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3*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc=head1 NAME
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5*ebfedea0SLionel Sambucdh - Diffie-Hellman key agreement
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7*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc=head1 SYNOPSIS
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9*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc #include <openssl/dh.h>
10*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc #include <openssl/engine.h>
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12*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc DH *	DH_new(void);
13*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc void	DH_free(DH *dh);
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15*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	DH_size(const DH *dh);
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17*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc DH *	DH_generate_parameters(int prime_len, int generator,
18*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc		void (*callback)(int, int, void *), void *cb_arg);
19*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	DH_check(const DH *dh, int *codes);
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21*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	DH_generate_key(DH *dh);
22*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	DH_compute_key(unsigned char *key, BIGNUM *pub_key, DH *dh);
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24*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc void DH_set_default_method(const DH_METHOD *meth);
25*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc const DH_METHOD *DH_get_default_method(void);
26*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int DH_set_method(DH *dh, const DH_METHOD *meth);
27*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc DH *DH_new_method(ENGINE *engine);
28*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc const DH_METHOD *DH_OpenSSL(void);
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30*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int DH_get_ex_new_index(long argl, char *argp, int (*new_func)(),
31*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc	     int (*dup_func)(), void (*free_func)());
32*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int DH_set_ex_data(DH *d, int idx, char *arg);
33*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc char *DH_get_ex_data(DH *d, int idx);
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35*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc DH *	d2i_DHparams(DH **a, unsigned char **pp, long length);
36*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	i2d_DHparams(const DH *a, unsigned char **pp);
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38*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	DHparams_print_fp(FILE *fp, const DH *x);
39*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc int	DHparams_print(BIO *bp, const DH *x);
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41*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc=head1 DESCRIPTION
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43*ebfedea0SLionel SambucThese functions implement the Diffie-Hellman key agreement protocol.
44*ebfedea0SLionel SambucThe generation of shared DH parameters is described in
45*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<DH_generate_parameters(3)|DH_generate_parameters(3)>; L<DH_generate_key(3)|DH_generate_key(3)> describes how
46*ebfedea0SLionel Sambucto perform a key agreement.
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48*ebfedea0SLionel SambucThe B<DH> structure consists of several BIGNUM components.
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50*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc struct
51*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        {
52*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        BIGNUM *p;		// prime number (shared)
53*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        BIGNUM *g;		// generator of Z_p (shared)
54*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        BIGNUM *priv_key;	// private DH value x
55*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        BIGNUM *pub_key;	// public DH value g^x
56*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        // ...
57*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc        };
58*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc DH
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60*ebfedea0SLionel SambucNote that DH keys may use non-standard B<DH_METHOD> implementations,
61*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuceither directly or by the use of B<ENGINE> modules. In some cases (eg. an
62*ebfedea0SLionel SambucENGINE providing support for hardware-embedded keys), these BIGNUM values
63*ebfedea0SLionel Sambucwill not be used by the implementation or may be used for alternative data
64*ebfedea0SLionel Sambucstorage. For this reason, applications should generally avoid using DH
65*ebfedea0SLionel Sambucstructure elements directly and instead use API functions to query or
66*ebfedea0SLionel Sambucmodify keys.
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68*ebfedea0SLionel Sambuc=head1 SEE ALSO
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70*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<dhparam(1)|dhparam(1)>, L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<dsa(3)|dsa(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>,
71*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<rand(3)|rand(3)>, L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>, L<engine(3)|engine(3)>,
72*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<DH_set_method(3)|DH_set_method(3)>, L<DH_new(3)|DH_new(3)>,
73*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<DH_get_ex_new_index(3)|DH_get_ex_new_index(3)>,
74*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<DH_generate_parameters(3)|DH_generate_parameters(3)>,
75*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<DH_compute_key(3)|DH_compute_key(3)>, L<d2i_DHparams(3)|d2i_DHparams(3)>,
76*ebfedea0SLionel SambucL<RSA_print(3)|RSA_print(3)>
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