20 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length,
35 EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all,
38 EVP_CIPHER_get_params,
39 EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params,
40 EVP_CIPHER_block_size,
41 EVP_CIPHER_key_length,
46 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher,
49 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params,
50 EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params,
51 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params,
52 EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params,
53 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size,
54 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length,
55 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length,
56 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length,
57 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_app_data,
58 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_app_data,
62 EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1,
63 EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param,
64 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding,
66 EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided
73 #include <openssl/evp.h>
75 EVP_CIPHER *EVP_CIPHER_fetch(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *algorithm,
76 const char *properties);
77 int EVP_CIPHER_up_ref(EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
78 void EVP_CIPHER_free(EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
79 EVP_CIPHER_CTX *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new(void);
80 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
81 void EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
83 int EVP_EncryptInit_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
84 ENGINE *impl, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
85 int EVP_EncryptUpdate(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
86 int *outl, const unsigned char *in, int inl);
87 int EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int *outl);
89 int EVP_DecryptInit_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
90 ENGINE *impl, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
91 int EVP_DecryptUpdate(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
92 int *outl, const unsigned char *in, int inl);
93 int EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
95 int EVP_CipherInit_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
96 ENGINE *impl, const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv, int enc);
97 int EVP_CipherUpdate(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
98 int *outl, const unsigned char *in, int inl);
99 int EVP_CipherFinal_ex(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
101 int EVP_EncryptInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
102 const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
103 int EVP_EncryptFinal(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out, int *outl);
105 int EVP_DecryptInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
106 const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv);
107 int EVP_DecryptFinal(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
109 int EVP_CipherInit(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const EVP_CIPHER *type,
110 const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv, int enc);
111 int EVP_CipherFinal(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *outm, int *outl);
113 int EVP_Cipher(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *out,
114 const unsigned char *in, unsigned int inl);
116 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *x, int padding);
117 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *x, int keylen);
118 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, int type, int arg, void *ptr);
119 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_rand_key(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *key);
121 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_get_cipherbyname(const char *name);
122 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_get_cipherbynid(int nid);
123 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_get_cipherbyobj(const ASN1_OBJECT *a);
125 int EVP_CIPHER_nid(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
126 int EVP_CIPHER_number(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
127 int EVP_CIPHER_is_a(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher, const char *name);
128 void EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher,
129 void (*fn)(const char *name, void *data),
131 const char *EVP_CIPHER_name(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
132 const OSSL_PROVIDER *EVP_CIPHER_provider(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
133 int EVP_CIPHER_block_size(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
134 int EVP_CIPHER_key_length(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
135 int EVP_CIPHER_iv_length(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
136 unsigned long EVP_CIPHER_flags(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
137 unsigned long EVP_CIPHER_mode(const EVP_CIPHER *e);
138 int EVP_CIPHER_type(const EVP_CIPHER *ctx);
140 const EVP_CIPHER *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
141 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
142 const char *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_name(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
144 int EVP_CIPHER_get_params(EVP_CIPHER *cipher, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
145 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, const OSSL_PARAM params[]);
146 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, OSSL_PARAM params[]);
147 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
148 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
149 const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params(const EVP_CIPHER *cipher);
150 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
151 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
152 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
153 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
154 void *EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_app_data(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
155 void EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_app_data(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx, void *data);
156 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_type(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
157 int EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode(const EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx);
159 int EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *c, ASN1_TYPE *type);
160 int EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param(EVP_CIPHER_CTX *c, ASN1_TYPE *type);
162 void EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
163 void (*fn)(EVP_CIPHER *cipher, void *arg),
168 The EVP cipher routines are a high-level interface to certain
171 The B<EVP_CIPHER> type is a structure for cipher method implementation.
173 EVP_CIPHER_fetch() fetches the cipher implementation for the given
174 B<algorithm> from any provider offering it, within the criteria given
175 by the B<properties>.
176 See L<provider(7)/Fetching algorithms> for further information.
178 The returned value must eventually be freed with EVP_CIPHER_free().
180 EVP_CIPHER_up_ref() increments the reference count for an B<EVP_CIPHER>
183 EVP_CIPHER_free() decrements the reference count for the B<EVP_CIPHER>
185 If the reference count drops to 0 then the structure is freed.
187 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() creates a cipher context.
189 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free() clears all information from a cipher context
190 and free up any allocated memory associate with it, including B<ctx>
191 itself. This function should be called after all operations using a
192 cipher are complete so sensitive information does not remain in
195 EVP_EncryptInit_ex() sets up cipher context B<ctx> for encryption
196 with cipher B<type>. B<type> is typically supplied by a function such
197 as EVP_aes_256_cbc(), or a value explicitly fetched with
198 EVP_CIPHER_fetch(). If B<impl> is non-NULL, its implementation of the
199 cipher B<type> is used if there is one, and if not, the default
200 implementation is used. B<key> is the symmetric key to use
201 and B<iv> is the IV to use (if necessary), the actual number of bytes
202 used for the key and IV depends on the cipher. It is possible to set
203 all parameters to NULL except B<type> in an initial call and supply
204 the remaining parameters in subsequent calls, all of which have B<type>
205 set to NULL. This is done when the default cipher parameters are not
207 For EVP_CIPH_GCM_MODE the IV will be generated internally if it is not
210 EVP_EncryptUpdate() encrypts B<inl> bytes from the buffer B<in> and
211 writes the encrypted version to B<out>. This function can be called
212 multiple times to encrypt successive blocks of data. The amount
213 of data written depends on the block alignment of the encrypted data.
214 For most ciphers and modes, the amount of data written can be anything
215 from zero bytes to (inl + cipher_block_size - 1) bytes.
216 For wrap cipher modes, the amount of data written can be anything
217 from zero bytes to (inl + cipher_block_size) bytes.
218 For stream ciphers, the amount of data written can be anything from zero
220 Thus, B<out> should contain sufficient room for the operation being performed.
221 The actual number of bytes written is placed in B<outl>. It also
222 checks if B<in> and B<out> are partially overlapping, and if they are
223 0 is returned to indicate failure.
225 If padding is enabled (the default) then EVP_EncryptFinal_ex() encrypts
226 the "final" data, that is any data that remains in a partial block.
227 It uses standard block padding (aka PKCS padding) as described in
228 the NOTES section, below. The encrypted
229 final data is written to B<out> which should have sufficient space for
230 one cipher block. The number of bytes written is placed in B<outl>. After
231 this function is called the encryption operation is finished and no further
232 calls to EVP_EncryptUpdate() should be made.
234 If padding is disabled then EVP_EncryptFinal_ex() will not encrypt any more
235 data and it will return an error if any data remains in a partial block:
236 that is if the total data length is not a multiple of the block size.
238 EVP_DecryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptUpdate() and EVP_DecryptFinal_ex() are the
239 corresponding decryption operations. EVP_DecryptFinal() will return an
240 error code if padding is enabled and the final block is not correctly
241 formatted. The parameters and restrictions are identical to the encryption
242 operations except that if padding is enabled the decrypted data buffer B<out>
243 passed to EVP_DecryptUpdate() should have sufficient room for
244 (B<inl> + cipher_block_size) bytes unless the cipher block size is 1 in
245 which case B<inl> bytes is sufficient.
247 EVP_CipherInit_ex(), EVP_CipherUpdate() and EVP_CipherFinal_ex() are
248 functions that can be used for decryption or encryption. The operation
249 performed depends on the value of the B<enc> parameter. It should be set
250 to 1 for encryption, 0 for decryption and -1 to leave the value unchanged
251 (the actual value of 'enc' being supplied in a previous call).
253 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset() clears all information from a cipher context
254 and free up any allocated memory associate with it, except the B<ctx>
255 itself. This function should be called anytime B<ctx> is to be reused
256 for another EVP_CipherInit() / EVP_CipherUpdate() / EVP_CipherFinal()
259 EVP_EncryptInit(), EVP_DecryptInit() and EVP_CipherInit() behave in a
260 similar way to EVP_EncryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex() and
261 EVP_CipherInit_ex() except they always use the default cipher implementation.
263 EVP_EncryptFinal(), EVP_DecryptFinal() and EVP_CipherFinal() are
264 identical to EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(), EVP_DecryptFinal_ex() and
265 EVP_CipherFinal_ex(). In previous releases they also cleaned up
266 the B<ctx>, but this is no longer done and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_clean()
267 must be called to free any context resources.
269 EVP_Cipher() encrypts or decrypts a maximum I<inl> amount of bytes from
270 I<in> and leaves the result in I<out>.
271 If the cipher doesn't have the flag B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER> set,
272 then I<inl> must be a multiple of EVP_CIPHER_block_size(). If it isn't,
273 the result is undefined. If the cipher has that flag set, then I<inl>
275 This function is historic and shouldn't be used in an application, please
276 consider using EVP_CipherUpdate() and EVP_CipherFinal_ex instead.
278 EVP_get_cipherbyname(), EVP_get_cipherbynid() and EVP_get_cipherbyobj()
279 return an EVP_CIPHER structure when passed a cipher name, a NID or an
280 ASN1_OBJECT structure.
282 EVP_CIPHER_nid() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid() return the NID of a cipher when
283 passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> structure. The actual NID
284 value is an internal value which may not have a corresponding OBJECT
287 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding() enables or disables padding. This
288 function should be called after the context is set up for encryption
289 or decryption with EVP_EncryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex() or
290 EVP_CipherInit_ex(). By default encryption operations are padded using
291 standard block padding and the padding is checked and removed when
292 decrypting. If the B<pad> parameter is zero then no padding is
293 performed, the total amount of data encrypted or decrypted must then
294 be a multiple of the block size or an error will occur.
296 EVP_CIPHER_get_params() retrieves the requested list of algorithm
297 B<params> from a B<cipher>.
299 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() Sets the list of operation B<params> into a CIPHER
302 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() retrieves the requested list of operation
303 B<params> from CIPHER context B<ctx>.
305 EVP_CIPHER_gettable_params(), EVP_CIPHER_gettable_ctx_params(), and
306 EVP_CIPHER_settable_ctx_params() get a constant B<OSSL_PARAM> array
307 that describes the retrievable and settable parameters, i.e. parameters
308 that can be used with EVP_CIPHER_get_params(), EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params()
309 and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params(), respectively.
310 See L<OSSL_PARAM(3)> for the use of B<OSSL_PARAM> as parameter descriptor.
312 EVP_CIPHER_key_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length() return the key
313 length of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>
314 structure. The constant B<EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH> is the maximum key length
315 for all ciphers. Note: although EVP_CIPHER_key_length() is fixed for a
316 given cipher, the value of EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length() may be different
317 for variable key length ciphers.
319 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_key_length() sets the key length of the cipher ctx.
320 If the cipher is a fixed length cipher then attempting to set the key
321 length to any value other than the fixed value is an error.
323 EVP_CIPHER_iv_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length() return the IV
324 length of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>.
325 It will return zero if the cipher does not use an IV. The constant
326 B<EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH> is the maximum IV length for all ciphers.
328 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length() returns the tag length of a AEAD cipher when passed
329 a B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>. It will return zero if the cipher does not support a tag.
330 It returns a default value if the tag length has not been set.
332 EVP_CIPHER_block_size() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size() return the block
333 size of a cipher when passed an B<EVP_CIPHER> or B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX>
334 structure. The constant B<EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH> is also the maximum block
335 length for all ciphers.
337 EVP_CIPHER_type() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_type() return the type of the passed
338 cipher or context. This "type" is the actual NID of the cipher OBJECT
339 IDENTIFIER as such it ignores the cipher parameters and 40 bit RC2 and
340 128 bit RC2 have the same NID. If the cipher does not have an object
341 identifier or does not have ASN1 support this function will return
344 EVP_CIPHER_is_a() returns 1 if I<cipher> is an implementation of an
345 algorithm that's identifiable with I<name>, otherwise 0.
346 If I<cipher> is a legacy cipher (it's the return value from the likes
347 of EVP_aes128() rather than the result of an EVP_CIPHER_fetch()), only
348 cipher names registered with the default library context (see
349 L<OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)>) will be considered.
351 EVP_CIPHER_number() returns the internal dynamic number assigned to
352 the I<cipher>. This is only useful with fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>s.
354 EVP_CIPHER_name() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_name() return the name of the passed
355 cipher or context. For fetched ciphers with multiple names, only one
356 of them is returned; it's recommended to use EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all()
359 EVP_CIPHER_names_do_all() traverses all names for the I<cipher>, and
360 calls I<fn> with each name and I<data>. This is only useful with
361 fetched B<EVP_CIPHER>s.
363 EVP_CIPHER_provider() returns an B<OSSL_PROVIDER> pointer to the provider
364 that implements the given B<EVP_CIPHER>.
366 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher() returns the B<EVP_CIPHER> structure when passed
367 an B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> structure.
369 EVP_CIPHER_mode() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_mode() return the block cipher mode:
370 EVP_CIPH_ECB_MODE, EVP_CIPH_CBC_MODE, EVP_CIPH_CFB_MODE, EVP_CIPH_OFB_MODE,
371 EVP_CIPH_CTR_MODE, EVP_CIPH_GCM_MODE, EVP_CIPH_CCM_MODE, EVP_CIPH_XTS_MODE,
372 EVP_CIPH_WRAP_MODE, EVP_CIPH_OCB_MODE or EVP_CIPH_SIV_MODE. If the cipher is a
373 stream cipher then EVP_CIPH_STREAM_CIPHER is returned.
375 EVP_CIPHER_flags() returns any flags associated with the cipher. See
376 EVP_CIPHER_meth_set_flags() for a list of currently defined flags.
378 EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1() sets the AlgorithmIdentifier "parameter" based
379 on the passed cipher. This will typically include any parameters and an
380 IV. The cipher IV (if any) must be set when this call is made. This call
381 should be made before the cipher is actually "used" (before any
382 EVP_EncryptUpdate(), EVP_DecryptUpdate() calls for example). This function
383 may fail if the cipher does not have any ASN1 support.
385 EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param() sets the cipher parameters based on an ASN1
386 AlgorithmIdentifier "parameter". The precise effect depends on the cipher
387 In the case of RC2, for example, it will set the IV and effective key length.
388 This function should be called after the base cipher type is set but before
389 the key is set. For example EVP_CipherInit() will be called with the IV and
390 key set to NULL, EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param() will be called and finally
391 EVP_CipherInit() again with all parameters except the key set to NULL. It is
392 possible for this function to fail if the cipher does not have any ASN1 support
393 or the parameters cannot be set (for example the RC2 effective key length
396 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl() allows various cipher specific parameters to be determined
399 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_rand_key() generates a random key of the appropriate length
400 based on the cipher context. The EVP_CIPHER can provide its own random key
401 generation routine to support keys of a specific form. B<Key> must point to a
402 buffer at least as big as the value returned by EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length().
404 EVP_CIPHER_do_all_provided() traverses all ciphers implemented by all activated
405 providers in the given library context I<libctx>, and for each of the
406 implementations, calls the given function I<fn> with the implementation method
407 and the given I<arg> as argument.
411 EVP_CIPHER_fetch() returns a pointer to a B<EVP_CIPHER> for success
412 and B<NULL> for failure.
414 EVP_CIPHER_up_ref() returns 1 for success or 0 otherwise.
416 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new() returns a pointer to a newly created
417 B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> for success and B<NULL> for failure.
419 EVP_EncryptInit_ex(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() and EVP_EncryptFinal_ex()
420 return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
422 EVP_DecryptInit_ex() and EVP_DecryptUpdate() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
423 EVP_DecryptFinal_ex() returns 0 if the decrypt failed or 1 for success.
425 EVP_CipherInit_ex() and EVP_CipherUpdate() return 1 for success and 0 for failure.
426 EVP_CipherFinal_ex() returns 0 for a decryption failure or 1 for success.
428 EVP_Cipher() returns the amount of encrypted / decrypted bytes, or -1
429 on failure, if the flag B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER> is set for the
430 cipher. EVP_Cipher() returns 1 on success or 0 on failure, if the flag
431 B<EVP_CIPH_FLAG_CUSTOM_CIPHER> is not set for the cipher.
433 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset() returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
435 EVP_get_cipherbyname(), EVP_get_cipherbynid() and EVP_get_cipherbyobj()
436 return an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure or NULL on error.
438 EVP_CIPHER_nid() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_nid() return a NID.
440 EVP_CIPHER_block_size() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_block_size() return the block
443 EVP_CIPHER_key_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length() return the key
446 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_padding() always returns 1.
448 EVP_CIPHER_iv_length() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length() return the IV
449 length or zero if the cipher does not use an IV.
451 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_tag_length() return the tag length or zero if the cipher does not
454 EVP_CIPHER_type() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_type() return the NID of the cipher's
455 OBJECT IDENTIFIER or NID_undef if it has no defined OBJECT IDENTIFIER.
457 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cipher() returns an B<EVP_CIPHER> structure.
459 EVP_CIPHER_param_to_asn1() and EVP_CIPHER_asn1_to_param() return greater
460 than zero for success and zero or a negative number on failure.
462 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_rand_key() returns 1 for success.
464 =head1 CIPHER LISTING
466 All algorithms have a fixed key length unless otherwise stated.
468 Refer to L</SEE ALSO> for the full list of ciphers available through the EVP
475 Null cipher: does nothing.
479 =head1 AEAD INTERFACE
481 The EVP interface for Authenticated Encryption with Associated Data (AEAD)
482 modes are subtly altered and several additional I<ctrl> operations are supported
483 depending on the mode specified.
485 To specify additional authenticated data (AAD), a call to EVP_CipherUpdate(),
486 EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() should be made with the output
487 parameter B<out> set to B<NULL>.
489 When decrypting, the return value of EVP_DecryptFinal() or EVP_CipherFinal()
490 indicates whether the operation was successful. If it does not indicate success,
491 the authentication operation has failed and any output data B<MUST NOT> be used
494 =head2 GCM and OCB Modes
496 The following I<ctrl>s are supported in GCM and OCB modes.
500 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN, ivlen, NULL)
502 Sets the IV length. This call can only be made before specifying an IV. If
503 not called a default IV length is used.
505 For GCM AES and OCB AES the default is 12 (i.e. 96 bits). For OCB mode the
508 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG, taglen, tag)
510 Writes C<taglen> bytes of the tag value to the buffer indicated by C<tag>.
511 This call can only be made when encrypting data and B<after> all data has been
512 processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal() call).
514 For OCB, C<taglen> must either be 16 or the value previously set via
515 B<EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG>.
517 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag)
519 Sets the expected tag to C<taglen> bytes from C<tag>.
520 The tag length can only be set before specifying an IV.
521 C<taglen> must be between 1 and 16 inclusive.
523 For GCM, this call is only valid when decrypting data.
525 For OCB, this call is valid when decrypting data to set the expected tag,
526 and before encryption to set the desired tag length.
528 In OCB mode, calling this before encryption with C<tag> set to C<NULL> sets the
529 tag length. If this is not called prior to encryption, a default tag length is
532 For OCB AES, the default tag length is 16 (i.e. 128 bits). It is also the
533 maximum tag length for OCB.
539 The EVP interface for CCM mode is similar to that of the GCM mode but with a
540 few additional requirements and different I<ctrl> values.
542 For CCM mode, the total plaintext or ciphertext length B<MUST> be passed to
543 EVP_CipherUpdate(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() with the output
544 and input parameters (B<in> and B<out>) set to B<NULL> and the length passed in
545 the B<inl> parameter.
547 The following I<ctrl>s are supported in CCM mode.
551 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag)
553 This call is made to set the expected B<CCM> tag value when decrypting or
554 the length of the tag (with the C<tag> parameter set to NULL) when encrypting.
555 The tag length is often referred to as B<M>. If not set a default value is
556 used (12 for AES). When decrypting, the tag needs to be set before passing
557 in data to be decrypted, but as in GCM and OCB mode, it can be set after
558 passing additional authenticated data (see L</AEAD INTERFACE>).
560 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_CCM_SET_L, ivlen, NULL)
562 Sets the CCM B<L> value. If not set a default is used (8 for AES).
564 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN, ivlen, NULL)
566 Sets the CCM nonce (IV) length. This call can only be made before specifying a
567 nonce value. The nonce length is given by B<15 - L> so it is 7 by default for
574 For SIV mode ciphers the behaviour of the EVP interface is subtly
575 altered and several additional ctrl operations are supported.
577 To specify any additional authenticated data (AAD) and/or a Nonce, a call to
578 EVP_CipherUpdate(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() should be made
579 with the output parameter B<out> set to B<NULL>.
581 RFC5297 states that the Nonce is the last piece of AAD before the actual
582 encrypt/decrypt takes place. The API does not differentiate the Nonce from
585 When decrypting the return value of EVP_DecryptFinal() or EVP_CipherFinal()
586 indicates if the operation was successful. If it does not indicate success
587 the authentication operation has failed and any output data B<MUST NOT>
588 be used as it is corrupted.
590 The following ctrls are supported in both SIV modes.
594 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG, taglen, tag);
596 Writes B<taglen> bytes of the tag value to the buffer indicated by B<tag>.
597 This call can only be made when encrypting data and B<after> all data has been
598 processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal() call). For SIV mode the taglen must
601 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag);
603 Sets the expected tag to B<taglen> bytes from B<tag>. This call is only legal
604 when decrypting data and must be made B<before> any data is processed (e.g.
605 before any EVP_DecryptUpdate() call). For SIV mode the taglen must be 16.
609 SIV mode makes two passes over the input data, thus, only one call to
610 EVP_CipherUpdate(), EVP_EncryptUpdate() or EVP_DecryptUpdate() should be made
611 with B<out> set to a non-B<NULL> value. A call to EVP_Decrypt_Final() or
612 EVP_CipherFinal() is not required, but will indicate if the update
615 =head2 ChaCha20-Poly1305
617 The following I<ctrl>s are supported for the ChaCha20-Poly1305 AEAD algorithm.
621 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_IVLEN, ivlen, NULL)
623 Sets the nonce length. This call can only be made before specifying the nonce.
624 If not called a default nonce length of 12 (i.e. 96 bits) is used. The maximum
625 nonce length is 12 bytes (i.e. 96-bits). If a nonce of less than 12 bytes is set
626 then the nonce is automatically padded with leading 0 bytes to make it 12 bytes
629 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_GET_TAG, taglen, tag)
631 Writes C<taglen> bytes of the tag value to the buffer indicated by C<tag>.
632 This call can only be made when encrypting data and B<after> all data has been
633 processed (e.g. after an EVP_EncryptFinal() call).
635 C<taglen> specified here must be 16 (B<POLY1305_BLOCK_SIZE>, i.e. 128-bits) or
638 =item EVP_CIPHER_CTX_ctrl(ctx, EVP_CTRL_AEAD_SET_TAG, taglen, tag)
640 Sets the expected tag to C<taglen> bytes from C<tag>.
641 The tag length can only be set before specifying an IV.
642 C<taglen> must be between 1 and 16 (B<POLY1305_BLOCK_SIZE>) inclusive.
643 This call is only valid when decrypting data.
649 Where possible the B<EVP> interface to symmetric ciphers should be used in
650 preference to the low-level interfaces. This is because the code then becomes
651 transparent to the cipher used and much more flexible. Additionally, the
652 B<EVP> interface will ensure the use of platform specific cryptographic
653 acceleration such as AES-NI (the low-level interfaces do not provide the
656 PKCS padding works by adding B<n> padding bytes of value B<n> to make the total
657 length of the encrypted data a multiple of the block size. Padding is always
658 added so if the data is already a multiple of the block size B<n> will equal
659 the block size. For example if the block size is 8 and 11 bytes are to be
660 encrypted then 5 padding bytes of value 5 will be added.
662 When decrypting the final block is checked to see if it has the correct form.
664 Although the decryption operation can produce an error if padding is enabled,
665 it is not a strong test that the input data or key is correct. A random block
666 has better than 1 in 256 chance of being of the correct format and problems with
667 the input data earlier on will not produce a final decrypt error.
669 If padding is disabled then the decryption operation will always succeed if
670 the total amount of data decrypted is a multiple of the block size.
672 The functions EVP_EncryptInit(), EVP_EncryptFinal(), EVP_DecryptInit(),
673 EVP_CipherInit() and EVP_CipherFinal() are obsolete but are retained for
674 compatibility with existing code. New code should use EVP_EncryptInit_ex(),
675 EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(), EVP_DecryptInit_ex(), EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(),
676 EVP_CipherInit_ex() and EVP_CipherFinal_ex() because they can reuse an
677 existing context without allocating and freeing it up on each call.
679 There are some differences between functions EVP_CipherInit() and
680 EVP_CipherInit_ex(), significant in some circumstances. EVP_CipherInit() fills
681 the passed context object with zeros. As a consequence, EVP_CipherInit() does
682 not allow step-by-step initialization of the ctx when the I<key> and I<iv> are
683 passed in separate calls. It also means that the flags set for the CTX are
684 removed, and it is especially important for the
685 B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX_FLAG_WRAP_ALLOW> flag treated specially in
688 EVP_get_cipherbynid(), and EVP_get_cipherbyobj() are implemented as macros.
692 B<EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH> and B<EVP_MAX_IV_LENGTH> only refer to the internal
693 ciphers with default key lengths. If custom ciphers exceed these values the
694 results are unpredictable. This is because it has become standard practice to
695 define a generic key as a fixed unsigned char array containing
696 B<EVP_MAX_KEY_LENGTH> bytes.
698 The ASN1 code is incomplete (and sometimes inaccurate) it has only been tested
699 for certain common S/MIME ciphers (RC2, DES, triple DES) in CBC mode.
703 Encrypt a string using IDEA:
705 int do_crypt(char *outfile)
707 unsigned char outbuf[1024];
710 * Bogus key and IV: we'd normally set these from
713 unsigned char key[] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15};
714 unsigned char iv[] = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8};
715 char intext[] = "Some Crypto Text";
719 ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
720 EVP_EncryptInit_ex(ctx, EVP_idea_cbc(), NULL, key, iv);
722 if (!EVP_EncryptUpdate(ctx, outbuf, &outlen, intext, strlen(intext))) {
724 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
728 * Buffer passed to EVP_EncryptFinal() must be after data just
729 * encrypted to avoid overwriting it.
731 if (!EVP_EncryptFinal_ex(ctx, outbuf + outlen, &tmplen)) {
733 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
737 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
739 * Need binary mode for fopen because encrypted data is
740 * binary data. Also cannot use strlen() on it because
741 * it won't be NUL terminated and may contain embedded
744 out = fopen(outfile, "wb");
749 fwrite(outbuf, 1, outlen, out);
754 The ciphertext from the above example can be decrypted using the B<openssl>
755 utility with the command line (shown on two lines for clarity):
758 -K 000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F -iv 0102030405060708 <filename
760 General encryption and decryption function example using FILE I/O and AES128
763 int do_crypt(FILE *in, FILE *out, int do_encrypt)
765 /* Allow enough space in output buffer for additional block */
766 unsigned char inbuf[1024], outbuf[1024 + EVP_MAX_BLOCK_LENGTH];
770 * Bogus key and IV: we'd normally set these from
773 unsigned char key[] = "0123456789abcdeF";
774 unsigned char iv[] = "1234567887654321";
776 /* Don't set key or IV right away; we want to check lengths */
777 ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
778 EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx, EVP_aes_128_cbc(), NULL, NULL, NULL,
780 OPENSSL_assert(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_key_length(ctx) == 16);
781 OPENSSL_assert(EVP_CIPHER_CTX_iv_length(ctx) == 16);
783 /* Now we can set key and IV */
784 EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx, NULL, NULL, key, iv, do_encrypt);
787 inlen = fread(inbuf, 1, 1024, in);
790 if (!EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, outbuf, &outlen, inbuf, inlen)) {
792 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
795 fwrite(outbuf, 1, outlen, out);
797 if (!EVP_CipherFinal_ex(ctx, outbuf, &outlen)) {
799 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
802 fwrite(outbuf, 1, outlen, out);
804 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
808 Encryption using AES-CBC with a 256-bit key with "CS1" ciphertext stealing.
810 int encrypt(const unsigned char *key, const unsigned char *iv,
811 const unsigned char *msg, size_t msg_len, unsigned char *out)
814 * This assumes that key size is 32 bytes and the iv is 16 bytes.
815 * For ciphertext stealing mode the length of the ciphertext "out" will be
816 * the same size as the plaintext size "msg_len".
817 * The "msg_len" can be any size >= 16.
819 int ret = 0, encrypt = 1, outlen, len;
820 EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx = NULL;
821 EVP_CIPHER *cipher = NULL;
822 OSSL_PARAM params[2];
824 ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new();
825 cipher = EVP_CIPHER_fetch(NULL, "AES-256-CBC-CTS", NULL);
826 if (ctx == NULL || cipher == NULL)
829 if (!EVP_CipherInit_ex(ctx, cipher, NULL, key, iv, encrypt))
832 * The default is "CS1" so this is not really needed,
833 * but would be needed to set either "CS2" or "CS3".
835 params[0] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_CIPHER_PARAM_CTS_MODE,
837 params[1] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
838 if (!EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params(ctx, params))
841 /* NOTE: CTS mode does not support multiple calls to EVP_CipherUpdate() */
842 if (!EVP_CipherUpdate(ctx, encrypted, &outlen, msg, msglen))
844 if (!EVP_CipherFinal_ex(ctx, encrypted + outlen, &len))
848 EVP_CIPHER_free(cipher);
849 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);
857 Supported ciphers are listed in:
859 L<EVP_aes_128_gcm(3)>,
860 L<EVP_aria_128_gcm(3)>,
862 L<EVP_camellia_128_ecb(3)>,
870 L<EVP_rc5_32_12_16_cbc(3)>,
876 Support for OCB mode was added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
878 B<EVP_CIPHER_CTX> was made opaque in OpenSSL 1.1.0. As a result,
879 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset() appeared and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_cleanup()
880 disappeared. EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init() remains as an alias for
881 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_reset().
883 The EVP_CIPHER_fetch(), EVP_CIPHER_free(), EVP_CIPHER_up_ref(),
884 EVP_CIPHER_CTX_set_params() and EVP_CIPHER_CTX_get_params() functions
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891 Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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