From 0efb7b1eea0b6343d5a9e5b8206ed39e19ce2c82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Dr. Stephen Henson" <steve@openssl.org>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:31:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] PKCS7_sign_add_signer() docs.

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 doc/crypto/PKCS7_sign_add_signer.pod | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 87 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/crypto/PKCS7_sign_add_signer.pod

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+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+PKCS7_sign_add_signer - add a signer PKCS7 signed data structure.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ #include <openssl/pkcs7.h>
+
+ PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO *PKCS7_sign_add_signer(PKCS7 *p7, X509 *signcert, EVP_PKEY *pkey, const EVP_MD *md, int flags);
+
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+PKCS7_sign_add_signer() adds a signer with certificate B<signcert> and private
+key B<pkey> using message digest B<md> to a PKCS7 signed data structure
+B<p7>.
+
+The PKCS7 structure should be obtained from an initial call to PKCS7_sign()
+with the flag B<PKCS7_PARTIAL> set or in the case or re-signing a valid PKCS7
+signed data structure.
+
+If the B<md> parameter is B<NULL> then the default digest for the public
+key algorithm will be used.
+
+Unless the B<PKCS7_REUSE_DIGEST> flag is set the returned PKCS7 structure
+is not complete and must be finalized either by streaming (if applicable) or
+a call to PKCS7_final().
+
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+The main purpose of this function is to provide finer control over a PKCS#7
+signed data structure where the simpler PKCS7_sign() function defaults are
+not appropriate. For example if multiple signers or non default digest
+algorithms are needed.
+
+Any of the following flags (ored together) can be passed in the B<flags>
+parameter.
+
+If B<PKCS7_REUSE_DIGEST> is set then an attempt is made to copy the content
+digest value from the PKCS7 struture: to add a signer to an existing structure.
+An error occurs if a matching digest value cannot be found to copy. The
+returned PKCS7 structure will be valid and finalized when this flag is set.
+
+If B<PKCS7_PARTIAL> is set in addition to B<PKCS7_REUSE_DIGEST> then the 
+B<PKCS7_SIGNER_INO> structure will not be finalized so additional attributes
+can be added. In this case an explicit call to PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO_sign() is
+needed to finalize it.
+
+If B<PKCS7_NOCERTS> is set the signer's certificate will not be included in the
+PKCS7 structure, the signer's certificate must still be supplied in the
+B<signcert> parameter though. This can reduce the size of the signature if the
+signers certificate can be obtained by other means: for example a previously
+signed message.
+
+The signedData structure includes several PKCS#7 autenticatedAttributes
+including the signing time, the PKCS#7 content type and the supported list of
+ciphers in an SMIMECapabilities attribute. If B<PKCS7_NOATTR> is set then no
+authenticatedAttributes will be used. If B<PKCS7_NOSMIMECAP> is set then just
+the SMIMECapabilities are omitted.
+
+If present the SMIMECapabilities attribute indicates support for the following
+algorithms: triple DES, 128 bit RC2, 64 bit RC2, DES and 40 bit RC2. If any of
+these algorithms is disabled then it will not be included.
+
+
+PKCS7_sign_add_signers() returns an internal pointer to the PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO
+structure just added, this can be used to set additional attributes 
+before it is finalized.
+
+=head1 RETURN VALUES
+
+PKCS7_sign_add_signers() returns an internal pointer to the PKCS7_SIGNER_INFO
+structure just added or NULL if an error occurs.
+
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<PKCS7_sign(3)|PKCS7_sign(3)>,
+L<PKCS7_final(3)|PKCS7_final(3)>,
+
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+PEM_sign_add_signer() was added to OpenSSL 0.9.9
+
+=cut
-- 
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