EVP: Make the SIGNATURE implementation leaner

[openssl.git] / doc / man3 / ECDSA_SIG_new.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod b/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod
index 9d3cdceeab3a2247640a2ab35a02ba419aef72f3..02b4a54f96b51b78f105161b81eaa3e757525db5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/ECDSA_SIG_new.pod
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-ECDSA_SIG_get0, ECDSA_SIG_set0,
-ECDSA_SIG_new, ECDSA_SIG_free, i2d_ECDSA_SIG, d2i_ECDSA_SIG, ECDSA_size,
-ECDSA_sign, ECDSA_do_sign, ECDSA_verify, ECDSA_do_verify, ECDSA_sign_setup,
-ECDSA_sign_ex, ECDSA_do_sign_ex - low level elliptic curve digital signature
-algorithm (ECDSA) functions
+ECDSA_SIG_get0, ECDSA_SIG_get0_r, ECDSA_SIG_get0_s, ECDSA_SIG_set0,
+ECDSA_SIG_new, ECDSA_SIG_free, ECDSA_size, ECDSA_sign, ECDSA_do_sign,
+ECDSA_verify, ECDSA_do_verify, ECDSA_sign_setup, ECDSA_sign_ex,
+ECDSA_do_sign_ex - low level elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA)
+functions
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ algorithm (ECDSA) functions
  ECDSA_SIG *ECDSA_SIG_new(void);
  void ECDSA_SIG_free(ECDSA_SIG *sig);
  void ECDSA_SIG_get0(const ECDSA_SIG *sig, const BIGNUM **pr, const BIGNUM **ps);
+ const BIGNUM *ECDSA_SIG_get0_r(const ECDSA_SIG *sig);
+ const BIGNUM *ECDSA_SIG_get0_s(const ECDSA_SIG *sig);
  int ECDSA_SIG_set0(ECDSA_SIG *sig, BIGNUM *r, BIGNUM *s);
- int i2d_ECDSA_SIG(const ECDSA_SIG *sig, unsigned char **pp);
- ECDSA_SIG *d2i_ECDSA_SIG(ECDSA_SIG **sig, const unsigned char **pp, long len);
  int ECDSA_size(const EC_KEY *eckey);
 
  int ECDSA_sign(int type, const unsigned char *dgst, int dgstlen,
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ OpenSSL 1.1.0 the: the B<r> and B<s> components were initialised.
 ECDSA_SIG_free() frees the B<ECDSA_SIG> structure B<sig>.
 
 ECDSA_SIG_get0() returns internal pointers the B<r> and B<s> values contained
-in B<sig>.
+in B<sig> and stores them in B<*pr> and B<*ps>, respectively.
+The pointer B<pr> or B<ps> can be NULL, in which case the corresponding value
+is not returned.
+
+The values B<r>, B<s> can also be retrieved separately by the corresponding
+function ECDSA_SIG_get0_r() and ECDSA_SIG_get0_s(), respectively.
 
 The B<r> and B<s> values can be set by calling ECDSA_SIG_set0() and passing the
 new values for B<r> and B<s> as parameters to the function. Calling this
@@ -61,15 +66,8 @@ function transfers the memory management of the values to the ECDSA_SIG object,
 and therefore the values that have been passed in should not be freed directly
 after this function has been called.
 
-i2d_ECDSA_SIG() creates the DER encoding of the ECDSA signature B<sig> and
-writes the encoded signature to B<*pp> (note: if B<pp> is NULL i2d_ECDSA_SIG()
-returns the expected length in bytes of the DER encoded signature).
-i2d_ECDSA_SIG() returns the length of the DER encoded signature (or 0 on
-error).
-
-d2i_ECDSA_SIG() decodes a DER encoded ECDSA signature and returns the decoded
-signature in a newly allocated B<ECDSA_SIG> structure. B<*sig> points to the
-buffer containing the DER encoded signature of size B<len>.
+See L<i2d_ECDSA_SIG(3)> and L<d2i_ECDSA_SIG(3)> for information about encoding
+and decoding ECDSA signatures to/from DER.
 
 ECDSA_size() returns the maximum length of a DER encoded ECDSA signature
 created with the private EC key B<eckey>.
@@ -114,8 +112,13 @@ returned as a newly allocated B<ECDSA_SIG> structure (or NULL on error).
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES
 
+ECDSA_SIG_new() returns NULL if the allocation fails.
+
 ECDSA_SIG_set0() returns 1 on success or 0 on failure.
 
+ECDSA_SIG_get0_r() and ECDSA_SIG_get0_s() return the corresponding value,
+or NULL if it is unset.
+
 ECDSA_size() returns the maximum length signature or 0 on error.
 
 ECDSA_sign(), ECDSA_sign_ex() and ECDSA_sign_setup() return 1 if successful
@@ -188,15 +191,17 @@ ANSI X9.62, US Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS 186-2
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<DSA_new(3)>,
+L<EC_KEY_new(3)>,
 L<EVP_DigestSignInit(3)>,
-L<EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)>
+L<EVP_DigestVerifyInit(3)>,
+L<i2d_ECDSA_SIG(3)>,
+L<d2i_ECDSA_SIG(3)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2004-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2004-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.