EVP_PKEY_CTX_NEW(3)

NAME
EVP_PKEY_CTX_new, EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id, EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name, EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey, EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup, EVP_PKEY_CTX_free - public key algorithm context functions

SYNOPSIS
 #include <openssl/evp.h>

 EVP_PKEY_CTX *EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(EVP_PKEY *pkey, ENGINE *e);
 EVP_PKEY_CTX *EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(int id, ENGINE *e);
 EVP_PKEY_CTX *EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(OPENSSL_CTX *libctx,
                                          const char *name,
                                          const char *propquery);
 EVP_PKEY_CTX *EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey(OPENSSL_CTX *libctx,
                                          EVP_PKEY *pkey);
 EVP_PKEY_CTX *EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup(const EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
 void EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);

DESCRIPTION
The EVP_PKEY_CTX_new() function allocates public key algorithm context using the pkey key type and ENGINE e.

The EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id() function allocates public key algorithm context using the key type specified by id and ENGINE e.

The EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name() function allocates a public key algorithm context using the library context libctx (see OPENSSL_CTX(3)), the key type specified by name and the property query propquery. None of the arguments are duplicated, so they must remain unchanged for the lifetime of the returned EVP_PKEY_CTX or of any of its duplicates.

The EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey() function allocates a public key algorithm context using the library context libctx (see OPENSSL_CTX(3)) and the algorithm specified by pkey and the property query propquery. None of the arguments are duplicated, so they must remain unchanged for the lifetime of the returned EVP_PKEY_CTX or any of its duplicates.

EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id() and EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name() are normally used when no EVP_PKEY structure is associated with the operations, for example during parameter generation or key generation for some algorithms.

EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup() duplicates the context ctx.

EVP_PKEY_CTX_free() frees up the context ctx. If ctx is NULL, nothing is done.

NOTES

1.  The EVP_PKEY_CTX structure is an opaque public key algorithm context used by the OpenSSL high level public key API. Contexts MUST NOT be shared between threads: that is it is not permissible to use the same context simultaneously in two threads.

2.  We mention "key type" in this manual, which is the same as "algorithm" in most cases, allowing either term to be used interchangeably. There are algorithms where the key type and the algorithm of the operations that use the keys are not the same, such as EC keys being used for ECDSA and ECDH operations.

RETURN VALUES
EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(), EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(), EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup() returns either the newly allocated EVP_PKEY_CTX structure of NULL if an error occurred.

EVP_PKEY_CTX_free() does not return a value.

SEE ALSO
EVP_PKEY_new(3)

HISTORY
The EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(), EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(), EVP_PKEY_CTX_dup() and EVP_PKEY_CTX_free() functions were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.

The EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name() and EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey() functions were added in OpenSSL 3.0.

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>.