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1*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=pod
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3*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 NAME
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5*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryEVP_PKEY-HMAC, EVP_KEYMGMT-HMAC, EVP_PKEY-Siphash, EVP_KEYMGMT-Siphash,
6*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryEVP_PKEY-Poly1305, EVP_KEYMGMT-Poly1305, EVP_PKEY-CMAC, EVP_KEYMGMT-CMAC
7*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery- EVP_PKEY legacy MAC keytypes and algorithm support
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9*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 DESCRIPTION
10*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
11*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe B<HMAC> and B<CMAC> key types are implemented in OpenSSL's default and FIPS
12*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryproviders. Additionally the B<Siphash> and B<Poly1305> key types are implemented
13*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryin the default provider. Performing MAC operations via an EVP_PKEY
14*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryis considered legacy and are only available for backwards compatibility purposes
15*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryand for a restricted set of algorithms. The preferred way of performing MAC
16*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryoperations is via the EVP_MAC APIs. See L<EVP_MAC_init(3)>.
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18*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryFor further details on using EVP_PKEY based MAC keys see
19*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_SIGNATURE-HMAC(7)>, L<EVP_SIGNATURE-Siphash(7)>,
20*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_SIGNATURE-Poly1305(7)> or L<EVP_SIGNATURE-CMAC(7)>.
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22*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head2 Common MAC parameters
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24*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryAll the B<MAC> keytypes support the following parameters.
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26*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=over 4
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28*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "priv" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PRIV_KEY>) <octet string>
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30*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe MAC key value.
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32*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "properties" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PROPERTIES>) <UTF8 string>
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34*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryA property query string to be used when any algorithms are fetched.
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36*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=back
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38*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head2 CMAC parameters
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40*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryAs well as the parameters described above, the B<CMAC> keytype additionally
41*b077aed3SPierre Proncherysupports the following parameters.
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43*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=over 4
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45*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "cipher" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_CIPHER>) <UTF8 string>
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47*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe name of a cipher to be used when generating the MAC.
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49*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "engine" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_ENGINE>) <UTF8 string>
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51*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe name of an engine to be used for the specified cipher (if any).
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53*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=back
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55*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head2 Common MAC key generation parameters
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57*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryMAC key generation is unusual in that no new key is actually generated. Instead
58*b077aed3SPierre Proncherya new provider side key object is created with the supplied raw key value. This
59*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryis done for backwards compatibility with previous versions of OpenSSL.
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61*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=over 4
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63*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "priv" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PRIV_KEY>) <octet string>
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65*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe MAC key value.
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67*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=back
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69*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head2 CMAC key generation parameters
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71*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryIn addition to the common MAC key generation parameters, the CMAC key generation
72*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryadditionally recognises the following.
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74*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=over 4
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76*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=item "cipher" (B<OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_CIPHER>) <UTF8 string>
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78*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryThe name of a cipher to be used when generating the MAC.
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80*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=back
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82*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 SEE ALSO
83*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
84*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<EVP_KEYMGMT(3)>, L<EVP_PKEY(3)>, L<provider-keymgmt(7)>
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86*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery=head1 COPYRIGHT
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88*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryCopyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
89*b077aed3SPierre Pronchery
90*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryLicensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
91*b077aed3SPierre Proncherythis file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
92*b077aed3SPierre Proncheryin the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
93*b077aed3SPierre ProncheryL<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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