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52.Dd $Mdocdate: March 23 2018 $
53.Dt EVP_PKEY_DERIVE 3
54.Os
55.Sh NAME
56.Nm EVP_PKEY_derive_init ,
57.Nm EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer ,
58.Nm EVP_PKEY_derive
59.Nd derive public key algorithm shared secret
60.Sh SYNOPSIS
61.In openssl/evp.h
62.Ft int
63.Fo EVP_PKEY_derive_init
64.Fa "EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx"
65.Fc
66.Ft int
67.Fo EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer
68.Fa "EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx"
69.Fa "EVP_PKEY *peer"
70.Fc
71.Ft int
72.Fo EVP_PKEY_derive
73.Fa "EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx"
74.Fa "unsigned char *key"
75.Fa "size_t *keylen"
76.Fc
77.Sh DESCRIPTION
78The
79.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init
80function initializes a public key algorithm context using key
81.Fa ctx->pkey
82for shared secret derivation.
83.Pp
84The
85.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer
86function sets the peer key: this will normally be a public key.
87.Pp
88The
89.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive
90function derives a shared secret using
91.Fa ctx .
92If
93.Fa key
94is
95.Dv NULL ,
96then the maximum size of the output buffer is written to the
97.Fa keylen
98parameter.
99If
100.Fa key
101is not
102.Dv NULL
103then before the call the
104.Fa keylen
105parameter should contain the length of the
106.Fa key
107buffer.
108If the call is successful, the shared secret is written to
109.Fa key
110and the amount of data written to
111.Fa keylen .
112.Pp
113After the call to
114.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init ,
115algorithm specific control operations can be performed to set any
116appropriate parameters for the operation.
117.Pp
118The function
119.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive
120can be called more than once on the same context if several operations
121are performed using the same parameters.
122.Sh RETURN VALUES
123.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init
124and
125.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive
126return 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for failure.
127In particular, a return value of -2 indicates the operation is not
128supported by the public key algorithm.
129.Sh EXAMPLES
130Derive shared secret (for example DH or EC keys):
131.Bd -literal -offset indent
132#include <openssl/evp.h>
133#include <openssl/rsa.h>
134
135EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
136ENGINE *eng;
137unsigned char *skey;
138size_t skeylen;
139EVP_PKEY *pkey, *peerkey;
140
141/* Assumes that pkey, eng, and peerkey have already been set up. */
142ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(pkey, eng);
143if (!ctx)
144	/* Error occurred */
145if (EVP_PKEY_derive_init(ctx) <= 0)
146	/* Error */
147if (EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(ctx, peerkey) <= 0)
148	/* Error */
149
150/* Determine buffer length */
151if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, NULL, &skeylen) <= 0)
152	/* Error */
153
154skey = malloc(skeylen);
155
156if (!skey)
157	/* malloc failure */
158
159if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, skey, &skeylen) <= 0)
160	/* Error */
161
162/* Shared secret is skey bytes written to buffer skey */
163.Ed
164.Sh SEE ALSO
165.Xr EVP_PKEY_CTX_new 3 ,
166.Xr EVP_PKEY_decrypt 3 ,
167.Xr EVP_PKEY_encrypt 3 ,
168.Xr EVP_PKEY_meth_set_derive 3 ,
169.Xr EVP_PKEY_sign 3 ,
170.Xr EVP_PKEY_verify 3 ,
171.Xr EVP_PKEY_verify_recover 3 ,
172.Xr X25519 3
173.Sh HISTORY
174.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_init ,
175.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer ,
176and
177.Fn EVP_PKEY_derive
178first appeared in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and have been available since
179.Ox 4.9 .
180