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NAME

PKCS8_pkey_set0, PKCS8_pkey_get0, PKCS8_pkey_add1_attr_by_NID, PKCS8_pkey_get0_attrs — change and inspect PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo objects

SYNOPSIS

#include <openssl/x509.h>
int
PKCS8_pkey_set0(PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *keyinfo, ASN1_OBJECT *aobj, int version, int ptype, void *pval, unsigned char *data, int len);
int
PKCS8_pkey_get0(const ASN1_OBJECT **paobj, const unsigned char **pdata, int *plen, const X509_ALGOR **palgor, const PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *keyinfo);
int
PKCS8_pkey_add1_attr_by_NID(PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *keyinfo, int nid, int type, const unsigned char *data, int len);
const STACK_OF(X509_ATTRIBUTE) *
PKCS8_pkey_get0_attrs(const PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO *keyinfo);

DESCRIPTION

PKCS8_pkey_set0() initializes the keyinfo object. The algorithm is set to aobj with the associated parameter type ptype and parameter value pval using X509_ALGOR_set0(3), replacing any previous information about the algorithm. Unless data is NULL, the encoded private key is set to the len bytes starting at data using ASN1_STRING_set0(3), not performing any validation. If data is NULL, the key data remains unchanged. If the version argument is greater than or equal to 0, it replaces any existing version; otherwise, the version remains unchanged. If keyinfo contains any attributes, they remain unchanged.
PKCS8_pkey_get0() retrieves some information from the keyinfo object. Internal pointers to the algorithm OID, the AlgorithmIdentifier, and the encoded private key are stored in *paobj, *palgor, and *pdata, respectively. NULL pointers can be passed for any of these three arguments if the respective information is not needed. Unless pdata is NULL, *plen is set to the number of bytes in *pdata.
PKCS8_pkey_add1_attr_by_NID() creates a new X.501 Attribute object using X509_ATTRIBUTE_create_by_NID(3) and appends it to the attributes of keyinfo.

RETURN VALUES

PKCS8_pkey_set0() and PKCS8_pkey_add1_attr_by_NID() return 1 for success or 0 for failure.
PKCS8_pkey_get0() always returns 1.
PKCS8_pkey_get0_attrs() returns an internal pointer to the array of attributes associated with keyinfo or NULL if no attributes are set.

SEE ALSO

ASN1_STRING_set0(3), EVP_PKCS82PKEY(3), OBJ_nid2obj(3), PKCS8_PRIV_KEY_INFO_new(3), STACK_OF(3), X509_ALGOR_new(3), X509_ATTRIBUTE_create_by_NID(3), X509_ATTRIBUTE_new(3)

HISTORY

PKCS8_pkey_set0() and PKCS8_pkey_get0() first appeared in OpenSSL 1.0.0 and have been available since OpenBSD 4.9.
PKCS8_pkey_add1_attr_by_NID() and PKCS8_pkey_get0_attrs() first appeared in OpenSSL 1.1.0 and have been available since OpenBSD 6.4.
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