EVP_SignUpdate (3)
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NAME
EVP_SignInit, EVP_SignInit_ex, EVP_SignUpdate, EVP_SignFinal - EVP signing functionsSYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h> int EVP_SignInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl); int EVP_SignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt); int EVP_SignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,unsigned char *sig,unsigned int *s, EVP_PKEY *pkey); void EVP_SignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type); int EVP_PKEY_size(EVP_PKEY *pkey);
DESCRIPTION
TheEVP_SignInit_ex() sets up signing context ctx to use digest type from
EVP_SignUpdate() hashes cnt bytes of data at d into the signature context ctx. This function can be called several times on the same ctx to include additional data.
EVP_SignFinal() signs the data in ctx using the private key pkey and places the signature in sig. sig must be at least EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes in size. s is an
EVP_SignInit() initializes a signing context ctx to use the default implementation of digest type.
EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes. The actual signature returned by EVP_SignFinal() may be smaller.
RETURN VALUES
EVP_SignInit_ex(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes.
The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
NOTES
TheDue to the link between message digests and public key algorithms the correct digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in EVP_DigestInit(3).
When signing with
The call to EVP_SignFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest context. This means that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() can be called later to digest and sign additional data.
Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context must be cleaned up after use by calling EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup() or a memory leak will occur.
BUGS
Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_SignFinal().Since the private key is passed in the call to EVP_SignFinal() any error relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large amounts of data have been passed through EVP_SignUpdate().
It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these function.
The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_SignDigest*() function.
SEE ALSO
EVP_VerifyInit(3), EVP_DigestInit(3), err(3), evp(3), hmac(3), md2(3), md5(3), mdc2(3), ripemd(3), sha(3), dgst(1)HISTORY
EVP_SignInit(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() are available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.EVP_SignInit_ex() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.