openssl/doc/man3/OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY.pod

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=head1 NAME

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_cipher,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_cb,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_ui,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_PUBKEY_TO_PEM_PQ,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_PrivateKey_TO_PEM_PQ,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_Parameters_TO_PEM_PQ,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_PUBKEY_TO_TEXT_PQ,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_PrivateKey_TO_TEXT_PQ,
OSSL_SERIALIZER_Parameters_TO_TEXT_PQ
- Serializer routines to serialize EVP_PKEYs

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/serializer.h>

 OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX *OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY(const EVP_PKEY *pkey,
                                                          const char *propquery);

 int OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_cipher(OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX *ctx,
                                    const char *cipher_name,
                                    const char *propquery);
 int OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase(OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX *ctx,
                                        const unsigned char *kstr,
                                        size_t klen);
 int OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_cb(OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX *ctx, int enc,
                                           pem_password_cb *cb, void *cbarg);
 int OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_ui(OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX *ctx,
                                           const UI_METHOD *ui_method,
                                           void *ui_data);

 #define OSSL_SERIALIZER_PUBKEY_TO_PEM_PQ "format=pem,type=public"
 #define OSSL_SERIALIZER_PrivateKey_TO_PEM_PQ "format=pem,type=private"
 #define OSSL_SERIALIZER_Parameters_TO_PEM_PQ "format=pem,type=domainparams"

 #define OSSL_SERIALIZER_PUBKEY_TO_TEXT_PQ "format=text,type=public"
 #define OSSL_SERIALIZER_PrivateKey_TO_TEXT_PQ "format=text,type=private"
 #define OSSL_SERIALIZER_Parameters_TO_TEXT_PQ "format=text,type=domainparams"

=head1 DESCRIPTION

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY() creates a B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX>
with a suitable attached output routine for B<EVP_PKEY>s.  It will
search for a serializer implementation that matches the algorithm of
the B<EVP_PKEY> and the property query given with I<propquery>.  It
will prefer to find a serializer from the same provider as the key
data of the B<EVP_PKEY> itself, but failing that, it will choose the
first serializer that supplies a generic serializing function.

If no suitable serializer was found, OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY()
still creates a B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX>, but with no associated
serializer (L<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_get_serializer(3)> returns NULL).
This helps the caller distinguish between an error when creating
the B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX>, and the lack the serializer support and
act accordingly.

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_cipher() tells the implementation what cipher
should be used to encrypt serialized keys.  The cipher is given by
name I<cipher_name>.  The interpretation of that I<cipher_name> is
implementation dependent.  The implementation may implement the digest
directly itself or by other implementations, or it may choose to fetch
it.  If the implementation supports fetching the cipher, then it may
use I<propquery> as properties to be queried for when fetching.
I<cipher_name> may also be NULL, which will result in unencrypted
serialization.

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase() gives the implementation a
pass phrase to use when encrypting the serialized private key.
Alternatively, a pass phrase callback may be specified with the
following functions.

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_cb() and
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_ui() sets up a callback method that
the implementation can use to prompt for a pass phrase.

=for comment Note that the callback method is called indirectly,
through an internal B<OSSL_PASSPHRASE_CALLBACK> function.

The macros B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_PUBKEY_TO_PEM_PQ>,
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_PrivateKey_TO_PEM_PQ>,
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_Parameters_TO_PEM_PQ>,
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_PUBKEY_TO_TEXT_PQ>,
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_PrivateKey_TO_TEXT_PQ>,
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_Parameters_TO_TEXT_PQ> are convenience macros with
property queries to serialize the B<EVP_PKEY> as a public key, private
key or parameters to B<PEM>, or to text.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY() returns a pointer to a
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX>, or NULL if it couldn't be created.

OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_cipher(),
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase(),
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_cb(), and
OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_set_passphrase_ui() all return 1 on success, or 0
on failure.

=head1 NOTES

Parts of the function and macro names are made to match already
existing OpenSSL names.

B<EVP_PKEY> in OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_EVP_PKEY() matches the type
name, thus making for the naming pattern
B<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX_new_by_I<TYPE>>() when new types are handled.

B<PUBKEY>, B<PrivateKey> and B<Parameters> in the macro names match
the B<I<TYPE>> part of of B<PEM_write_bio_I<TYPE>> functions as well
as B<i2d_I<TYPE>_bio> functions.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<provider(7)>, L<OSSL_SERIALIZER(3)>, L<OSSL_SERIALIZER_CTX(3)>

=head1 HISTORY

The functions described here were added in OpenSSL 3.0.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (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>.

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