openssl/doc/man7/EVP_KDF-SSHKDF.pod
Richard Levitte 247a1786e2 OSSL_PARAM: Correct the assumptions on the UTF8 string length
When the string "ABCDEFGH" is passed, what's considered its data, this?

    { 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H' }

or this?

    { 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', '\0' }

If it's passed as a pass phrase, should the terminating NUL byte be
considered part of the pass phrase, or not?

Our treatment of OSSL_PARAMs with the data type OSSL_PARAM_UTF8_STRING
set the length of the string to include the terminating NUL byte,
which is quite confusing.  What should the recipient of such a string
believe?

Instead of perpetuating this confusion, we change the assumption to
set the OSSL_PARAM to the length of the string, not including the
terminating NUL byte, thereby giving it the same value as a strlen()
call would give.

Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14168)
2021-02-18 16:58:17 +01:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
EVP_KDF-SSHKDF - The SSHKDF EVP_KDF implementation
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Support for computing the B<SSHKDF> KDF through the B<EVP_KDF> API.
The EVP_KDF-SSHKDF algorithm implements the SSHKDF key derivation function.
It is defined in RFC 4253, section 7.2 and is used by SSH to derive IVs,
encryption keys and integrity keys.
Five inputs are required to perform key derivation: The hashing function
(for example SHA256), the Initial Key, the Exchange Hash, the Session ID,
and the derivation key type.
=head2 Identity
"SSHKDF" is the name for this implementation; it
can be used with the EVP_KDF_fetch() function.
=head2 Supported parameters
The supported parameters are:
=over 4
=item "properties" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PROPERTIES>) <UTF8 string>
=item "digest" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST>) <UTF8 string>
=item "key" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_KEY>) <octet string>
These parameters work as described in L<EVP_KDF(3)/PARAMETERS>.
=item "xcghash" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SSHKDF_XCGHASH>) <octet string>
=item "session_id" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SSHKDF_SESSION_ID>) <octet string>
These parameters set the respective values for the KDF.
If a value is already set, the contents are replaced.
=item "type" (B<OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SSHKDF_TYPE>) <UTF8 string>
This parameter sets the type for the SSHKDF operation.
There are six supported types:
=over 4
=item EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_INITIAL_IV_CLI_TO_SRV
The Initial IV from client to server.
Char array initializer of value {65, 0}, i.e., ASCII string "A".
=item EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_INITIAL_IV_SRV_TO_CLI
The Initial IV from server to client
Char array initializer of value {66, 0}, i.e., ASCII string "B".
=item EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_CLI_TO_SRV
The Encryption Key from client to server
Char array initializer of value {67, 0}, i.e., ASCII string "C".
=item EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_ENCRYPTION_KEY_SRV_TO_CLI
The Encryption Key from server to client
Char array initializer of value {68, 0}, i.e., ASCII string "D".
=item EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_INTEGRITY_KEY_CLI_TO_SRV
The Integrity Key from client to server
Char array initializer of value {69, 0}, i.e., ASCII string "E".
=item EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_INTEGRITY_KEY_SRV_TO_CLI
The Integrity Key from client to server
Char array initializer of value {70, 0}, i.e., ASCII string "F".
=back
=back
=head1 NOTES
A context for SSHKDF can be obtained by calling:
EVP_KDF *kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "SSHKDF", NULL);
EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);
The output length of the SSHKDF derivation is specified via the I<keylen>
parameter to the L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)> function.
Since the SSHKDF output length is variable, calling L<EVP_KDF_CTX_get_kdf_size(3)>
to obtain the requisite length is not meaningful. The caller must
allocate a buffer of the desired length, and pass that buffer to the
L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)> function along with the desired length.
=head1 EXAMPLES
This example derives an 8 byte IV using SHA-256 with a 1K "key" and appropriate
"xcghash" and "session_id" values:
EVP_KDF *kdf;
EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx;
const char type[] = EVP_KDF_SSHKDF_TYPE_INITIAL_IV_CLI_TO_SRV;
unsigned char key[1024] = "01234...";
unsigned char xcghash[32] = "012345...";
unsigned char session_id[32] = "012345...";
unsigned char out[8];
size_t outlen = sizeof(out);
OSSL_PARAM params[6], *p = params;
kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "SSHKDF", NULL);
kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);
EVP_KDF_free(kdf);
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST,
SN_sha256, strlen(SN_sha256));
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_KEY,
key, (size_t)1024);
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SSHKDF_XCGHASH,
xcghash, (size_t)32);
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SALT,
session_id, (size_t)32);
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SSHKDF_TYPE,
type, sizeof(type) - 1);
*p = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
if (EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params(kctx, params) <= 0)
/* Error */
if (EVP_KDF_derive(kctx, out, &outlen) <= 0)
/* Error */
=head1 CONFORMING TO
RFC 4253
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<EVP_KDF(3)>,
L<EVP_KDF_CTX_new(3)>,
L<EVP_KDF_CTX_free(3)>,
L<EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params(3)>,
L<EVP_KDF_CTX_get_kdf_size(3)>,
L<EVP_KDF_derive(3)>,
L<EVP_KDF(3)/PARAMETERS>
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2016-2021 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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