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NAME
d2i_DSAPrivateKey, d2i_DSAPrivateKey_bio, d2i_DSAPrivateKey_fp, d2i_DSAPublicKey, d2i_DSA_PUBKEY,
d2i_DSA_PUBKEY_bio, d2i_DSA_PUBKEY_fp, d2i_DSAparams, d2i_RSAPrivateKey, d2i_RSAPrivateKey_bio,
d2i_RSAPrivateKey_fp, d2i_RSAPublicKey, d2i_RSAPublicKey_bio, d2i_RSAPublicKey_fp, d2i_RSA_PUBKEY,
d2i_RSA_PUBKEY_bio, d2i_RSA_PUBKEY_fp, d2i_DHparams, d2i_DHparams_bio, d2i_DHparams_fp, d2i_ECParameters,
d2i_ECPrivateKey, d2i_ECPrivateKey_bio, d2i_ECPrivateKey_fp, d2i_EC_PUBKEY, d2i_EC_PUBKEY_bio,
d2i_EC_PUBKEY_fp, i2d_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_RSAPrivateKey_bio, i2d_RSAPrivateKey_fp, i2d_RSAPublicKey,
i2d_RSAPublicKey_bio, i2d_RSAPublicKey_fp, i2d_RSA_PUBKEY, i2d_RSA_PUBKEY_bio, i2d_RSA_PUBKEY_fp,
i2d_DHparams, i2d_DHparams_bio, i2d_DHparams_fp, i2d_DSAPrivateKey, i2d_DSAPrivateKey_bio,
i2d_DSAPrivateKey_fp, i2d_DSAPublicKey, i2d_DSA_PUBKEY, i2d_DSA_PUBKEY_bio, i2d_DSA_PUBKEY_fp,
i2d_DSAparams, i2d_ECParameters, i2d_ECPrivateKey, i2d_ECPrivateKey_bio, i2d_ECPrivateKey_fp,
i2d_EC_PUBKEY, i2d_EC_PUBKEY_bio, i2d_EC_PUBKEY_fp - DEPRECATED
SYNOPSIS
The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be hidden entirely by defining
OPENSSL_API_COMPAT with a suitable version value, see openssl_user_macros(7):
TYPE *d2i_TYPEPrivateKey(TYPE **a, const unsigned char **ppin, long length);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEPrivateKey_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEPrivateKey_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEPublicKey(TYPE **a, const unsigned char **ppin, long length);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEPublicKey_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEPublicKey_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEparams(TYPE **a, const unsigned char **ppin, long length);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEparams_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPEparams_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPE_PUBKEY(TYPE **a, const unsigned char **ppin, long length);
TYPE *d2i_TYPE_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE **a);
TYPE *d2i_TYPE_PUBKEY_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE **a);
int i2d_TYPEPrivateKey(const TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPEPrivateKey(TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPEPrivateKey_fp(FILE *fp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPrivateKey_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPrivateKey_bio(BIO *bp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPrivateKey_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPublicKey(const TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPEPublicKey(TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPEPublicKey_fp(FILE *fp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPublicKey_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPublicKey_bio(BIO *bp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEPublicKey_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEparams(const TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPEparams(TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPEparams_fp(FILE *fp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEparams_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEparams_bio(BIO *bp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPEparams_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY(const TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY(TYPE *a, unsigned char **ppout);
int i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY_fp(FILE *fp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY_fp(FILE *fp, TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, const TYPE *a);
int i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, TYPE *a);
DESCRIPTION
All functions described here are deprecated. Please use OSSL_DECODER(3) instead of the d2i functions and
OSSL_ENCODER(3) instead of the i2d functions. See "Migration" below.
In the description here, TYPE is used a placeholder for any of the OpenSSL datatypes, such as RSA. The
function parameters ppin and ppout are generally either both named pp in the headers, or in and out.
All the functions here behave the way that's described in d2i_X509(3).
Please note that not all functions in the synopsis are available for all key types. For example, there
are no d2i_RSAparams() or i2d_RSAparams(), because the PKCS#1 RSA structure doesn't include any key
parameters.
d2i_TYPEPrivateKey() and derivates thereof decode DER encoded TYPE private key data organized in a type
specific structure.
d2i_TYPEPublicKey() and derivates thereof decode DER encoded TYPE public key data organized in a type
specific structure.
d2i_TYPEparams() and derivates thereof decode DER encoded TYPE key parameters organized in a type
specific structure.
d2i_TYPE_PUBKEY() and derivates thereof decode DER encoded TYPE public key data organized in a
SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.
i2d_TYPEPrivateKey() and derivates thereof encode the private key TYPE data into a type specific DER
encoded structure.
i2d_TYPEPublicKey() and derivates thereof encode the public key TYPE data into a type specific DER
encoded structure.
i2d_TYPEparams() and derivates thereof encode the TYPE key parameters data into a type specific DER
encoded structure.
i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY() and derivates thereof encode the public key TYPE data into a DER encoded
SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.
For example, d2i_RSAPrivateKey() and d2i_RSAPublicKey() expects the structure defined by PKCS#1.
Similarly, i2d_RSAPrivateKey() and i2d_RSAPublicKey() produce DER encoded string organized according to
PKCS#1.
Migration
Migration from the diverse TYPEs requires using corresponding new OpenSSL types. For all TYPEs described
here, the corresponding new type is EVP_PKEY. The rest of this section assumes that this has been done,
exactly how to do that is described elsewhere.
There are two migration paths:
• Replace b<d2i_TYPEPrivateKey()> with d2i_PrivateKey(3), b<d2i_TYPEPublicKey()> with d2i_PublicKey(3),
b<d2i_TYPEparams()> with d2i_KeyParams(3), b<d2i_TYPE_PUBKEY()> with d2i_PUBKEY(3),
b<i2d_TYPEPrivateKey()> with i2d_PrivateKey(3), b<i2d_TYPEPublicKey()> with i2d_PublicKey(3),
b<i2d_TYPEparams()> with i2d_KeyParams(3), b<i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY()> with i2d_PUBKEY(3). A caveat is that
i2d_PrivateKey(3) may output a DER encoded PKCS#8 outermost structure instead of the type specific
structure, and that d2i_PrivateKey(3) recognises and unpacks a PKCS#8 structures.
• Use OSSL_DECODER(3) and OSSL_ENCODER(3). How to migrate is described below. All those descriptions
assume that the key to be encoded is in the variable pkey.
Migrating i2d functions to OSSL_ENCODER
The exact OSSL_ENCODER(3) output is driven by arguments rather than by function names. The sample code
to get DER encoded output in a type specific structure is uniform, the only things that vary are the
selection of what part of the EVP_PKEY should be output, and the structure. The i2d functions names can
therefore be translated into two variables, selection and structure as follows:
i2d_TYPEPrivateKey() translates into:
int selection = EVP_PKEY_KEYPAIR;
const char *structure = "type-specific";
i2d_TYPEPublicKey() translates into:
int selection = EVP_PKEY_PUBLIC_KEY;
const char *structure = "type-specific";
i2d_TYPEparams() translates into:
int selection = EVP_PKEY_PARAMETERS;
const char *structure = "type-specific";
i2d_TYPE_PUBKEY() translates into:
int selection = EVP_PKEY_PUBLIC_KEY;
const char *structure = "SubjectPublicKeyInfo";
The following sample code does the rest of the work:
unsigned char *p = buffer; /* |buffer| is supplied by the caller */
size_t len = buffer_size; /* assumed be the size of |buffer| */
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX *ctx =
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_new_for_pkey(pkey, selection, "DER", structure,
NULL, NULL);
if (ctx == NULL) {
/* fatal error handling */
}
if (OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_get_num_encoders(ctx) == 0) {
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free(ctx);
/* non-fatal error handling */
}
if (!OSSL_ENCODER_to_data(ctx, &p, &len)) {
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free(ctx);
/* error handling */
}
OSSL_ENCODER_CTX_free(ctx);
NOTES
The letters i and d in i2d_TYPE() stand for "internal" (that is, an internal C structure) and "DER"
respectively. So i2d_TYPE() converts from internal to DER.
The functions can also understand BER forms.
The actual TYPE structure passed to i2d_TYPE() must be a valid populated TYPE structure -- it cannot
simply be fed with an empty structure such as that returned by TYPE_new().
The encoded data is in binary form and may contain embedded zeros. Therefore, any FILE pointers or BIOs
should be opened in binary mode. Functions such as strlen() will not return the correct length of the
encoded structure.
The ways that *ppin and *ppout are incremented after the operation can trap the unwary. See the WARNINGS
section in d2i_X509(3) for some common errors. The reason for this-auto increment behaviour is to
reflect a typical usage of ASN1 functions: after one structure is encoded or decoded another will be
processed after it.
The following points about the data types might be useful:
DSA_PUBKEY
Represents a DSA public key using a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure.
DSAPublicKey, DSAPrivateKey
Use a non-standard OpenSSL format and should be avoided; use DSA_PUBKEY, PEM_write_PrivateKey(3), or
similar instead.
RETURN VALUES
d2i_TYPE(), d2i_TYPE_bio() and d2i_TYPE_fp() return a valid TYPE structure or NULL if an error occurs.
If the "reuse" capability has been used with a valid structure being passed in via a, then the object is
freed in the event of error and *a is set to NULL.
i2d_TYPE() returns the number of bytes successfully encoded or a negative value if an error occurs.
i2d_TYPE_bio() and i2d_TYPE_fp() return 1 for success and 0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSO
OSSL_ENCODER(3), OSSL_DECODER(3), d2i_PrivateKey(3), d2i_PublicKey(3), d2i_KeyParams(3), d2i_PUBKEY(3),
i2d_PrivateKey(3), i2d_PublicKey(3), i2d_KeyParams(3), i2d_PUBKEY(3)
COPYRIGHT
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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
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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