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3*4724848cSchristos=head1 NAME
4*4724848cSchristos
5*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2binpad,
6*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2bin, BN_bin2bn, BN_bn2lebinpad, BN_lebin2bn, BN_bn2hex, BN_bn2dec,
7*4724848cSchristosBN_hex2bn, BN_dec2bn, BN_print, BN_print_fp, BN_bn2mpi,
8*4724848cSchristosBN_mpi2bn - format conversions
9*4724848cSchristos
10*4724848cSchristos=head1 SYNOPSIS
11*4724848cSchristos
12*4724848cSchristos #include <openssl/bn.h>
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14*4724848cSchristos int BN_bn2bin(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to);
15*4724848cSchristos int BN_bn2binpad(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to, int tolen);
16*4724848cSchristos BIGNUM *BN_bin2bn(const unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
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18*4724848cSchristos int BN_bn2lebinpad(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to, int tolen);
19*4724848cSchristos BIGNUM *BN_lebin2bn(const unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
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21*4724848cSchristos char *BN_bn2hex(const BIGNUM *a);
22*4724848cSchristos char *BN_bn2dec(const BIGNUM *a);
23*4724848cSchristos int BN_hex2bn(BIGNUM **a, const char *str);
24*4724848cSchristos int BN_dec2bn(BIGNUM **a, const char *str);
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26*4724848cSchristos int BN_print(BIO *fp, const BIGNUM *a);
27*4724848cSchristos int BN_print_fp(FILE *fp, const BIGNUM *a);
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29*4724848cSchristos int BN_bn2mpi(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to);
30*4724848cSchristos BIGNUM *BN_mpi2bn(unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
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32*4724848cSchristos=head1 DESCRIPTION
33*4724848cSchristos
34*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2bin() converts the absolute value of B<a> into big-endian form
35*4724848cSchristosand stores it at B<to>. B<to> must point to BN_num_bytes(B<a>) bytes of
36*4724848cSchristosmemory.
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38*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2binpad() also converts the absolute value of B<a> into big-endian form
39*4724848cSchristosand stores it at B<to>. B<tolen> indicates the length of the output buffer
40*4724848cSchristosB<to>. The result is padded with zeros if necessary. If B<tolen> is less than
41*4724848cSchristosBN_num_bytes(B<a>) an error is returned.
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43*4724848cSchristosBN_bin2bn() converts the positive integer in big-endian form of length
44*4724848cSchristosB<len> at B<s> into a B<BIGNUM> and places it in B<ret>. If B<ret> is
45*4724848cSchristosNULL, a new B<BIGNUM> is created.
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47*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2lebinpad() and BN_lebin2bn() are identical to BN_bn2binpad() and
48*4724848cSchristosBN_bin2bn() except the buffer is in little-endian format.
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50*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2hex() and BN_bn2dec() return printable strings containing the
51*4724848cSchristoshexadecimal and decimal encoding of B<a> respectively. For negative
52*4724848cSchristosnumbers, the string is prefaced with a leading '-'. The string must be
53*4724848cSchristosfreed later using OPENSSL_free().
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55*4724848cSchristosBN_hex2bn() takes as many characters as possible from the string B<str>,
56*4724848cSchristosincluding the leading character '-' which means negative, to form a valid
57*4724848cSchristoshexadecimal number representation and converts them to a B<BIGNUM> and
58*4724848cSchristosstores it in **B<a>. If *B<a> is NULL, a new B<BIGNUM> is created. If
59*4724848cSchristosB<a> is NULL, it only computes the length of valid representation.
60*4724848cSchristosA "negative zero" is converted to zero.
61*4724848cSchristosBN_dec2bn() is the same using the decimal system.
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63*4724848cSchristosBN_print() and BN_print_fp() write the hexadecimal encoding of B<a>,
64*4724848cSchristoswith a leading '-' for negative numbers, to the B<BIO> or B<FILE>
65*4724848cSchristosB<fp>.
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67*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2mpi() and BN_mpi2bn() convert B<BIGNUM>s from and to a format
68*4724848cSchristosthat consists of the number's length in bytes represented as a 4-byte
69*4724848cSchristosbig-endian number, and the number itself in big-endian format, where
70*4724848cSchristosthe most significant bit signals a negative number (the representation
71*4724848cSchristosof numbers with the MSB set is prefixed with null byte).
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73*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2mpi() stores the representation of B<a> at B<to>, where B<to>
74*4724848cSchristosmust be large enough to hold the result. The size can be determined by
75*4724848cSchristoscalling BN_bn2mpi(B<a>, NULL).
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77*4724848cSchristosBN_mpi2bn() converts the B<len> bytes long representation at B<s> to
78*4724848cSchristosa B<BIGNUM> and stores it at B<ret>, or in a newly allocated B<BIGNUM>
79*4724848cSchristosif B<ret> is NULL.
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81*4724848cSchristos=head1 RETURN VALUES
82*4724848cSchristos
83*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2bin() returns the length of the big-endian number placed at B<to>.
84*4724848cSchristosBN_bin2bn() returns the B<BIGNUM>, NULL on error.
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86*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2binpad() returns the number of bytes written or -1 if the supplied
87*4724848cSchristosbuffer is too small.
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89*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2hex() and BN_bn2dec() return a null-terminated string, or NULL
90*4724848cSchristoson error. BN_hex2bn() and BN_dec2bn() return the number of characters
91*4724848cSchristosused in parsing, or 0 on error, in which
92*4724848cSchristoscase no new B<BIGNUM> will be created.
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94*4724848cSchristosBN_print_fp() and BN_print() return 1 on success, 0 on write errors.
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96*4724848cSchristosBN_bn2mpi() returns the length of the representation. BN_mpi2bn()
97*4724848cSchristosreturns the B<BIGNUM>, and NULL on error.
98*4724848cSchristos
99*4724848cSchristosThe error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
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101*4724848cSchristos=head1 SEE ALSO
102*4724848cSchristos
103*4724848cSchristosL<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<BN_zero(3)>,
104*4724848cSchristosL<ASN1_INTEGER_to_BN(3)>,
105*4724848cSchristosL<BN_num_bytes(3)>
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107*4724848cSchristos=head1 COPYRIGHT
108*4724848cSchristos
109*4724848cSchristosCopyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
110*4724848cSchristos
111*4724848cSchristosLicensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
112*4724848cSchristosthis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
113*4724848cSchristosin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
114*4724848cSchristosL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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