The KEYMGMT libcrypto <-> provider interface currently makes a few
assumptions:
1. provider side domain parameters and key data isn't mutable. In
other words, as soon as a key has been created in any (loaded,
imported data, ...), it's set in stone.
2. provider side domain parameters can be strictly separated from the
key data.
This does work for the most part, but there are places where that's a
bit too rigid for the functionality that the EVP_PKEY API delivers.
Key data needs to be mutable to allow the flexibility that functions
like EVP_PKEY_copy_parameters promise, as well as to provide the
combinations of data that an EVP_PKEY is generally assumed to be able
to hold:
- domain parameters only
- public key only
- public key + private key
- domain parameters + public key
- domain parameters + public key + private key
To remedy all this, we:
1. let go of the distinction between domain parameters and key
material proper in the libcrypto <-> provider interface.
As a consequence, functions that still need it gain a selection
argument, which is a set of bits that indicate what parts of the
key object are to be considered in a specific call. This allows
a reduction of very similar functions into one.
2. Rework the libcrypto <-> provider interface so provider side key
objects are created and destructed with a separate function, and
get their data filled and extracted in through import and export.
(future work will see other key object constructors and other
functions to fill them with data)
Fixes#10979
squash! Redesign the KEYMGMT libcrypto <-> provider interface - the basics
Remedy 1 needs a rewrite:
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/11006)
Convert EVP_PKEY Parameters to/from binary.
This wraps the low level i2d/d2i calls for DH,DSA and EC key parameters
in a similar way to Public and Private Keys.
The API's can be used by applications (including openssl apps) that only
want to use EVP_PKEY without needing to access low level key API's.
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8903)
Add 2017 copyright year
Add missing typedef to NAME
Remove ec(7) and bn(7) doc links
Remove .pod link errors, bogus links, make a few typo corrections
Fix some typo's in links and some missing items.
Don't link to C runtime functions (See OPENSSL_malloc for example/precedent)
Document ASN1_tag2str(), add a few typedef's that were missing from NAME
Update doc-nits target; addresses
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1900#issuecomment-259943891,
Merge check-doc-links into find-doc-nits; if run regularly, would have found
https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2825
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2862)
Move manpages to manX directories
Add Windows/VMS install fix from Richard Levitte
Update README
Fix typo's
Remove some duplicates
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
