PKCS12_GEN_MAC(3ossl) OpenSSL PKCS12_GEN_MAC(3ossl)
NAME
PKCS12_gen_mac, PKCS12_setup_mac, PKCS12_set_mac,
PKCS12_set_pbmac1_pbkdf2, PKCS12_verify_mac, PKCS12_get0_mac -
Functions to create and manipulate a PKCS#12 MAC structure
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/pkcs12.h>
int PKCS12_gen_mac(PKCS12 *p12, const char *pass, int passlen,
unsigned char *mac, unsigned int *maclen);
int PKCS12_verify_mac(PKCS12 *p12, const char *pass, int passlen);
int PKCS12_set_mac(PKCS12 *p12, const char *pass, int passlen,
unsigned char *salt, int saltlen, int iter,
const EVP_MD *md_type);
int PKCS12_set_pbmac1_pbkdf2(PKCS12 *p12, const char *pass, int passlen,
unsigned char *salt, int saltlen, int iter,
const EVP_MD *md_type,
const char *prf_md_name);
int PKCS12_setup_mac(PKCS12 *p12, int iter, unsigned char *salt,
int saltlen, const EVP_MD *md_type);
void PKCS12_get0_mac(const ASN1_OCTET_STRING **pmac,
const X509_ALGOR **pmacalg,
const ASN1_OCTET_STRING **psalt,
const ASN1_INTEGER **piter,
const PKCS12 *p12);
DESCRIPTION
PKCS12_gen_mac(3) generates an HMAC over the entire PKCS#12 object using
the supplied password along with a set of already configured
parameters. The default key generation mechanism used is PKCS12KDF.
PKCS12_verify_mac() verifies the PKCS#12 object's HMAC using the
supplied password.
PKCS12_setup_mac() sets the MAC part of the PKCS#12 structure with the
supplied parameters.
PKCS12_set_mac() sets the MAC and MAC parameters into the PKCS#12
object. PKCS12_set_pbmac1_pbkdf2() sets the MAC and MAC parameters
into the PKCS#12 object when PBMAC1 with PBKDF2 is used for protection
of the PKCS#12 object.
pass is the passphrase to use in the HMAC. salt is the salt value to
use, iter is the iteration count and md_type is the message digest
function to use. prf_md_name specifies the digest used for the PBKDF2
in PBMAC1 KDF.
PKCS12_get0_mac() retrieves any included MAC value, X509_ALGOR object,
salt, and iter count from the PKCS12 object.
NOTES
If salt is NULL then a suitable salt will be generated and used.
If iter is 1 then an iteration count will be omitted from the PKCS#12
structure.
PKCS12_gen_mac(3), PKCS12_verify_mac(), PKCS12_set_mac() and
PKCS12_set_pbmac1_pbkdf2() make assumptions regarding the encoding of
the given passphrase. See passphrase-encoding(7) for more information.
RETURN VALUES
All functions returning an integer return 1 on success and 0 if an
error occurred.
ENVIRONMENT
LEGACY_GOST_PKCS12
If this environment variable is set, MAC generation that utilises
GOST R 34.11-94 or GOST 34.11-2012 hashing algorithms is performed
the usual way and not in accordance with the specification provided
in the methodical recommendation MP 26.2.002-2012 (or in its later
versions, standardisation recommendation P 50.1.112-2016 or P
1323565.1.041-2022) of Technical Committee 26, that specifies that
the key used for MAC generation should be the last 32 bytes of the
96-byte sequence generated by PKCS5_PBKDF2_HMAC(3) and not the
whole sequence.
CONFORMING TO
IETF RFC 7292 (<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7292>) IETF RFC 9579
(<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc9579>)
SEE ALSO
d2i_PKCS12(3), EVP_KDF-PKCS12KDF(7), PKCS12_create(3),
passphrase-encoding(7)
HISTORY
The PKCS12_set_pbmac1_pbkdf2 function was added in OpenSSL 3.4.
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>.
3.6.2 2026-04-07 PKCS12_GEN_MAC(3ossl)
openssl 3.6.2 - Generated Fri Apr 24 14:42:43 CDT 2026