_MD_CTX
structure changes (this will only happen with a major release of OpenSSL).
Applications wishing to avoid this should use EVP_MD_CTX_create() instead:

 EVP_MD_CTX *mctx;
 mctx = EVP_MD_CTX_create();
EVP_MD_CTX_size(), EVP_MD_CTX_block_size(), EVP_MD_CTX_type(),
EVP_get_digestbynid() and EVP_get_digestbyobj() are defined as
macros.


=head1 EXAMPLE
@@ -230,12 +224,12 @@ digest name passed on the command line.
	exit(1);
 }

 mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_create();
 mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
 EVP_DigestInit_ex(mdctx, md, NULL);
 EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx, mess1, strlen(mess1));
 EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx, mess2, strlen(mess2));
 EVP_DigestFinal_ex(mdctx, md_value, &md_len);
 EVP_MD_CTX_destroy(mdctx);
 EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);

 printf("Digest is: ");
 for(i = 0; i < md_len; i++)
@@ -254,6 +248,12 @@ L<evp(3)>

=head1 HISTORY

B<EVP_MD_CTX> became opaque in OpenSSL 1.1.  Consequently, stack
allocated B<EVP_MD_CTX>s are no longer supported.

EVP_MD_CTX_create() and EVP_MD_CTX_destroy() were renamed to
EVP_MD_CTX_new() and EVP_MD_CTX_free() in OpenSSL 1.1.

The link between digests and signing algorithms was fixed in OpenSSL 1.0 and
later, so now EVP_sha1() can be used with RSA and DSA. The legacy EVP_dss1()
was removed in OpenSSL 1.1.0
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The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures.

EVP_DigestSignInit() sets up signing context B<ctx> to use digest B<type> from
ENGINE B<impl> and private key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be initialized with
EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function. If B<pctx> is not NULL the
ENGINE B<impl> and private key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be created with
EVP_MD_CTX_new() before calling this function. If B<pctx> is not NULL the
EVP_PKEY_CTX of the signing operation will be written to B<*pctx>: this can
be used to set alternative signing options.

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The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signatures.

EVP_DigestVerifyInit() sets up verification context B<ctx> to use digest
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl> and public key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be initialized
with EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function. If B<pctx> is not NULL the
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl> and public key B<pkey>. B<ctx> must be created
with EVP_MD_CTX_new() before calling this function. If B<pctx> is not NULL the
EVP_PKEY_CTX of the verification operation will be written to B<*pctx>: this
can be used to set alternative verification options.

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signatures.

EVP_SignInit_ex() sets up signing context B<ctx> to use digest
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be initialized with
EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function.
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be created with
EVP_MD_CTX_new() before calling this function.

EVP_SignUpdate() hashes B<cnt> bytes of data at B<d> into the
signature context B<ctx>. This function can be called several times on the
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signatures.

EVP_VerifyInit_ex() sets up verification context B<ctx> to use digest
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be initialized by calling
EVP_MD_CTX_init() before calling this function.
B<type> from ENGINE B<impl>. B<ctx> must be created by calling
EVP_MD_CTX_new() before calling this function.

EVP_VerifyUpdate() hashes B<cnt> bytes of data at B<d> into the
verification context B<ctx>. This function can be called several times on the