EVP_PKEY *pkey = NULL;
ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_RSA, NULL);
if (!ctx)
- /* Error occurred */
+ /* Error occurred */
if (EVP_PKEY_keygen_init(ctx) <= 0)
- /* Error */
+ /* Error */
if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_keygen_bits(ctx, 2048) <= 0)
- /* Error */
+ /* Error */
/* Generate key */
if (EVP_PKEY_keygen(ctx, &pkey) <= 0)
- /* Error */
+ /* Error */
Generate a key from a set of parameters:
/* Assumed param is set up already */
ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(param);
if (!ctx)
- /* Error occurred */
+ /* Error occurred */
if (EVP_PKEY_keygen_init(ctx) <= 0)
- /* Error */
+ /* Error */
/* Generate key */
if (EVP_PKEY_keygen(ctx, &pkey) <= 0)
- /* Error */
+ /* Error */
Example of generation callback for OpenSSL public key implementations:
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_app_data(ctx, status_bio);
static int genpkey_cb(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx)
- {
- char c = '*';
- BIO *b = EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_app_data(ctx);
- int p;
- p = EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_keygen_info(ctx, 0);
- if (p == 0) c = '.';
- if (p == 1) c = '+';
- if (p == 2) c = '*';
- if (p == 3) c = '\n';
- BIO_write(b, &c, 1);
- (void)BIO_flush(b);
- return 1;
- }
+ {
+ char c = '*';
+ BIO *b = EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_app_data(ctx);
+ int p = EVP_PKEY_CTX_get_keygen_info(ctx, 0);
+ if (p == 0)
+ c = '.';
+ if (p == 1)
+ c = '+';
+ if (p == 2)
+ c = '*';
+ if (p == 3)
+ c = '\n';
+ BIO_write(b, &c, 1);
+ (void)BIO_flush(b);
+ return 1;
+ }
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