EVP_PKEY_sign - sign using a public key algorithm
#include <openssl/evp.h> int EVP_PKEY_sign_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx); int EVP_PKEY_sign(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen, const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
EVP_PKEY_sign(3openssl) OpenSSL EVP_PKEY_sign(3openssl)
NAME
EVP_PKEY_sign_init, EVP_PKEY_sign - sign using a public key algorithm
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
int EVP_PKEY_sign_init(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx);
int EVP_PKEY_sign(EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx,
unsigned char *sig, size_t *siglen,
const unsigned char *tbs, size_t tbslen);
DESCRIPTION
The EVP_PKEY_sign_init() function initializes a public key algorithm
context using key pkey for a signing operation.
The EVP_PKEY_sign() function performs a public key signing operation
using ctx. The data to be signed is specified using the tbs and tbslen
parameters. If sig is NULL then the maximum size of the output buffer
is written to the siglen parameter. If sig is not NULL then before the
call the siglen parameter should contain the length of the sig buffer,
if the call is successful the signature is written to sig and the
amount of data written to siglen.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+---------------+--------------------------+
|ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Availability | library/security/openssl |
+---------------+--------------------------+
|Stability | Pass-through uncommitted |
+---------------+--------------------------+
NOTES
EVP_PKEY_sign() does not hash the data to be signed, and therefore is
normally used to sign digests. For signing arbitrary messages, see the
EVP_DigestSignInit(3) and EVP_SignInit(3) signing interfaces instead.
After the call to EVP_PKEY_sign_init() algorithm specific control
operations can be performed to set any appropriate parameters for the
operation (see EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3)).
The function EVP_PKEY_sign() can be called more than once on the same
context if several operations are performed using the same parameters.
Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
code-downloads.html.
This software was built from source available at
https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community
source was downloaded from
https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz.
Further information about this software can be found on the open source
community website at https://www.openssl.org/.
RETURN VALUES
EVP_PKEY_sign_init() and EVP_PKEY_sign() return 1 for success and 0 or
a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2
indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm.
EXAMPLE
Sign data using RSA with PKCS#1 padding and SHA256 digest:
#include <openssl/evp.h>
#include <openssl/rsa.h>
EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
/* md is a SHA-256 digest in this example. */
unsigned char *md, *sig;
size_t mdlen = 32, siglen;
EVP_PKEY *signing_key;
/*
* NB: assumes signing_key and md are set up before the next
* step. signing_key must be an RSA private key and md must
* point to the SHA-256 digest to be signed.
*/
ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(signing_key, NULL /* no engine */);
if (!ctx)
/* Error occurred */
if (EVP_PKEY_sign_init(ctx) <= 0)
/* Error */
if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_rsa_padding(ctx, RSA_PKCS1_PADDING) <= 0)
/* Error */
if (EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_signature_md(ctx, EVP_sha256()) <= 0)
/* Error */
/* Determine buffer length */
if (EVP_PKEY_sign(ctx, NULL, &siglen, md, mdlen) <= 0)
/* Error */
sig = OPENSSL_malloc(siglen);
if (!sig)
/* malloc failure */
if (EVP_PKEY_sign(ctx, sig, &siglen, md, mdlen) <= 0)
/* Error */
/* Signature is siglen bytes written to buffer sig */
SEE ALSO
EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3), EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl(3), EVP_PKEY_encrypt(3),
EVP_PKEY_decrypt(3), EVP_PKEY_verify(3), EVP_PKEY_verify_recover(3),
EVP_PKEY_derive(3)
HISTORY
These functions were first added to OpenSSL 1.0.0.
1.0.2ze 2022-05-03 EVP_PKEY_sign(3openssl)