EVP_SKEYMGMT(3ossl) OpenSSL EVP_SKEYMGMT(3ossl)
NAME
EVP_SKEYMGMT, EVP_SKEYMGMT_fetch, EVP_SKEYMGMT_up_ref,
EVP_SKEYMGMT_free, EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_provider, EVP_SKEYMGMT_is_a,
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_description, EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_name,
EVP_SKEYMGMT_do_all_provided, EVP_SKEYMGMT_names_do_all,
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_gen_settable_params,
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_imp_settable_params - EVP key management routines for
opaque symmetric keys
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
typedef struct evp_sskeymgmt_st EVP_SKEYMGMT;
EVP_SKEYMGMT *EVP_SKEYMGMT_fetch(OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *algorithm,
const char *properties);
int EVP_SKEYMGMT_up_ref(EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
void EVP_SKEYMGMT_free(EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
const OSSL_PROVIDER *EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_provider(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
int EVP_SKEYMGMT_is_a(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt, const char *name);
const char *EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_name(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
const char *EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_description(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
void EVP_SKEYMGMT_do_all_provided(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx,
void (*fn)(EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt, void *arg),
void *arg);
int EVP_SKEYMGMT_names_do_all(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt,
void (*fn)(const char *name, void *data),
void *data);
const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_gen_settable_params(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
const OSSL_PARAM *EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_imp_settable_params(const EVP_SKEYMGMT *skeymgmt);
DESCRIPTION
EVP_SKEYMGMT is a method object that represents symmetric key
management implementations for different cryptographic algorithms.
This method object provides functionality to allow providers to import
key material from the outside, as well as export key material to the
outside.
Most of the functionality can only be used internally and has no public
interface, this opaque object is simply passed into other functions
when needed.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_fetch() looks for an algorithm within a provider that has
been loaded into the OSSL_LIB_CTX given by ctx, having the name given
by algorithm and the properties given by properties.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_up_ref() increments the reference count for the given
EVP_SKEYMGMT skeymgmt.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_free() decrements the reference count for the given
EVP_SKEYMGMT skeymgmt, and when the count reaches zero, frees it. If
the argument is NULL, nothing is done.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_provider() returns the provider that has this
particular implementation.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_is_a() checks if skeymgmt is an implementation of an
algorithm that's identified by name.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_name() returns the algorithm name from the provided
implementation for the given skeymgmt. Note that the skeymgmt may have
multiple synonyms associated with it. In this case the first name from
the algorithm definition is returned. Ownership of the returned string
is retained by the skeymgmt object and should not be freed by the
caller.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_names_do_all() traverses all names for the skeymgmt, and
calls fn with each name and data.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_description() returns a description of the skeymgmt,
meant for display and human consumption. The description is at the
discretion of the skeymgmt implementation.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_do_all_provided() traverses all key skeymgmt
implementations by all activated providers in the library context
libctx, and for each of the implementations, calls fn with the
implementation method and data as arguments.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_gen_settable_params() and
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_imp_settable_params() get a constant OSSL_PARAM(3)
array that describes the settable parameters that can be used with
EVP_SKEY_generate() and EVP_SKEY_import() correspondingly.
NOTES
EVP_SKEYMGMT_fetch() may be called implicitly by other fetching
functions, using the same library context and properties. Any other
API that uses symmetric keys will typically do this.
RETURN VALUES
EVP_SKEYMGMT_fetch() returns a pointer to the key management
implementation represented by an EVP_SKEYMGMT object, or NULL on error.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_up_ref() returns 1 on success, or 0 on error.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_names_do_all() returns 1 if the callback was called for
all names. A return value of 0 means that the callback was not called
for any names.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_free() doesn't return any value.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_provider() returns a pointer to a provider object, or
NULL on error.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_is_a() returns 1 if skeymgmt was identifiable, otherwise
0.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_name() returns the algorithm name, or NULL on error.
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_description() returns a pointer to a description, or
NULL if there isn't one.
SEE ALSO
EVP_SKEY(3), EVP_MD_fetch(3), OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)
HISTORY
EVP_SKEYMGMT structure and functions EVP_SKEYMGMT_fetch(),
EVP_SKEYMGMT_up_ref(), EVP_SKEYMGMT_free(),
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_provider(), EVP_SKEYMGMT_is_a(),
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_description(), EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_name(),
EVP_SKEYMGMT_do_all_provided(), EVP_SKEYMGMT_names_do_all(),
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_gen_settable_params(),
EVP_SKEYMGMT_get0_imp_settable_params() were added in OpenSSL 3.5.
COPYRIGHT
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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
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
3.5.0 2025-04-10 EVP_SKEYMGMT(3ossl)
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