From e7fabc5ea5b9c93f664594e2ac7eed57ecf1384c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dr. Stephen Henson" Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 13:41:20 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Document X509 public key functions. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell --- doc/crypto/X509_get_pubkey.pod | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/crypto/X509_get_pubkey.pod diff --git a/doc/crypto/X509_get_pubkey.pod b/doc/crypto/X509_get_pubkey.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c59ce2a735 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/crypto/X509_get_pubkey.pod @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +X509_get_pubkey, X509_set_pubkey, X509_get_X509_PUBKEY, +X509_REQ_get_pubkey, X509_REQ_set_pubkey, X509_REQ_get_X509_PUBKEY - get or +set certificate or certificate request public key. + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + + #include + + EVP_PKEY *X509_get_pubkey(X509 *x); + int X509_set_pubkey(X509 *x, EVP_PKEY *pkey); + X509_PUBKEY *X509_get_X509_PUBKEY(X509 *x); + + EVP_PKEY *X509_REQ_get_pubkey(X509_REQ *req); + int X509_REQ_set_pubkey(X509_REQ *x, EVP_PKEY *pkey); + X509_PUBKEY *X509_REQ_get_X509_PUBKEY(X509_REQ *x); + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +X509_get_pubkey() attempts to decode the public key for certificate B. If +successful it returns the public key as an B pointer with its +reference count incremented: this means the returned key must be freed up +after use. + +X509_get_X509_PUBKEY() returns an internal pointer to the B +structure which encodes the certificate of B. The returned value +must not be freed up after use. + +X509_set_pubkey() attempts to set the public key for certificate B to +B. The key B should be freed up after use. + +X509_REQ_get_pubkey(), X509_REQ_set_pubkey() and X509_REQ_get_X509_PUBKEY() +are similar but operate on certificate request B. + +=head1 NOTES + +The first time a public key is decoded the B structure is +cached in the certificate or certificate request itself. Subsequent calls +return the cached structure with its reference count incremented to +improve performance. + +=head1 RETURN VALUES + +X509_get_pubkey(), X509_get_X509_PUBKEY(), X509_REQ_get_pubkey() and +X509_REQ_get_X509_PUBKEY() return a public key or B if an error +occurred. + +X509_set_pubkey() and X509_REQ_set_pubkey() rerturn 1 for success and 0 +for failure. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L, +L + +=head1 HISTORY + +=cut -- 2.40.0