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3=head1 NAME
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5EVP_PKEY2PKCS8, EVP_PKCS82PKEY_ex, EVP_PKCS82PKEY
6- Convert a private key to/from PKCS8
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8=head1 SYNOPSIS
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10 #include <openssl/x509.h>
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12 PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *EVP_PKEY2PKCS8(const EVP_PKEY *pkey);
13 EVP_PKEY *EVP_PKCS82PKEY(const PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *p8);
14 EVP_PKEY *EVP_PKCS82PKEY_ex(const PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *p8, OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
15                             const char *propq);
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17=head1 DESCRIPTION
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19EVP_PKEY2PKCS8() converts a private key I<pkey> into a returned PKCS8 object.
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21EVP_PKCS82PKEY_ex() converts a PKCS8 object I<p8> into a returned private key.
22It uses I<libctx> and I<propq> when fetching algorithms.
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24EVP_PKCS82PKEY() is similar to EVP_PKCS82PKEY_ex() but uses default values of
25NULL for the I<libctx> and I<propq>.
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27=head1 RETURN VALUES
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29EVP_PKEY2PKCS8() returns a PKCS8 object on success.
30EVP_PKCS82PKEY() and EVP_PKCS82PKEY_ex() return a private key on success.
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32All functions return NULL if the operation fails.
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34=head1 SEE ALSO
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36L<PKCS8_pkey_add1_attr(3)>,
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38=head1 COPYRIGHT
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40Copyright 2020-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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42Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
43this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
44in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
45L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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