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1 | =pod | ||
2 | |||
3 | =head1 NAME | ||
4 | |||
5 | DH_generate_key, DH_compute_key - perform Diffie-Hellman key exchange | ||
6 | |||
7 | =head1 SYNOPSIS | ||
8 | |||
9 | #include <openssl/dh.h> | ||
10 | |||
11 | int DH_generate_key(DH *dh); | ||
12 | |||
13 | int DH_compute_key(unsigned char *key, BIGNUM *pub_key, DH *dh); | ||
14 | |||
15 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | ||
16 | |||
17 | DH_generate_key() performs the first step of a Diffie-Hellman key | ||
18 | exchange by generating private and public DH values. By calling | ||
19 | DH_compute_key(), these are combined with the other party's public | ||
20 | value to compute the shared key. | ||
21 | |||
22 | DH_generate_key() expects B<dh> to contain the shared parameters | ||
23 | B<dh-E<gt>p> and B<dh-E<gt>g>. It generates a random private DH value | ||
24 | unless B<dh-E<gt>priv_key> is already set, and computes the | ||
25 | corresponding public value B<dh-E<gt>pub_key>, which can then be | ||
26 | published. | ||
27 | |||
28 | DH_compute_key() computes the shared secret from the private DH value | ||
29 | in B<dh> and the other party's public value in B<pub_key> and stores | ||
30 | it in B<key>. B<key> must point to B<DH_size(dh)> bytes of memory. | ||
31 | |||
32 | =head1 RETURN VALUES | ||
33 | |||
34 | DH_generate_key() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. | ||
35 | |||
36 | DH_compute_key() returns the size of the shared secret on success, -1 | ||
37 | on error. | ||
38 | |||
39 | The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. | ||
40 | |||
41 | =head1 SEE ALSO | ||
42 | |||
43 | L<dh(3)|dh(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>, L<DH_size(3)|DH_size(3)> | ||
44 | |||
45 | =head1 HISTORY | ||
46 | |||
47 | DH_generate_key() and DH_compute_key() are available in all versions | ||
48 | of SSLeay and OpenSSL. | ||
49 | |||
50 | =cut | ||