1X509_PUBKEY_NEW(3ossl)              OpenSSL             X509_PUBKEY_NEW(3ossl)
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NAME

6       X509_PUBKEY_new_ex, X509_PUBKEY_new, X509_PUBKEY_free, X509_PUBKEY_dup,
7       X509_PUBKEY_set, X509_PUBKEY_get0, X509_PUBKEY_get, d2i_PUBKEY_ex,
8       d2i_PUBKEY, i2d_PUBKEY, d2i_PUBKEY_bio, d2i_PUBKEY_fp, i2d_PUBKEY_fp,
9       i2d_PUBKEY_bio, X509_PUBKEY_set0_param, X509_PUBKEY_get0_param,
10       X509_PUBKEY_eq - SubjectPublicKeyInfo public key functions
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SYNOPSIS

13        #include <openssl/x509.h>
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15        X509_PUBKEY *X509_PUBKEY_new_ex(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
16        X509_PUBKEY *X509_PUBKEY_new(void);
17        void X509_PUBKEY_free(X509_PUBKEY *a);
18        X509_PUBKEY *X509_PUBKEY_dup(const X509_PUBKEY *a);
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20        int X509_PUBKEY_set(X509_PUBKEY **x, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
21        EVP_PKEY *X509_PUBKEY_get0(const X509_PUBKEY *key);
22        EVP_PKEY *X509_PUBKEY_get(const X509_PUBKEY *key);
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24        EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY_ex(EVP_PKEY **a, const unsigned char **pp, long length,
25                                OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx, const char *propq);
26        EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY(EVP_PKEY **a, const unsigned char **pp, long length);
27        int i2d_PUBKEY(const EVP_PKEY *a, unsigned char **pp);
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29        EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, EVP_PKEY **a);
30        EVP_PKEY *d2i_PUBKEY_fp(FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY **a);
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32        int i2d_PUBKEY_fp(const FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY *pkey);
33        int i2d_PUBKEY_bio(BIO *bp, const EVP_PKEY *pkey);
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35        int X509_PUBKEY_set0_param(X509_PUBKEY *pub, ASN1_OBJECT *aobj,
36                                   int ptype, void *pval,
37                                   unsigned char *penc, int penclen);
38        int X509_PUBKEY_get0_param(ASN1_OBJECT **ppkalg,
39                                   const unsigned char **pk, int *ppklen,
40                                   X509_ALGOR **pa, const X509_PUBKEY *pub);
41        int X509_PUBKEY_eq(X509_PUBKEY *a, X509_PUBKEY *b);
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DESCRIPTION

44       The X509_PUBKEY structure represents the ASN.1 SubjectPublicKeyInfo
45       structure defined in RFC5280 and used in certificates and certificate
46       requests.
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48       X509_PUBKEY_new_ex() allocates and initializes an X509_PUBKEY structure
49       associated with the given OSSL_LIB_CTX in the libctx parameter. Any
50       algorithm fetches associated with using the X509_PUBKEY object will use
51       the property query string propq. See "ALGORITHM FETCHING" in crypto(7)
52       for further information about algorithm fetching.
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54       X509_PUBKEY_new() is the same as X509_PUBKEY_new_ex() except that the
55       default (NULL) OSSL_LIB_CTX and a NULL property query string are used.
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57       X509_PUBKEY_dup() creates a duplicate copy of the X509_PUBKEY object
58       specified by a.
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60       X509_PUBKEY_free() frees up X509_PUBKEY structure a. If a is NULL
61       nothing is done.
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63       X509_PUBKEY_set() sets the public key in *x to the public key contained
64       in the EVP_PKEY structure pkey. If *x is not NULL any existing public
65       key structure will be freed.
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67       X509_PUBKEY_get0() returns the public key contained in key. The
68       returned value is an internal pointer which MUST NOT be freed after
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71       X509_PUBKEY_get() is similar to X509_PUBKEY_get0() except the reference
72       count on the returned key is incremented so it MUST be freed using
73       EVP_PKEY_free() after use.
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75       d2i_PUBKEY_ex() decodes an EVP_PKEY structure using
76       SubjectPublicKeyInfo format.  Some public key decoding implementations
77       may use cryptographic algorithms. In this case the supplied library
78       context libctx and property query string propq are used.  d2i_PUBKEY()
79       does the same as d2i_PUBKEY_ex() except that the default library
80       context and property query string are used.
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82       i2d_PUBKEY() encodes an EVP_PKEY structure using SubjectPublicKeyInfo
83       format.
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85       d2i_PUBKEY_bio(), d2i_PUBKEY_fp(), i2d_PUBKEY_bio() and i2d_PUBKEY_fp()
86       are similar to d2i_PUBKEY() and i2d_PUBKEY() except they decode or
87       encode using a BIO or FILE pointer.
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89       X509_PUBKEY_set0_param() sets the public key parameters of pub. The OID
90       associated with the algorithm is set to aobj. The type of the algorithm
91       parameters is set to type using the structure pval.  The encoding of
92       the public key itself is set to the penclen bytes contained in buffer
93       penc. On success ownership of all the supplied parameters is passed to
94       pub so they must not be freed after the call.
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96       X509_PUBKEY_get0_param() retrieves the public key parameters from pub,
97       *ppkalg is set to the associated OID and the encoding consists of
98       *ppklen bytes at *pk, *pa is set to the associated AlgorithmIdentifier
99       for the public key. If the value of any of these parameters is not
100       required it can be set to NULL. All of the retrieved pointers are
101       internal and must not be freed after the call.
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103       X509_PUBKEY_eq() compares two X509_PUBKEY values.
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NOTES

106       The X509_PUBKEY functions can be used to encode and decode public keys
107       in a standard format.
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109       In many cases applications will not call the X509_PUBKEY functions
110       directly: they will instead call wrapper functions such as
111       X509_get0_pubkey().
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RETURN VALUES

114       If the allocation fails, X509_PUBKEY_new() and X509_PUBKEY_dup() return
115       NULL and set an error code that can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
116       Otherwise they return a pointer to the newly allocated structure.
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118       X509_PUBKEY_free() does not return a value.
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120       X509_PUBKEY_get0() and X509_PUBKEY_get() return a pointer to an
121       EVP_PKEY structure or NULL if an error occurs.
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123       X509_PUBKEY_set(), X509_PUBKEY_set0_param() and
124       X509_PUBKEY_get0_param() return 1 for success and 0 if an error
125       occurred.
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127       X509_PUBKEY_eq() returns 1 for equal, 0 for different, and < 0 on
128       error.
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SEE ALSO

131       d2i_X509(3), ERR_get_error(3), X509_get_pubkey(3),
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HISTORY

134       The X509_PUBKEY_new_ex() and X509_PUBKEY_eq() functions were added in
135       OpenSSL 3.0.
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138       Copyright 2016-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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140       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
141       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
142       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
143       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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1473.0.5                             2022-11-01            X509_PUBKEY_NEW(3ossl)
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