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Revision as of 22:35, 28 February 2013

There are two APIs available for performing sign and verify operations. The older EVP_Sign* functions, and the newer and more flexible EVP_DigestSign* functions. They are very similar, but for new applications the EVP_DigestSign* versions should be preferred.

Signing a Message

Signing a message is a three stage process:

  • Initialise the operation.
  • Add message data (this step can be repeated as many times as necessary to add more message data)
  • Create the signature

In order to initialise the operation, you need to have first set up a EVP_PKEY object containing a public key for an algorithm that supports signing. Refer to EVP:Working with EVP_PKEYs for further information. You also need to provide a message digest algorithm (refer to EVP:Working with Algorithms and Modes).

See the following for an example of signing a message:

/* Create the Message Digest Context */
if(!(mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_create())) goto err;

/* Initialise the DigestSign operation */
if(!EVP_DigestSignInit(mdctx, NULL, EVP_sha256(), NULL, key)) goto err;

/* Call update with the message */
if(!EVP_DigestSignUpdate(mdctx, msg, strlen(msg))) goto err;

/* Finalise the DigestSign operation */
*sig = NULL;
if(!EVP_DigestSignFinal(mdctx, *sig, slen)) goto err;
if(!(*sig = malloc(sizeof(unsigned char) * (*slen)))) goto err;
if(!EVP_DigestSignFinal(mdctx, *sig, slen)) goto err;