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.\" $OpenBSD: EVP_VerifyInit.3,v 1.12 2024/07/21 08:36:43 tb Exp $
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.\" full merge up to: OpenSSL b97fdb57 Nov 11 09:33:09 2016 +0100
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.\" selective merge up to: OpenSSL 79b49fb0 Mar 20 10:03:10 2018 +1000
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.\"
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.\" This file was written by Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>.
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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 21 2024 $
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.Dt EVP_VERIFYINIT 3
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm EVP_VerifyInit_ex ,
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.Nm EVP_VerifyUpdate ,
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.Nm EVP_VerifyFinal ,
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.Nm EVP_VerifyInit
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.Nd EVP signature verification functions
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In openssl/evp.h
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.Ft int
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.Fo EVP_VerifyInit_ex
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.Fa "EVP_MD_CTX *ctx"
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.Fa "const EVP_MD *type"
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.Fa "ENGINE *engine"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fo EVP_VerifyUpdate
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.Fa "EVP_MD_CTX *ctx"
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.Fa "const void *d"
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.Fa "unsigned int cnt"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fo EVP_VerifyFinal
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.Fa "EVP_MD_CTX *ctx"
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.Fa "unsigned char *sigbuf"
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.Fa "unsigned int siglen"
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.Fa "EVP_PKEY *pkey"
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.Fc
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.Ft int
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.Fo EVP_VerifyInit
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.Fa "EVP_MD_CTX *ctx"
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.Fa "const EVP_MD *type"
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.Fc
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The EVP signature verification routines are a high level interface to
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digital signatures.
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit_ex
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sets up a verification context
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.Fa ctx
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to use the digest
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.Fa type .
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.Fa ctx
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must be initialized by calling
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.Xr EVP_MD_CTX_init 3
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before calling this function.
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The
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.Fa ENGINE *engine
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argument is always ignored and passing
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.Dv NULL
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is recommended.
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyUpdate
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hashes
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.Fa cnt
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bytes of data at
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.Fa d
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into the verification context
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.Fa ctx .
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This function can be called several times on the same
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.Fa ctx
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to include additional data.
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyFinal
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verifies the data in
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.Fa ctx
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using the public key
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.Fa pkey
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and against the
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.Fa siglen
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bytes at
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.Fa sigbuf .
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit
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initializes a verification context
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.Fa ctx
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to use the default implementation of digest
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.Fa type .
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.Pp
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The EVP interface to digital signatures should almost always be
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used in preference to the low level interfaces.
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This is because the code then becomes transparent to the algorithm used
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and much more flexible.
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.Pp
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The call to
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.Fn EVP_VerifyFinal
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internally finalizes a copy of the digest context.
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This means that calls to
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.Fn EVP_VerifyUpdate
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and
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.Fn EVP_VerifyFinal
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can be called later to digest and verify additional data.
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.Pp
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Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized, the context
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must be cleaned up after use by calling
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.Xr EVP_MD_CTX_free 3 ,
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or a memory leak will occur.
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit_ex ,
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.Fn EVP_VerifyUpdate ,
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and
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit
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are implemented as macros.
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit_ex
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and
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.Fn EVP_VerifyUpdate
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return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyFinal
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returns 1 for a correct signature, 0 for failure, and -1 if some other
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error occurred.
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.Pp
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The error codes can be obtained by
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.Xr ERR_get_error 3 .
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr evp 3 ,
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.Xr EVP_DigestInit 3 ,
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.Xr EVP_SignInit 3
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.Sh HISTORY
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit ,
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.Fn EVP_VerifyUpdate ,
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and
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.Fn EVP_VerifyFinal
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first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1 and have been available since
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.Ox 2.4 .
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.Pp
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.Fn EVP_VerifyInit_ex
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first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and has been available since
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.Ox 3.2 .
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.Sh BUGS
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Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to
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.Fn EVP_VerifyUpdate
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could not be made after calling
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.Fn EVP_VerifyFinal .
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.Pp
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Since the public key is passed in the call to
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.Xr EVP_SignFinal 3 ,
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any error relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and
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digest combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large
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amounts of data have been passed through
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.Xr EVP_SignUpdate 3 .
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.Pp
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It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these
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functions.
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.Pp
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The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer functions of the
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.Xr EVP_DigestVerifyInit 3
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family.
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