EVP_KDF-X963

Section: OpenSSL (7SSL)
Updated: 2024-03-03
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NAME

EVP_KDF-X963 - The X9.63-2001 EVP_KDF implementation

DESCRIPTION

The EVP_KDF-X963 algorithm implements the key derivation function (X963KDF). X963KDF is used by Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) for EC KeyAgreement, to derive a key using input such as a shared secret key and shared info.

Identity

``X963KDF'' is the name for this implementation; it can be used with the EVP_KDF_fetch() function.

Supported parameters

The supported parameters are:

"properties" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PROPERTIES) <UTF8 string>
"digest" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST) <UTF8 string>: These parameters work as described in ``PARAMETERS'' in EVP_KDF(3).
"key" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_KEY) <octet string>: The shared secret used for key derivation. This parameter sets the secret.
"info" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_INFO) <octet string>: This parameter specifies an optional value for shared info.

NOTES

X963KDF is very similar to the SSKDF that uses a digest as the auxiliary function, X963KDF appends the counter to the secret, whereas SSKDF prepends the counter.

A context for X963KDF can be obtained by calling:

 EVP_KDF *kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "X963KDF", NULL);
 EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);

The output length of an X963KDF is specified via the keylen parameter to the EVP_KDF_derive(3) function.

EXAMPLES

This example derives 10 bytes, with the secret key ``secret'' and sharedinfo value ``label'':

 EVP_KDF *kdf;
 EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx;
 unsigned char out[10];
 OSSL_PARAM params[4], *p = params;

 kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "X963KDF", NULL);
 kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);
 EVP_KDF_free(kdf);

 *p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST,
                                         SN_sha256, strlen(SN_sha256));
 *p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SECRET,
                                          "secret", (size_t)6);
 *p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_INFO,
                                          "label", (size_t)5);
 *p = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
 if (EVP_KDF_derive(kctx, out, sizeof(out), params) <= 0) {
     error("EVP_KDF_derive");
 }

 EVP_KDF_CTX_free(kctx);

CONFORMING TO

``SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography''

HISTORY

This functionality was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the ``License''). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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