info gnutls

E.10 Abstract key API

The following functions are to be used for abstract key handling. Their prototypes lie in ‘gnutls/abstract.h’.

gnutls_certificate_set_key

Function: int gnutls_certificate_set_key (gnutls_certificate_credentials_t res, const char ** names, int names_size, gnutls_pcert_st * pcert_list, int pcert_list_size, gnutls_privkey_t key)

res: is a gnutls_certificate_credentials_t structure.

names: is an array of DNS name of the certificate (NULL if none)

names_size: holds the size of the names list

pcert_list: contains a certificate list (path) for the specified private key

pcert_list_size: holds the size of the certificate list

key: is a gnutls_privkey_t key

This function sets a certificate/private key pair in the gnutls_certificate_credentials_t structure. This function may be called more than once, in case multiple keys/certificates exist for the server. For clients that wants to send more than its own end entity certificate (e.g., also an intermediate CA cert) then put the certificate chain in pcert_list .

Note that the pcert_list and key will become part of the credentials structure and must not be deallocated. They will be automatically deallocated when the res structure is deinitialized.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) on success, or a negative error code.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_certificate_set_retrieve_function2

Function: void gnutls_certificate_set_retrieve_function2 (gnutls_certificate_credentials_t cred, gnutls_certificate_retrieve_function2 * func)

cred: is a gnutls_certificate_credentials_t structure.

func: is the callback function

This function sets a callback to be called in order to retrieve the certificate to be used in the handshake.

The callback’s function prototype is: int (*callback)(gnutls_session_t, const gnutls_datum_t* req_ca_dn, int nreqs, const gnutls_pk_algorithm_t* pk_algos, int pk_algos_length, gnutls_pcert_st** pcert, unsigned int *pcert_length, gnutls_privkey_t * pkey);

req_ca_cert is only used in X.509 certificates. Contains a list with the CA names that the server considers trusted. Normally we should send a certificate that is signed by one of these CAs. These names are DER encoded. To get a more meaningful value use the function gnutls_x509_rdn_get() .

pk_algos contains a list with server’s acceptable signature algorithms. The certificate returned should support the server’s given algorithms.

pcert should contain a single certificate and public or a list of them.

pcert_length is the size of the previous list.

pkey is the private key.

If the callback function is provided then gnutls will call it, in the handshake, after the certificate request message has been received.

In server side pk_algos and req_ca_dn are NULL.

The callback function should set the certificate list to be sent, and return 0 on success. If no certificate was selected then the number of certificates should be set to zero. The value (-1) indicates error and the handshake will be terminated.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pcert_deinit

Function: void gnutls_pcert_deinit (gnutls_pcert_st * pcert)

pcert: The structure to be deinitialized

This function will deinitialize a pcert structure.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pcert_import_openpgp

Function: int gnutls_pcert_import_openpgp (gnutls_pcert_st * pcert, gnutls_openpgp_crt_t crt, unsigned int flags)

pcert: The pcert structure

crt: The raw certificate to be imported

flags: zero for now

This convenience function will import the given certificate to a gnutls_pcert_st structure. The structure must be deinitialized afterwards using gnutls_pcert_deinit() ;

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pcert_import_openpgp_raw

Function: int gnutls_pcert_import_openpgp_raw (gnutls_pcert_st * pcert, const gnutls_datum_t * cert, gnutls_openpgp_crt_fmt_t format, gnutls_openpgp_keyid_t keyid, unsigned int flags)

pcert: The pcert structure

cert: The raw certificate to be imported

format: The format of the certificate

keyid: The key ID to use (NULL for the master key)

flags: zero for now

This convenience function will import the given certificate to a gnutls_pcert_st structure. The structure must be deinitialized afterwards using gnutls_pcert_deinit() ;

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pcert_import_x509

Function: int gnutls_pcert_import_x509 (gnutls_pcert_st * pcert, gnutls_x509_crt_t crt, unsigned int flags)

pcert: The pcert structure

crt: The raw certificate to be imported

flags: zero for now

This convenience function will import the given certificate to a gnutls_pcert_st structure. The structure must be deinitialized afterwards using gnutls_pcert_deinit() ;

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pcert_import_x509_raw

Function: int gnutls_pcert_import_x509_raw (gnutls_pcert_st * pcert, const gnutls_datum_t * cert, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format, unsigned int flags)

pcert: The pcert structure

cert: The raw certificate to be imported

format: The format of the certificate

flags: zero for now

This convenience function will import the given certificate to a gnutls_pcert_st structure. The structure must be deinitialized afterwards using gnutls_pcert_deinit() ;

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pcert_list_import_x509_raw

Function: int gnutls_pcert_list_import_x509_raw (gnutls_pcert_st * pcerts, unsigned int * pcert_max, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format, unsigned int flags)

pcerts: The structures to store the parsed certificate. Must not be initialized.

pcert_max: Initially must hold the maximum number of certs. It will be updated with the number of certs available.

data: The certificates.

format: One of DER or PEM.

flags: must be (0) or an OR’d sequence of gnutls_certificate_import_flags.

This function will convert the given PEM encoded certificate list to the native gnutls_x509_crt_t format. The output will be stored in certs . They will be automatically initialized.

If the Certificate is PEM encoded it should have a header of "X509 CERTIFICATE", or "CERTIFICATE".

Returns: the number of certificates read or a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_privkey_decrypt_data

Function: int gnutls_privkey_decrypt_data (gnutls_privkey_t key, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * ciphertext, gnutls_datum_t * plaintext)

key: Holds the key

flags: zero for now

ciphertext: holds the data to be decrypted

plaintext: will contain the decrypted data, allocated with gnutls_malloc()

This function will decrypt the given data using the algorithm supported by the private key.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_deinit

Function: void gnutls_privkey_deinit (gnutls_privkey_t key)

key: The structure to be deinitialized

This function will deinitialize a private key structure.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_get_pk_algorithm

Function: int gnutls_privkey_get_pk_algorithm (gnutls_privkey_t key, unsigned int * bits)

key: should contain a gnutls_privkey_t structure

bits: If set will return the number of bits of the parameters (may be NULL)

This function will return the public key algorithm of a private key and if possible will return a number of bits that indicates the security parameter of the key.

Returns: a member of the gnutls_pk_algorithm_t enumeration on success, or a negative error code on error.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_get_type

Function: gnutls_privkey_type_t gnutls_privkey_get_type (gnutls_privkey_t key)

key: should contain a gnutls_privkey_t structure

This function will return the type of the private key. This is actually the type of the subsystem used to set this private key.

Returns: a member of the gnutls_privkey_type_t enumeration on success, or a negative error code on error.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_import_ext

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_ext (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, gnutls_pk_algorithm_t pk, void * userdata, gnutls_privkey_sign_func sign_func, gnutls_privkey_decrypt_func decrypt_func, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

pk: The public key algorithm

userdata: private data to be provided to the callbacks

sign_func: callback for signature operations

decrypt_func: callback for decryption operations

flags: Flags for the import

This function will associate the given callbacks with the gnutls_privkey_t structure. At least one of the two callbacks must be non-null.

See also gnutls_privkey_import_ext2() .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_privkey_import_ext2

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_ext2 (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, gnutls_pk_algorithm_t pk, void * userdata, gnutls_privkey_sign_func sign_func, gnutls_privkey_decrypt_func decrypt_func, gnutls_privkey_deinit_func deinit_func, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

pk: The public key algorithm

userdata: private data to be provided to the callbacks

sign_func: callback for signature operations

decrypt_func: callback for decryption operations

deinit_func: a deinitialization function

flags: Flags for the import

This function will associate the given callbacks with the gnutls_privkey_t structure. At least one of the two callbacks must be non-null. If a deinitialization function is provided then flags is assumed to contain GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_AUTO_RELEASE .

Note that the signing function is supposed to "raw" sign data, i.e., without any hashing or preprocessing. In case of RSA the DigestInfo will be provided, and the signing function is expected to do the PKCS 1 1.5 padding and the exponentiation.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1

gnutls_privkey_import_openpgp

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_openpgp (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, gnutls_openpgp_privkey_t key, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

key: The private key to be imported

flags: Flags for the import

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

The gnutls_openpgp_privkey_t object must not be deallocated during the lifetime of this structure. The subkey set as preferred will be used, or the master key otherwise.

flags might be zero or one of GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_AUTO_RELEASE and GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_COPY .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_import_openpgp_raw

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_openpgp_raw (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_openpgp_crt_fmt_t format, const gnutls_openpgp_keyid_t keyid, const char * password)

pkey: The private key

data: The private key data to be imported

format: The format of the private key

keyid: The key id to use (optional)

password: A password (optional)

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_import_pkcs11

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_pkcs11 (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, gnutls_pkcs11_privkey_t key, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

key: The private key to be imported

flags: Flags for the import

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

The gnutls_pkcs11_privkey_t object must not be deallocated during the lifetime of this structure.

flags might be zero or one of GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_AUTO_RELEASE and GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_COPY .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_import_pkcs11_url

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_pkcs11_url (gnutls_privkey_t key, const char * url)

key: A key of type gnutls_pubkey_t

url: A PKCS 11 url

This function will import a PKCS 11 private key to a gnutls_private_key_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_import_tpm_raw

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_tpm_raw (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, const gnutls_datum_t * fdata, gnutls_tpmkey_fmt_t format, const char * srk_password, const char * key_password, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

fdata: The TPM key to be imported

format: The format of the private key

srk_password: The password for the SRK key (optional)

key_password: A password for the key (optional)

flags: should be zero

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

With respect to passwords the same as in gnutls_privkey_import_tpm_url() apply.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_import_tpm_url

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_tpm_url (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, const char * url, const char * srk_password, const char * key_password, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

url: The URL of the TPM key to be imported

srk_password: The password for the SRK key (optional)

key_password: A password for the key (optional)

flags: One of the GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_* flags

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

Note that unless GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_DISABLE_CALLBACKS is specified, if incorrect (or NULL) passwords are given the PKCS11 callback functions will be used to obtain the correct passwords. Otherwise if the SRK password is wrong GNUTLS_E_TPM_SRK_PASSWORD_ERROR is returned and if the key password is wrong or not provided then GNUTLS_E_TPM_KEY_PASSWORD_ERROR is returned.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_import_url

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_url (gnutls_privkey_t key, const char * url, unsigned int flags)

key: A key of type gnutls_privkey_t

url: A PKCS 11 url

flags: should be zero

This function will import a PKCS11 or TPM URL as a private key. The supported URL types can be checked using gnutls_url_is_supported() .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_import_x509

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_x509 (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, gnutls_x509_privkey_t key, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

key: The private key to be imported

flags: Flags for the import

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

The gnutls_x509_privkey_t object must not be deallocated during the lifetime of this structure.

flags might be zero or one of GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_AUTO_RELEASE and GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_IMPORT_COPY .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_import_x509_raw

Function: int gnutls_privkey_import_x509_raw (gnutls_privkey_t pkey, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format, const char * password, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The private key

data: The private key data to be imported

format: The format of the private key

password: A password (optional)

flags: an ORed sequence of gnutls_pkcs_encrypt_flags_t

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

The supported formats are basic unencrypted key, PKCS8, PKCS12, and the openssl format.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_init

Function: int gnutls_privkey_init (gnutls_privkey_t * key)

key: The structure to be initialized

This function will initialize an private key structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_set_pin_function

Function: void gnutls_privkey_set_pin_function (gnutls_privkey_t key, gnutls_pin_callback_t fn, void * userdata)

key: A key of type gnutls_privkey_t

fn: the callback

userdata: data associated with the callback

This function will set a callback function to be used when required to access the object. This function overrides any other global PIN functions.

Note that this function must be called right after initialization to have effect.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_privkey_sign_data

Function: int gnutls_privkey_sign_data (gnutls_privkey_t signer, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t hash, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_datum_t * signature)

signer: Holds the key

hash: should be a digest algorithm

flags: Zero or one of gnutls_privkey_flags_t

data: holds the data to be signed

signature: will contain the signature allocate with gnutls_malloc()

This function will sign the given data using a signature algorithm supported by the private key. Signature algorithms are always used together with a hash functions. Different hash functions may be used for the RSA algorithm, but only the SHA family for the DSA keys.

You may use gnutls_pubkey_get_preferred_hash_algorithm() to determine the hash algorithm.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_sign_hash

Function: int gnutls_privkey_sign_hash (gnutls_privkey_t signer, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t hash_algo, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * hash_data, gnutls_datum_t * signature)

signer: Holds the signer’s key

hash_algo: The hash algorithm used

flags: Zero or one of gnutls_privkey_flags_t

hash_data: holds the data to be signed

signature: will contain newly allocated signature

This function will sign the given hashed data using a signature algorithm supported by the private key. Signature algorithms are always used together with a hash functions. Different hash functions may be used for the RSA algorithm, but only SHA-XXX for the DSA keys.

You may use gnutls_pubkey_get_preferred_hash_algorithm() to determine the hash algorithm.

Note that if GNUTLS_PRIVKEY_SIGN_FLAG_TLS1_RSA flag is specified this function will ignore hash_algo and perform a raw PKCS1 signature.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_privkey_status

Function: int gnutls_privkey_status (gnutls_privkey_t key)

key: Holds the key

Checks the status of the private key token. This function is an actual wrapper over gnutls_pkcs11_privkey_status() , and if the private key is a PKCS 11 token it will check whether it is inserted or not.

Returns: this function will return non-zero if the token holding the private key is still available (inserted), and zero otherwise.

Since: 3.1.10

gnutls_pubkey_deinit

Function: void gnutls_pubkey_deinit (gnutls_pubkey_t key)

key: The structure to be deinitialized

This function will deinitialize a public key structure.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_encrypt_data

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_encrypt_data (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * plaintext, gnutls_datum_t * ciphertext)

key: Holds the public key

flags: should be 0 for now

plaintext: The data to be encrypted

ciphertext: contains the encrypted data

This function will encrypt the given data, using the public key.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_export

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_export (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format, void * output_data, size_t * output_data_size)

key: Holds the certificate

format: the format of output params. One of PEM or DER.

output_data: will contain a certificate PEM or DER encoded

output_data_size: holds the size of output_data (and will be replaced by the actual size of parameters)

This function will export the public key to DER or PEM format. The contents of the exported data is the SubjectPublicKeyInfo X.509 structure.

If the buffer provided is not long enough to hold the output, then *output_data_size is updated and GNUTLS_E_SHORT_MEMORY_BUFFER will be returned.

If the structure is PEM encoded, it will have a header of "BEGIN CERTIFICATE".

Returns: In case of failure a negative error code will be returned, and 0 on success.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_export2

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_export2 (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format, gnutls_datum_t * out)

key: Holds the certificate

format: the format of output params. One of PEM or DER.

out: will contain a certificate PEM or DER encoded

This function will export the public key to DER or PEM format. The contents of the exported data is the SubjectPublicKeyInfo X.509 structure.

The output buffer will be allocated using gnutls_malloc() .

If the structure is PEM encoded, it will have a header of "BEGIN CERTIFICATE".

Returns: In case of failure a negative error code will be returned, and 0 on success.

Since: 3.1.3

gnutls_pubkey_get_key_id

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_key_id (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int flags, unsigned char * output_data, size_t * output_data_size)

key: Holds the public key

flags: should be 0 for now

output_data: will contain the key ID

output_data_size: holds the size of output_data (and will be replaced by the actual size of parameters)

This function will return a unique ID that depends on the public key parameters. This ID can be used in checking whether a certificate corresponds to the given public key.

If the buffer provided is not long enough to hold the output, then *output_data_size is updated and GNUTLS_E_SHORT_MEMORY_BUFFER will be returned. The output will normally be a SHA-1 hash output, which is 20 bytes.

Returns: In case of failure a negative error code will be returned, and 0 on success.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_key_usage

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_key_usage (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int * usage)

key: should contain a gnutls_pubkey_t structure

usage: If set will return the number of bits of the parameters (may be NULL)

This function will return the key usage of the public key.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_openpgp_key_id

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_openpgp_key_id (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int flags, unsigned char * output_data, size_t * output_data_size, unsigned int * subkey)

key: Holds the public key

flags: should be 0 or GNUTLS_PUBKEY_GET_OPENPGP_FINGERPRINT

output_data: will contain the key ID

output_data_size: holds the size of output_data (and will be replaced by the actual size of parameters)

subkey: Will be non zero if the key ID corresponds to a subkey

This function returns the OpenPGP key ID of the corresponding key. The key is a unique ID that depends on the public key parameters.

If the flag GNUTLS_PUBKEY_GET_OPENPGP_FINGERPRINT is specified this function returns the fingerprint of the master key.

If the buffer provided is not long enough to hold the output, then *output_data_size is updated and GNUTLS_E_SHORT_MEMORY_BUFFER will be returned. The output is GNUTLS_OPENPGP_KEYID_SIZE bytes long.

Returns: In case of failure a negative error code will be returned, and 0 on success.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_algorithm

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_algorithm (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int * bits)

key: should contain a gnutls_pubkey_t structure

bits: If set will return the number of bits of the parameters (may be NULL)

This function will return the public key algorithm of a public key and if possible will return a number of bits that indicates the security parameter of the key.

Returns: a member of the gnutls_pk_algorithm_t enumeration on success, or a negative error code on error.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_dsa_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_dsa_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_datum_t * p, gnutls_datum_t * q, gnutls_datum_t * g, gnutls_datum_t * y)

key: Holds the public key

p: will hold the p

q: will hold the q

g: will hold the g

y: will hold the y

This function will export the DSA public key’s parameters found in the given certificate. The new parameters will be allocated using gnutls_malloc() and will be stored in the appropriate datum.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, otherwise a negative error code.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_ecc_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_ecc_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_ecc_curve_t * curve, gnutls_datum_t * x, gnutls_datum_t * y)

key: Holds the public key

curve: will hold the curve

x: will hold x

y: will hold y

This function will export the ECC public key’s parameters found in the given certificate. The new parameters will be allocated using gnutls_malloc() and will be stored in the appropriate datum.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, otherwise a negative error code.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_ecc_x962

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_ecc_x962 (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_datum_t * parameters, gnutls_datum_t * ecpoint)

key: Holds the public key

parameters: DER encoding of an ANSI X9.62 parameters

ecpoint: DER encoding of ANSI X9.62 ECPoint

This function will export the ECC public key’s parameters found in the given certificate. The new parameters will be allocated using gnutls_malloc() and will be stored in the appropriate datum.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, otherwise a negative error code.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_rsa_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_pk_rsa_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_datum_t * m, gnutls_datum_t * e)

key: Holds the certificate

m: will hold the modulus

e: will hold the public exponent

This function will export the RSA public key’s parameters found in the given structure. The new parameters will be allocated using gnutls_malloc() and will be stored in the appropriate datum.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, otherwise a negative error code.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_preferred_hash_algorithm

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_preferred_hash_algorithm (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t * hash, unsigned int * mand)

key: Holds the certificate

hash: The result of the call with the hash algorithm used for signature

mand: If non zero it means that the algorithm MUST use this hash. May be NULL.

This function will read the certifcate and return the appropriate digest algorithm to use for signing with this certificate. Some certificates (i.e. DSA might not be able to sign without the preferred algorithm).

To get the signature algorithm instead of just the hash use gnutls_pk_to_sign() with the algorithm of the certificate/key and the provided hash .

Returns: the 0 if the hash algorithm is found. A negative error code is returned on error.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_get_verify_algorithm

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_get_verify_algorithm (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const gnutls_datum_t * signature, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t * hash)

key: Holds the certificate

signature: contains the signature

hash: The result of the call with the hash algorithm used for signature

This function will read the certifcate and the signed data to determine the hash algorithm used to generate the signature.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format)

key: The structure to store the parsed public key.

data: The DER or PEM encoded certificate.

format: One of DER or PEM

This function will import the provided public key in a SubjectPublicKeyInfo X.509 structure to a native gnutls_pubkey_t structure. The output will be stored in key . If the public key is PEM encoded it should have a header of "PUBLIC KEY".

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_dsa_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_dsa_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const gnutls_datum_t * p, const gnutls_datum_t * q, const gnutls_datum_t * g, const gnutls_datum_t * y)

key: The structure to store the parsed key

p: holds the p

q: holds the q

g: holds the g

y: holds the y

This function will convert the given DSA raw parameters to the native gnutls_pubkey_t format. The output will be stored in key .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_ecc_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_ecc_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_ecc_curve_t curve, const gnutls_datum_t * x, const gnutls_datum_t * y)

key: The structure to store the parsed key

curve: holds the curve

x: holds the x

y: holds the y

This function will convert the given elliptic curve parameters to a gnutls_pubkey_t . The output will be stored in key .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_ecc_x962

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_ecc_x962 (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const gnutls_datum_t * parameters, const gnutls_datum_t * ecpoint)

key: The structure to store the parsed key

parameters: DER encoding of an ANSI X9.62 parameters

ecpoint: DER encoding of ANSI X9.62 ECPoint

This function will convert the given elliptic curve parameters to a gnutls_pubkey_t . The output will be stored in key .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_openpgp

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_openpgp (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_openpgp_crt_t crt, unsigned int flags)

key: The public key

crt: The certificate to be imported

flags: should be zero

Imports a public key from an openpgp key. This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure. The subkey set as preferred will be imported or the master key otherwise.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_openpgp_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_openpgp_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t pkey, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_openpgp_crt_fmt_t format, const gnutls_openpgp_keyid_t keyid, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The public key

data: The public key data to be imported

format: The format of the public key

keyid: The key id to use (optional)

flags: Should be zero

This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.3

gnutls_pubkey_import_pkcs11

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_pkcs11 (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_pkcs11_obj_t obj, unsigned int flags)

key: The public key

obj: The parameters to be imported

flags: should be zero

Imports a public key from a pkcs11 key. This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_pkcs11_url

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_pkcs11_url (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const char * url, unsigned int flags)

key: A key of type gnutls_pubkey_t

url: A PKCS 11 url

flags: One of GNUTLS_PKCS11_OBJ_* flags

This function will import a PKCS 11 certificate to a gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_privkey

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_privkey (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_privkey_t pkey, unsigned int usage, unsigned int flags)

key: The public key

pkey: The private key

usage: GNUTLS_KEY_* key usage flags.

flags: should be zero

Imports the public key from a private. This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_rsa_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_rsa_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const gnutls_datum_t * m, const gnutls_datum_t * e)

key: Is a structure will hold the parameters

m: holds the modulus

e: holds the public exponent

This function will replace the parameters in the given structure. The new parameters should be stored in the appropriate gnutls_datum.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, or an negative error code.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_tpm_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_tpm_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t pkey, const gnutls_datum_t * fdata, gnutls_tpmkey_fmt_t format, const char * srk_password, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The public key

fdata: The TPM key to be imported

format: The format of the private key

srk_password: The password for the SRK key (optional)

flags: One of the GNUTLS_PUBKEY_* flags

This function will import the public key from the provided TPM key structure.

With respect to passwords the same as in gnutls_pubkey_import_tpm_url() apply.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_tpm_url

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_tpm_url (gnutls_pubkey_t pkey, const char * url, const char * srk_password, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The public key

url: The URL of the TPM key to be imported

srk_password: The password for the SRK key (optional)

flags: should be zero

This function will import the given private key to the abstract gnutls_privkey_t structure.

Note that unless GNUTLS_PUBKEY_DISABLE_CALLBACKS is specified, if incorrect (or NULL) passwords are given the PKCS11 callback functions will be used to obtain the correct passwords. Otherwise if the SRK password is wrong GNUTLS_E_TPM_SRK_PASSWORD_ERROR is returned.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_url

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_url (gnutls_pubkey_t key, const char * url, unsigned int flags)

key: A key of type gnutls_pubkey_t

url: A PKCS 11 url

flags: One of GNUTLS_PKCS11_OBJ_* flags

This function will import a PKCS11 certificate or a TPM key as a public key.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_x509

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_x509 (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_x509_crt_t crt, unsigned int flags)

key: The public key

crt: The certificate to be imported

flags: should be zero

This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_import_x509_crq

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_x509_crq (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_x509_crq_t crq, unsigned int flags)

key: The public key

crq: The certificate to be imported

flags: should be zero

This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.5

gnutls_pubkey_import_x509_raw

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_import_x509_raw (gnutls_pubkey_t pkey, const gnutls_datum_t * data, gnutls_x509_crt_fmt_t format, unsigned int flags)

pkey: The public key

data: The public key data to be imported

format: The format of the public key

flags: should be zero

This function will import the given public key to the abstract gnutls_pubkey_t structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.3

gnutls_pubkey_init

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_init (gnutls_pubkey_t * key)

key: The structure to be initialized

This function will initialize an public key structure.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_print

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_print (gnutls_pubkey_t pubkey, gnutls_certificate_print_formats_t format, gnutls_datum_t * out)

pubkey: The structure to be printed

format: Indicate the format to use

out: Newly allocated datum with (0) terminated string.

This function will pretty print public key information, suitable for display to a human.

Only GNUTLS_CRT_PRINT_FULL and GNUTLS_CRT_PRINT_FULL_NUMBERS are implemented.

The output out needs to be deallocated using gnutls_free() .

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 3.1.5

gnutls_pubkey_set_key_usage

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_set_key_usage (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int usage)

key: a certificate of type gnutls_x509_crt_t

usage: an ORed sequence of the GNUTLS_KEY_* elements.

This function will set the key usage flags of the public key. This is only useful if the key is to be exported to a certificate or certificate request.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_set_pin_function

Function: void gnutls_pubkey_set_pin_function (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_pin_callback_t fn, void * userdata)

key: A key of type gnutls_pubkey_t

fn: the callback

userdata: data associated with the callback

This function will set a callback function to be used when required to access the object. This function overrides any other global PIN functions.

Note that this function must be called right after initialization to have effect.

Since: 3.1.0

gnutls_pubkey_verify_data

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_verify_data (gnutls_pubkey_t pubkey, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * data, const gnutls_datum_t * signature)

pubkey: Holds the public key

flags: Zero or one of gnutls_pubkey_flags_t

data: holds the signed data

signature: contains the signature

This function will verify the given signed data, using the parameters from the certificate.

Deprecated. This function cannot be easily used securely. Use gnutls_pubkey_verify_data2() instead.

Returns: In case of a verification failure GNUTLS_E_PK_SIG_VERIFY_FAILED is returned, and zero or positive code on success.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_verify_data2

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_verify_data2 (gnutls_pubkey_t pubkey, gnutls_sign_algorithm_t algo, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * data, const gnutls_datum_t * signature)

pubkey: Holds the public key

algo: The signature algorithm used

flags: Zero or one of gnutls_pubkey_flags_t

data: holds the signed data

signature: contains the signature

This function will verify the given signed data, using the parameters from the certificate.

Returns: In case of a verification failure GNUTLS_E_PK_SIG_VERIFY_FAILED is returned, and zero or positive code on success.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_pubkey_verify_hash

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_verify_hash (gnutls_pubkey_t key, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * hash, const gnutls_datum_t * signature)

key: Holds the public key

flags: Zero or one of gnutls_pubkey_flags_t

hash: holds the hash digest to be verified

signature: contains the signature

This function will verify the given signed digest, using the parameters from the public key.

Deprecated. This function cannot be easily used securely. Use gnutls_pubkey_verify_hash2() instead.

Returns: In case of a verification failure GNUTLS_E_PK_SIG_VERIFY_FAILED is returned, and zero or positive code on success.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_pubkey_verify_hash2

Function: int gnutls_pubkey_verify_hash2 (gnutls_pubkey_t key, gnutls_sign_algorithm_t algo, unsigned int flags, const gnutls_datum_t * hash, const gnutls_datum_t * signature)

key: Holds the public key

algo: The signature algorithm used

flags: Zero or one of gnutls_pubkey_flags_t

hash: holds the hash digest to be verified

signature: contains the signature

This function will verify the given signed digest, using the parameters from the public key.

Returns: In case of a verification failure GNUTLS_E_PK_SIG_VERIFY_FAILED is returned, and zero or positive code on success.

Since: 3.0

gnutls_x509_crl_privkey_sign

Function: int gnutls_x509_crl_privkey_sign (gnutls_x509_crl_t crl, gnutls_x509_crt_t issuer, gnutls_privkey_t issuer_key, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t dig, unsigned int flags)

crl: should contain a gnutls_x509_crl_t structure

issuer: is the certificate of the certificate issuer

issuer_key: holds the issuer’s private key

dig: The message digest to use. GNUTLS_DIG_SHA1 is the safe choice unless you know what you’re doing.

flags: must be 0

This function will sign the CRL with the issuer’s private key, and will copy the issuer’s information into the CRL.

This must be the last step in a certificate CRL since all the previously set parameters are now signed.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since 2.12.0

gnutls_x509_crq_privkey_sign

Function: int gnutls_x509_crq_privkey_sign (gnutls_x509_crq_t crq, gnutls_privkey_t key, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t dig, unsigned int flags)

crq: should contain a gnutls_x509_crq_t structure

key: holds a private key

dig: The message digest to use, i.e., GNUTLS_DIG_SHA1

flags: must be 0

This function will sign the certificate request with a private key. This must be the same key as the one used in gnutls_x509_crt_set_key() since a certificate request is self signed.

This must be the last step in a certificate request generation since all the previously set parameters are now signed.

Returns: GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, otherwise a negative error code. GNUTLS_E_ASN1_VALUE_NOT_FOUND is returned if you didn’t set all information in the certificate request (e.g., the version using gnutls_x509_crq_set_version() ).

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_x509_crq_set_pubkey

Function: int gnutls_x509_crq_set_pubkey (gnutls_x509_crq_t crq, gnutls_pubkey_t key)

crq: should contain a gnutls_x509_crq_t structure

key: holds a public key

This function will set the public parameters from the given public key to the request.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

gnutls_x509_crt_privkey_sign

Function: int gnutls_x509_crt_privkey_sign (gnutls_x509_crt_t crt, gnutls_x509_crt_t issuer, gnutls_privkey_t issuer_key, gnutls_digest_algorithm_t dig, unsigned int flags)

crt: a certificate of type gnutls_x509_crt_t

issuer: is the certificate of the certificate issuer

issuer_key: holds the issuer’s private key

dig: The message digest to use, GNUTLS_DIG_SHA1 is a safe choice

flags: must be 0

This function will sign the certificate with the issuer’s private key, and will copy the issuer’s information into the certificate.

This must be the last step in a certificate generation since all the previously set parameters are now signed.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

gnutls_x509_crt_set_pubkey

Function: int gnutls_x509_crt_set_pubkey (gnutls_x509_crt_t crt, gnutls_pubkey_t key)

crt: should contain a gnutls_x509_crt_t structure

key: holds a public key

This function will set the public parameters from the given public key to the request.

Returns: On success, GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned, otherwise a negative error value.

Since: 2.12.0

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