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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5EVP_PKEY_encapsulate_init, EVP_PKEY_encapsulate
6- Key encapsulation using a public key algorithm
7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10 #include <openssl/evp.h>
11
12 int EVP_PKEY_encapsulate_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
13 int EVP_PKEY_encapsulate(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
14                          unsigned char *out, size_t *outlen,
15                          unsigned char *genkey, size_t *genkeylen);
16
17=head1 DESCRIPTION
18
19The EVP_PKEY_encapsulate_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
20context I<ctx> for an encapsulation operation and then sets the I<params>
21on the context in the same way as calling L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
22
23The EVP_PKEY_encapsulate() function performs a public key encapsulation
24operation using I<ctx> with the name I<name>.
25If I<out> is B<NULL> then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to the
26I<*outlen> parameter and the maximum size of the generated key buffer is written
27to I<*genkeylen>. If I<out> is not B<NULL> and the call is successful then the
28internally generated key is written to I<genkey> and its size is written to
29I<*genkeylen>. The encapsulated version of the generated key is written to
30I<out> and its size is written to I<*outlen>.
31
32=head1 NOTES
33
34After the call to EVP_PKEY_encapsulate_init() algorithm specific parameters
35for the operation may be set or modified using L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(3)>.
36
37=head1 RETURN VALUES
38
39EVP_PKEY_encapsulate_init() and EVP_PKEY_encapsulate() return 1 for
40success and 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
41indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
42
43=head1 EXAMPLES
44
45Encapsulate an RSASVE key (for RSA keys).
46
47 #include <openssl/evp.h>
48
49 /*
50  * NB: assumes rsa_pub_key is an public key of another party.
51  */
52
53 EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx = NULL;
54 size_t secretlen = 0, outlen = 0;
55 unsigned char *out = NULL, *secret = NULL;
56
57 ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey(libctx, rsa_pub_key, NULL);
58 if (ctx = NULL)
59     /* Error */
60 if (EVP_PKEY_encapsulate_init(ctx, NULL) <= 0)
61     /* Error */
62
63 /* Set the mode - only 'RSASVE' is currently supported */
64  if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_kem_op(ctx, "RSASVE") <= 0)
65     /* Error */
66 /* Determine buffer length */
67 if (EVP_PKEY_encapsulate(ctx, NULL, &outlen, NULL, &secretlen) <= 0)
68     /* Error */
69
70 out = OPENSSL_malloc(outlen);
71 secret = OPENSSL_malloc(secretlen);
72 if (out == NULL || secret == NULL)
73     /* malloc failure */
74
75 /*
76  * The generated 'secret' can be used as key material.
77  * The encapsulated 'out' can be sent to another party who can
78  * decapsulate it using their private key to retrieve the 'secret'.
79  */
80 if (EVP_PKEY_encapsulate(ctx, out, &outlen, secret, &secretlen) <= 0)
81     /* Error */
82
83=head1 SEE ALSO
84
85L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
86L<EVP_PKEY_decapsulate(3)>,
87L<EVP_KEM-RSA(7)>,
88
89=head1 HISTORY
90
91These functions were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
92
93=head1 COPYRIGHT
94
95Copyright 2020-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
96
97Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
98this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
99in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
100L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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