openssl/doc/crypto/RSA_private_encrypt.pod
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=pod
=head1 NAME
RSA_private_encrypt, RSA_public_decrypt - low level signature operations
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/rsa.h>
int RSA_private_encrypt(int flen, unsigned char *from,
unsigned char *to, RSA *rsa, int padding);
int RSA_public_decrypt(int flen, unsigned char *from,
unsigned char *to, RSA *rsa, int padding);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
These functions handle RSA signatures at a low level.
RSA_private_encrypt() signs the B<flen> bytes at B<from> (usually a
message digest with an algorithm identifier) using the private key
B<rsa> and stores the signature in B<to>. B<to> must point to
B<RSA_size(rsa)> bytes of memory.
B<padding> denotes one of the following modes:
=over 4
=item RSA_PKCS1_PADDING
PKCS #1 v1.5 padding. This function does not handle the
B<algorithmIdentifier> specified in PKCS #1. When generating or
verifying PKCS #1 signatures, L<RSA_sign(3)|RSA_sign(3)> and L<RSA_verify(3)|RSA_verify(3)> should be
used.
=item RSA_NO_PADDING
Raw RSA signature. This mode should I<only> be used to implement
cryptographically sound padding modes in the application code.
Signing user data directly with RSA is insecure.
=back
RSA_public_decrypt() recovers the message digest from the B<flen>
bytes long signature at B<from> using the signer's public key
B<rsa>. B<to> must point to a memory section large enough to hold the
message digest (which is smaller than B<RSA_size(rsa) -
11>). B<padding> is the padding mode that was used to sign the data.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
RSA_private_encrypt() returns the size of the signature (i.e.,
RSA_size(rsa)). RSA_public_decrypt() returns the size of the
recovered message digest.
On error, -1 is returned; the error codes can be
obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>,
L<RSA_sign(3)|RSA_sign(3)>, L<RSA_verify(3)|RSA_verify(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
The B<padding> argument was added in SSLeay 0.8. RSA_NO_PADDING is
available since SSLeay 0.9.0.
=cut