openssl/doc/man7/OSSL_PROVIDER-base.pod
Pauli dfc0857d81 serialisation: Add a built-in base provider.
Move the libcrypto serialisation functionality into a place where it can
be provided at some point. The serialisation still remains native in the
default provider.

Add additional code to the list command to display what kind of serialisation
each entry is capable of.

Having the FIPS provider auto load the base provider is a future
(but necessary) enhancement.

Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12104)
2020-07-30 20:15:22 +10:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
OSSL_PROVIDER-base - OpenSSL base provider
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The OpenSSL base provider supplies the serialization for OpenSSL's
asymmetric cryptography.
=head2 Properties
The implementations in this provider specifically have this property
defined:
=over 4
=item "provider=base"
=back
It may be used in a property query string with fetching functions.
It isn't mandatory to query for this property, except to make sure to get
implementations of this provider and none other.
=over 4
=item "type=parameters"
=item "type=private"
=item "type=public"
=back
These may be used in a property query string with fetching functions to select
which data are to be serialized. Either the private key material, the public
key material or the domain parameters can be selected.
=over 4
=item "format=der"
=item "format=pem"
=item "format=text"
=back
These may be used in a property query string with fetching functions to select
the serialization output format. Either the DER, PEM and plaintext are
currently permitted.
=head1 OPERATIONS AND ALGORITHMS
The OpenSSL base provider supports these operations and algorithms:
=head2 Asymmetric Key Serializer
In addition to "provider=base", some of these serializers define the
property "fips=yes", to allow them to be used together with the FIPS
provider.
=over 4
=item RSA, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-RSA(7)>
=item DH, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-DH(7)>
=item DSA, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-DSA(7)>
=item EC, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-EC(7)>
=item X25519, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-X25519(7)>
=item X448, see L<OSSL_SERIALIZER-X448(7)>
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7)>, L<openssl-core.h(7)>,
L<openssl-core_dispatch.h(7)>, L<provider(7)>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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