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52.Dd $Mdocdate: June 6 2019 $
53.Dt EVP_PKEY_CMP 3
54.Os
55.Sh NAME
56.Nm EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters ,
57.Nm EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters ,
58.Nm EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters ,
59.Nm EVP_PKEY_cmp
60.Nd public key parameter and comparison functions
61.Sh SYNOPSIS
62.In openssl/evp.h
63.Ft int
64.Fo EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
65.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *pkey"
66.Fc
67.Ft int
68.Fo EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
69.Fa "EVP_PKEY *to"
70.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *from"
71.Fc
72.Ft int
73.Fo EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
74.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *a"
75.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *b"
76.Fc
77.Ft int
78.Fo EVP_PKEY_cmp
79.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *a"
80.Fa "const EVP_PKEY *b"
81.Fc
82.Sh DESCRIPTION
83The function
84.Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
85returns 1 if the public key parameters of
86.Fa pkey
87are missing and 0 if they are present or the algorithm doesn't use
88parameters.
89.Pp
90The function
91.Fn EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
92copies the parameters from key
93.Fa from
94to key
95.Fa to .
96An error is returned if the parameters are missing in
97.Fa from .
98.Pp
99The function
100.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
101compares the parameters of keys
102.Fa a
103and
104.Fa b .
105.Pp
106The function
107.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp
108compares the public key components and parameters (if present) of keys
109.Fa a
110and
111.Fa b .
112.Pp
113The main purpose of the functions
114.Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
115and
116.Fn EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
117is to handle public keys in certificates where the parameters are
118sometimes omitted from a public key if they are inherited from the CA
119that signed it.
120.Pp
121Since OpenSSL private keys contain public key components too, the
122function
123.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp
124can also be used to determine if a private key matches a public key.
125.Sh RETURN VALUES
126The function
127.Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
128returns 1 if the public key parameters of
129.Fa pkey
130are missing and 0 if they are present or the algorithm doesn't use
131parameters.
132.Pp
133The function
134.Fn EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
135returns 1 for success and 0 for failure.
136.Pp
137The functions
138.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
139and
140.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp
141return 1 if the keys match, 0 if they don't match, -1 if the key types
142are different and -2 if the operation is not supported.
143.Sh SEE ALSO
144.Xr EVP_PKEY_asn1_set_public 3 ,
145.Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_new 3 ,
146.Xr EVP_PKEY_keygen 3 ,
147.Xr EVP_PKEY_new 3
148.Sh HISTORY
149.Fn EVP_PKEY_missing_parameters
150and
151.Fn EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters
152first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0.
153.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp_parameters
154first appeared in SSLeay 0.9.0.
155These functions have been available since
156.Ox 2.4 .
157.Pp
158.Fn EVP_PKEY_cmp
159first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8 and has been available since
160.Ox 4.5 .
161