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Originally the code to im/export the EC pubkey was meant to be consumed
only by the im/export functions when crossing the provider boundary.
Having our providers exporting to a COMPRESSED format octet string made
sense to avoid memory waste, as it wasn't exposed outside the provider
API, and providers had all tools available to convert across the three
formats.
Later on, with #13139 deprecating the `EC_KEY_*` functions, more state
was added among the params imported/exported on an EC provider-native
key (including `OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_EC_POINT_CONVERSION_FORMAT`, although it
did not affect the format used to export `OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PUB_KEY`).
Finally, in #14800, `EVP_PKEY_todata()` was introduced and prominently
exposed directly to users outside the provider API, and the choice of
COMPRESSED over UNCOMPRESSED as the default became less sensible in
light of usability, given the latter is more often needed by
applications and protocols.
This commit fixes it, by using `EC_KEY_get_conv_form()` to get the
point format from the internal state (an `EC_KEY` under the hood) of the
provider-side object, and using it on
`EVP_PKEY_export()`/`EVP_PKEY_todata()` to format
`OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PUB_KEY`.
The default for an `EC_KEY` was already UNCOMPRESSED, and it is altered
if the user sets `OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_EC_POINT_CONVERSION_FORMAT` via
`EVP_PKEY_fromdata()`, `EVP_PKEY_set_params()`, or one of the
more specialized methods.
For symmetry, this commit also alters `ec_pkey_export_to()` in
`crypto/ec/ec_ameth.c`, part of the `EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD` for legacy EC
keys: it exclusively used COMPRESSED format, and now it honors the
conversion format specified in the EC_KEY object being exported to a
provider when this function is called.
Expand documentation about `OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PUB_KEY` and mention the
3.1 change in behavior for our providers.
Fixes #16595
Reviewed-by: Hugo Landau <hlandau@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/19681)
(cherry picked from commit
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Welcome to the OpenSSL Project
OpenSSL is a robust, commercial-grade, full-featured Open Source Toolkit for the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol formerly known as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol. The protocol implementation is based on a full-strength general purpose cryptographic library, which can also be used stand-alone.
OpenSSL is descended from the SSLeay library developed by Eric A. Young and Tim J. Hudson.
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Overview
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libssl an implementation of all TLS protocol versions up to TLSv1.3 (RFC 8446).
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libcrypto a full-strength general purpose cryptographic library. It constitutes the basis of the TLS implementation, but can also be used independently.
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openssl the OpenSSL command line tool, a swiss army knife for cryptographic tasks, testing and analyzing. It can be used for
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