1EVP_VERIFYINIT(3)                   OpenSSL                  EVP_VERIFYINIT(3)
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NAME

6       EVP_VerifyInit_ex, EVP_VerifyInit, EVP_VerifyUpdate, EVP_VerifyFinal -
7       EVP signature verification functions
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SYNOPSIS

10        #include <openssl/evp.h>
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12        int EVP_VerifyInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
13        int EVP_VerifyUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
14        int EVP_VerifyFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *sigbuf, unsigned int siglen,
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17        int EVP_VerifyInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);
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DESCRIPTION

20       The EVP signature verification routines are a high level interface to
21       digital signatures.
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23       EVP_VerifyInit_ex() sets up verification context ctx to use digest type
24       from ENGINE impl. ctx must be created by calling EVP_MD_CTX_new()
25       before calling this function.
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27       EVP_VerifyUpdate() hashes cnt bytes of data at d into the verification
28       context ctx. This function can be called several times on the same ctx
29       to include additional data.
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31       EVP_VerifyFinal() verifies the data in ctx using the public key pkey
32       and against the siglen bytes at sigbuf.
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34       EVP_VerifyInit() initializes verification context ctx to use the
35       default implementation of digest type.
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RETURN VALUES

38       EVP_VerifyInit_ex() and EVP_VerifyUpdate() return 1 for success and 0
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41       EVP_VerifyFinal() returns 1 for a correct signature, 0 for failure and
42       -1 if some other error occurred.
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44       The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
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NOTES

47       The EVP interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
48       preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then
49       becomes transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.
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51       The call to EVP_VerifyFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest
52       context.  This means that calls to EVP_VerifyUpdate() and
53       EVP_VerifyFinal() can be called later to digest and verify additional
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56       Since only a copy of the digest context is ever finalized the context
57       must be cleaned up after use by calling EVP_MD_CTX_free() or a memory
58       leak will occur.
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BUGS

61       Older versions of this documentation wrongly stated that calls to
62       EVP_VerifyUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_VerifyFinal().
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64       Since the public key is passed in the call to EVP_SignFinal() any error
65       relating to the private key (for example an unsuitable key and digest
66       combination) will not be indicated until after potentially large
67       amounts of data have been passed through EVP_SignUpdate().
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69       It is not possible to change the signing parameters using these
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72       The previous two bugs are fixed in the newer EVP_DigestVerify*()
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SEE ALSO

76       evp(7), EVP_SignInit(3), EVP_DigestInit(3), evp(7), HMAC(3), MD2(3),
77       MD5(3), MDC2(3), RIPEMD160(3), SHA1(3), dgst(1)
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80       Copyright 2000-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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82       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
83       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
84       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
85       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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891.1.1g                            2020-04-23                 EVP_VERIFYINIT(3)
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