openssl/doc/man3/EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_N.pod
Matt Caswell 74fc579a12 Update KDF documentation
Following the previous commits where we moved the KDF bridge into
provider side code, we need to update the documentation accordingly.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12573)
2020-08-10 14:52:39 +01:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set1_scrypt_salt,
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_N,
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_r,
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_p,
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_maxmem_bytes
- EVP_PKEY scrypt KDF support functions
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/kdf.h>
int EVP_PKEY_CTX_set1_scrypt_salt(EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx, unsigned char *salt,
int saltlen);
int EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_N(EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx, uint64_t N);
int EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_r(EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx, uint64_t r);
int EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_p(EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx, uint64_t p);
int EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_maxmem_bytes(EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx,
uint64_t maxmem);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
These functions are used to set up the necessary data to use the
scrypt KDF.
For more information on scrypt, see L<EVP_KDF-SCRYPT(7)>.
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set1_scrypt_salt() sets the B<saltlen> bytes long salt
value.
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_N(), EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_r() and
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_p() configure the work factors N, r and p.
EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_scrypt_maxmem_bytes() sets how much RAM key
derivation may maximally use, given in bytes.
If RAM is exceeded because the load factors are chosen too high, the
key derivation will fail.
=head1 STRING CTRLS
scrypt also supports string based control operations via
L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl_str(3)>.
Similarly, the B<salt> can either be specified using the B<type>
parameter "salt" or in hex encoding by using the "hexsalt" parameter.
The work factors B<N>, B<r> and B<p> as well as B<maxmem_bytes> can be
set by using the parameters "N", "r", "p" and "maxmem_bytes",
respectively.
=head1 NOTES
There is a newer generic API for KDFs, L<EVP_KDF(3)>, which is
preferred over the EVP_PKEY method.
The scrypt KDF also uses EVP_PKEY_CTX_set1_pbe_pass() as well as
the value from the string controls "pass" and "hexpass".
See L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_set1_pbe_pass(3)>.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
All these functions return 1 for success and 0 or a negative value for
failure.
In particular a return value of -2 indicates the operation is not
supported by the public key algorithm.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<EVP_KDF(3)>
L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3)>,
L<EVP_PKEY_CTX_ctrl_str(3)>,
L<EVP_PKEY_derive(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
All of the functions described here were converted from macros to functions in
OpenSSL 3.0.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2017-2020 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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