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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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ENGINE_get_DH, ENGINE_get_DSA,
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ENGINE_by_id, ENGINE_get_cipher_engine, ENGINE_get_default_DH,
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ENGINE_get_default_DSA,
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ENGINE_get_default_RAND,
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ENGINE_get_default_RSA, ENGINE_get_digest_engine, ENGINE_get_first,
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ENGINE_get_last, ENGINE_get_next, ENGINE_get_prev, ENGINE_new,
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ENGINE_get_ciphers, ENGINE_get_ctrl_function, ENGINE_get_digests,
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ENGINE_get_destroy_function, ENGINE_get_finish_function,
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ENGINE_get_init_function, ENGINE_get_load_privkey_function,
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ENGINE_get_load_pubkey_function, ENGINE_load_private_key,
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ENGINE_load_public_key, ENGINE_get_RAND, ENGINE_get_RSA, ENGINE_get_id,
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ENGINE_get_name, ENGINE_get_cmd_defns, ENGINE_get_cipher,
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ENGINE_get_digest, ENGINE_add, ENGINE_cmd_is_executable,
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ENGINE_ctrl, ENGINE_ctrl_cmd, ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string,
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ENGINE_finish, ENGINE_free, ENGINE_get_flags, ENGINE_init,
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ENGINE_register_DH, ENGINE_register_DSA,
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ENGINE_register_RAND, ENGINE_register_RSA,
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ENGINE_register_all_complete, ENGINE_register_ciphers,
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ENGINE_register_complete, ENGINE_register_digests, ENGINE_remove,
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ENGINE_set_DH, ENGINE_set_DSA,
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ENGINE_set_RAND, ENGINE_set_RSA, ENGINE_set_ciphers,
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ENGINE_set_cmd_defns, ENGINE_set_ctrl_function, ENGINE_set_default,
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ENGINE_set_default_DH, ENGINE_set_default_DSA,
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ENGINE_set_default_RAND, ENGINE_set_default_RSA,
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ENGINE_set_default_ciphers, ENGINE_set_default_digests,
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ENGINE_set_default_string, ENGINE_set_destroy_function,
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ENGINE_set_digests, ENGINE_set_finish_function, ENGINE_set_flags,
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ENGINE_set_id, ENGINE_set_init_function, ENGINE_set_load_privkey_function,
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ENGINE_set_load_pubkey_function, ENGINE_set_name, ENGINE_up_ref,
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ENGINE_get_table_flags, ENGINE_cleanup,
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ENGINE_load_builtin_engines, ENGINE_register_all_DH,
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ENGINE_register_all_DSA,
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ENGINE_register_all_RAND,
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ENGINE_register_all_RSA, ENGINE_register_all_ciphers,
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ENGINE_register_all_digests, ENGINE_set_table_flags, ENGINE_unregister_DH,
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ENGINE_unregister_DSA,
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ENGINE_unregister_RAND, ENGINE_unregister_RSA, ENGINE_unregister_ciphers,
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ENGINE_unregister_digests
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- ENGINE cryptographic module support
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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#include <openssl/engine.h>
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The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
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hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
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see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_first(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_last(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_next(ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_prev(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_add(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_remove(ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_by_id(const char *id);
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int ENGINE_init(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_finish(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_default_RSA(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_default_DSA(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_default_DH(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_default_RAND(void);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_cipher_engine(int nid);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_get_digest_engine(int nid);
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int ENGINE_set_default_RSA(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_default_DSA(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_default_DH(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_default_RAND(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_default_digests(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_default_string(ENGINE *e, const char *list);
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int ENGINE_set_default(ENGINE *e, unsigned int flags);
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unsigned int ENGINE_get_table_flags(void);
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void ENGINE_set_table_flags(unsigned int flags);
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int ENGINE_register_RSA(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_unregister_RSA(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_register_all_RSA(void);
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int ENGINE_register_DSA(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_unregister_DSA(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_register_all_DSA(void);
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int ENGINE_register_DH(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_unregister_DH(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_register_all_DH(void);
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int ENGINE_register_RAND(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_unregister_RAND(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_register_all_RAND(void);
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int ENGINE_register_ciphers(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_unregister_ciphers(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_register_all_ciphers(void);
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int ENGINE_register_digests(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_unregister_digests(ENGINE *e);
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void ENGINE_register_all_digests(void);
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int ENGINE_register_complete(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_register_all_complete(void);
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int ENGINE_ctrl(ENGINE *e, int cmd, long i, void *p, void (*f)(void));
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int ENGINE_cmd_is_executable(ENGINE *e, int cmd);
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int ENGINE_ctrl_cmd(ENGINE *e, const char *cmd_name,
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long i, void *p, void (*f)(void), int cmd_optional);
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int ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string(ENGINE *e, const char *cmd_name, const char *arg,
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int cmd_optional);
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ENGINE *ENGINE_new(void);
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int ENGINE_free(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_up_ref(ENGINE *e);
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int ENGINE_set_id(ENGINE *e, const char *id);
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int ENGINE_set_name(ENGINE *e, const char *name);
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int ENGINE_set_RSA(ENGINE *e, const RSA_METHOD *rsa_meth);
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int ENGINE_set_DSA(ENGINE *e, const DSA_METHOD *dsa_meth);
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int ENGINE_set_DH(ENGINE *e, const DH_METHOD *dh_meth);
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int ENGINE_set_RAND(ENGINE *e, const RAND_METHOD *rand_meth);
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int ENGINE_set_destroy_function(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_GEN_INT_FUNC_PTR destroy_f);
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int ENGINE_set_init_function(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_GEN_INT_FUNC_PTR init_f);
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int ENGINE_set_finish_function(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_GEN_INT_FUNC_PTR finish_f);
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int ENGINE_set_ctrl_function(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_CTRL_FUNC_PTR ctrl_f);
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int ENGINE_set_load_privkey_function(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_LOAD_KEY_PTR loadpriv_f);
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int ENGINE_set_load_pubkey_function(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_LOAD_KEY_PTR loadpub_f);
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int ENGINE_set_ciphers(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_CIPHERS_PTR f);
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int ENGINE_set_digests(ENGINE *e, ENGINE_DIGESTS_PTR f);
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int ENGINE_set_flags(ENGINE *e, int flags);
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int ENGINE_set_cmd_defns(ENGINE *e, const ENGINE_CMD_DEFN *defns);
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const char *ENGINE_get_id(const ENGINE *e);
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const char *ENGINE_get_name(const ENGINE *e);
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const RSA_METHOD *ENGINE_get_RSA(const ENGINE *e);
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const DSA_METHOD *ENGINE_get_DSA(const ENGINE *e);
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const DH_METHOD *ENGINE_get_DH(const ENGINE *e);
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const RAND_METHOD *ENGINE_get_RAND(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_GEN_INT_FUNC_PTR ENGINE_get_destroy_function(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_GEN_INT_FUNC_PTR ENGINE_get_init_function(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_GEN_INT_FUNC_PTR ENGINE_get_finish_function(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_CTRL_FUNC_PTR ENGINE_get_ctrl_function(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_LOAD_KEY_PTR ENGINE_get_load_privkey_function(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_LOAD_KEY_PTR ENGINE_get_load_pubkey_function(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_CIPHERS_PTR ENGINE_get_ciphers(const ENGINE *e);
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ENGINE_DIGESTS_PTR ENGINE_get_digests(const ENGINE *e);
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const EVP_CIPHER *ENGINE_get_cipher(ENGINE *e, int nid);
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const EVP_MD *ENGINE_get_digest(ENGINE *e, int nid);
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int ENGINE_get_flags(const ENGINE *e);
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const ENGINE_CMD_DEFN *ENGINE_get_cmd_defns(const ENGINE *e);
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EVP_PKEY *ENGINE_load_private_key(ENGINE *e, const char *key_id,
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UI_METHOD *ui_method, void *callback_data);
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EVP_PKEY *ENGINE_load_public_key(ENGINE *e, const char *key_id,
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UI_METHOD *ui_method, void *callback_data);
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The following function has been deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0, and can be
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hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
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see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
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void ENGINE_cleanup(void);
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
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Applications should instead use the provider APIs.
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These functions create, manipulate, and use cryptographic modules in the
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form of B<ENGINE> objects. These objects act as containers for
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implementations of cryptographic algorithms, and support a
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reference-counted mechanism to allow them to be dynamically loaded in and
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out of the running application.
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The cryptographic functionality that can be provided by an B<ENGINE>
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implementation includes the following abstractions;
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RSA_METHOD - for providing alternative RSA implementations
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DSA_METHOD, DH_METHOD, RAND_METHOD, ECDH_METHOD, ECDSA_METHOD,
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- similarly for other OpenSSL APIs
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EVP_CIPHER - potentially multiple cipher algorithms (indexed by 'nid')
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EVP_DIGEST - potentially multiple hash algorithms (indexed by 'nid')
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key-loading - loading public and/or private EVP_PKEY keys
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=head2 Reference counting and handles
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Due to the modular nature of the ENGINE API, pointers to ENGINEs need to be
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treated as handles - i.e. not only as pointers, but also as references to
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the underlying ENGINE object. Ie. one should obtain a new reference when
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making copies of an ENGINE pointer if the copies will be used (and
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released) independently.
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ENGINE objects have two levels of reference-counting to match the way in
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which the objects are used. At the most basic level, each ENGINE pointer is
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inherently a B<structural> reference - a structural reference is required
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to use the pointer value at all, as this kind of reference is a guarantee
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that the structure can not be deallocated until the reference is released.
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However, a structural reference provides no guarantee that the ENGINE is
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initialised and able to use any of its cryptographic
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implementations. Indeed it's quite possible that most ENGINEs will not
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initialise at all in typical environments, as ENGINEs are typically used to
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support specialised hardware. To use an ENGINE's functionality, you need a
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B<functional> reference. This kind of reference can be considered a
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specialised form of structural reference, because each functional reference
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implicitly contains a structural reference as well - however to avoid
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difficult-to-find programming bugs, it is recommended to treat the two
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kinds of reference independently. If you have a functional reference to an
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ENGINE, you have a guarantee that the ENGINE has been initialised and
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is ready to perform cryptographic operations, and will remain initialised
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until after you have released your reference.
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I<Structural references>
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This basic type of reference is used for instantiating new ENGINEs,
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iterating across OpenSSL's internal linked-list of loaded
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ENGINEs, reading information about an ENGINE, etc. Essentially a structural
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reference is sufficient if you only need to query or manipulate the data of
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an ENGINE implementation rather than use its functionality.
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The ENGINE_new() function returns a structural reference to a new (empty)
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ENGINE object. There are other ENGINE API functions that return structural
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references such as; ENGINE_by_id(), ENGINE_get_first(), ENGINE_get_last(),
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ENGINE_get_next(), ENGINE_get_prev(). All structural references should be
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released by a corresponding to call to the ENGINE_free() function - the
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ENGINE object itself will only actually be cleaned up and deallocated when
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the last structural reference is released.
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It should also be noted that many ENGINE API function calls that accept a
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structural reference will internally obtain another reference - typically
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this happens whenever the supplied ENGINE will be needed by OpenSSL after
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the function has returned. Eg. the function to add a new ENGINE to
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OpenSSL's internal list is ENGINE_add() - if this function returns success,
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then OpenSSL will have stored a new structural reference internally so the
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caller is still responsible for freeing their own reference with
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ENGINE_free() when they are finished with it. In a similar way, some
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functions will automatically release the structural reference passed to it
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if part of the function's job is to do so. Eg. the ENGINE_get_next() and
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ENGINE_get_prev() functions are used for iterating across the internal
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ENGINE list - they will return a new structural reference to the next (or
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previous) ENGINE in the list or NULL if at the end (or beginning) of the
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list, but in either case the structural reference passed to the function is
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released on behalf of the caller.
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To clarify a particular function's handling of references, one should
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always consult that function's documentation "man" page, or failing that
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the F<< <openssl/engine.h> >> header file includes some hints.
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I<Functional references>
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As mentioned, functional references exist when the cryptographic
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functionality of an ENGINE is required to be available. A functional
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reference can be obtained in one of two ways; from an existing structural
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reference to the required ENGINE, or by asking OpenSSL for the default
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operational ENGINE for a given cryptographic purpose.
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To obtain a functional reference from an existing structural reference,
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call the ENGINE_init() function. This returns zero if the ENGINE was not
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already operational and couldn't be successfully initialised (e.g. lack of
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system drivers, no special hardware attached, etc), otherwise it will
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return nonzero to indicate that the ENGINE is now operational and will
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have allocated a new B<functional> reference to the ENGINE. All functional
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references are released by calling ENGINE_finish() (which removes the
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implicit structural reference as well).
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The second way to get a functional reference is by asking OpenSSL for a
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default implementation for a given task, e.g. by ENGINE_get_default_RSA(),
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ENGINE_get_default_cipher_engine(), etc. These are discussed in the next
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section, though they are not usually required by application programmers as
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they are used automatically when creating and using the relevant
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algorithm-specific types in OpenSSL, such as RSA, DSA, EVP_CIPHER_CTX, etc.
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=head2 Default implementations
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For each supported abstraction, the ENGINE code maintains an internal table
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of state to control which implementations are available for a given
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abstraction and which should be used by default. These implementations are
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registered in the tables and indexed by an 'nid' value, because
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abstractions like EVP_CIPHER and EVP_DIGEST support many distinct
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algorithms and modes, and ENGINEs can support arbitrarily many of them.
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In the case of other abstractions like RSA, DSA, etc, there is only one
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"algorithm" so all implementations implicitly register using the same 'nid'
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index.
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When a default ENGINE is requested for a given abstraction/algorithm/mode, (e.g.
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when calling RSA_new_method(NULL)), a "get_default" call will be made to the
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ENGINE subsystem to process the corresponding state table and return a
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functional reference to an initialised ENGINE whose implementation should be
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used. If no ENGINE should (or can) be used, it will return NULL and the caller
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will operate with a NULL ENGINE handle - this usually equates to using the
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conventional software implementation. In the latter case, OpenSSL will from
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then on behave the way it used to before the ENGINE API existed.
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Each state table has a flag to note whether it has processed this
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"get_default" query since the table was last modified, because to process
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this question it must iterate across all the registered ENGINEs in the
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table trying to initialise each of them in turn, in case one of them is
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operational. If it returns a functional reference to an ENGINE, it will
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also cache another reference to speed up processing future queries (without
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needing to iterate across the table). Likewise, it will cache a NULL
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response if no ENGINE was available so that future queries won't repeat the
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same iteration unless the state table changes. This behaviour can also be
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changed; if the ENGINE_TABLE_FLAG_NOINIT flag is set (using
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ENGINE_set_table_flags()), no attempted initialisations will take place,
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instead the only way for the state table to return a non-NULL ENGINE to the
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"get_default" query will be if one is expressly set in the table. Eg.
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ENGINE_set_default_RSA() does the same job as ENGINE_register_RSA() except
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that it also sets the state table's cached response for the "get_default"
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query. In the case of abstractions like EVP_CIPHER, where implementations are
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indexed by 'nid', these flags and cached-responses are distinct for each 'nid'
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value.
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=head2 Application requirements
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This section will explain the basic things an application programmer should
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support to make the most useful elements of the ENGINE functionality
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available to the user. The first thing to consider is whether the
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programmer wishes to make alternative ENGINE modules available to the
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application and user. OpenSSL maintains an internal linked list of
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"visible" ENGINEs from which it has to operate - at start-up, this list is
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empty and in fact if an application does not call any ENGINE API calls and
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it uses static linking against openssl, then the resulting application
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binary will not contain any alternative ENGINE code at all. So the first
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consideration is whether any/all available ENGINE implementations should be
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made visible to OpenSSL - this is controlled by calling the various "load"
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functions.
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The fact that ENGINEs are made visible to OpenSSL (and thus are linked into
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the program and loaded into memory at run-time) does not mean they are
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"registered" or called into use by OpenSSL automatically - that behaviour
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is something for the application to control. Some applications
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will want to allow the user to specify exactly which ENGINE they want used
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if any is to be used at all. Others may prefer to load all support and have
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OpenSSL automatically use at run-time any ENGINE that is able to
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successfully initialise - i.e. to assume that this corresponds to
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acceleration hardware attached to the machine or some such thing. There are
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probably numerous other ways in which applications may prefer to handle
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things, so we will simply illustrate the consequences as they apply to a
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couple of simple cases and leave developers to consider these and the
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source code to openssl's built-in utilities as guides.
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If no ENGINE API functions are called within an application, then OpenSSL
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will not allocate any internal resources. Prior to OpenSSL 1.1.0, however,
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if any ENGINEs are loaded, even if not registered or used, it was necessary to
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call ENGINE_cleanup() before the program exits.
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I<Using a specific ENGINE implementation>
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Here we'll assume an application has been configured by its user or admin
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to want to use the "ACME" ENGINE if it is available in the version of
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OpenSSL the application was compiled with. If it is available, it should be
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used by default for all RSA, DSA, and symmetric cipher operations, otherwise
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OpenSSL should use its built-in software as per usual. The following code
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illustrates how to approach this;
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ENGINE *e;
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const char *engine_id = "ACME";
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ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
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e = ENGINE_by_id(engine_id);
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if (!e)
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/* the engine isn't available */
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return;
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if (!ENGINE_init(e)) {
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/* the engine couldn't initialise, release 'e' */
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ENGINE_free(e);
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return;
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}
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if (!ENGINE_set_default_RSA(e))
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/*
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* This should only happen when 'e' can't initialise, but the previous
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* statement suggests it did.
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*/
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abort();
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ENGINE_set_default_DSA(e);
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ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(e);
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/* Release the functional reference from ENGINE_init() */
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ENGINE_finish(e);
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/* Release the structural reference from ENGINE_by_id() */
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ENGINE_free(e);
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I<Automatically using built-in ENGINE implementations>
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Here we'll assume we want to load and register all ENGINE implementations
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bundled with OpenSSL, such that for any cryptographic algorithm required by
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OpenSSL - if there is an ENGINE that implements it and can be initialised,
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it should be used. The following code illustrates how this can work;
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/* Load all bundled ENGINEs into memory and make them visible */
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ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
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/* Register all of them for every algorithm they collectively implement */
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ENGINE_register_all_complete();
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That's all that's required. Eg. the next time OpenSSL tries to set up an
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RSA key, any bundled ENGINEs that implement RSA_METHOD will be passed to
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ENGINE_init() and if any of those succeed, that ENGINE will be set as the
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default for RSA use from then on.
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=head2 Advanced configuration support
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There is a mechanism supported by the ENGINE framework that allows each
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ENGINE implementation to define an arbitrary set of configuration
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"commands" and expose them to OpenSSL and any applications based on
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|
OpenSSL. This mechanism is entirely based on the use of name-value pairs
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and assumes ASCII input (no unicode or UTF for now!), so it is ideal if
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applications want to provide a transparent way for users to provide
|
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arbitrary configuration "directives" directly to such ENGINEs. It is also
|
|
possible for the application to dynamically interrogate the loaded ENGINE
|
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implementations for the names, descriptions, and input flags of their
|
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available "control commands", providing a more flexible configuration
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scheme. However, if the user is expected to know which ENGINE device he/she
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is using (in the case of specialised hardware, this goes without saying)
|
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then applications may not need to concern themselves with discovering the
|
|
supported control commands and simply prefer to pass settings into ENGINEs
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exactly as they are provided by the user.
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Before illustrating how control commands work, it is worth mentioning what
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they are typically used for. Broadly speaking there are two uses for
|
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control commands; the first is to provide the necessary details to the
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implementation (which may know nothing at all specific to the host system)
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so that it can be initialised for use. This could include the path to any
|
|
driver or config files it needs to load, required network addresses,
|
|
smart-card identifiers, passwords to initialise protected devices,
|
|
logging information, etc etc. This class of commands typically needs to be
|
|
passed to an ENGINE B<before> attempting to initialise it, i.e. before
|
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calling ENGINE_init(). The other class of commands consist of settings or
|
|
operations that tweak certain behaviour or cause certain operations to take
|
|
place, and these commands may work either before or after ENGINE_init(), or
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in some cases both. ENGINE implementations should provide indications of
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this in the descriptions attached to built-in control commands and/or in
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external product documentation.
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I<Issuing control commands to an ENGINE>
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Let's illustrate by example; a function for which the caller supplies the
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name of the ENGINE it wishes to use, a table of string-pairs for use before
|
|
initialisation, and another table for use after initialisation. Note that
|
|
the string-pairs used for control commands consist of a command "name"
|
|
followed by the command "parameter" - the parameter could be NULL in some
|
|
cases but the name can not. This function should initialise the ENGINE
|
|
(issuing the "pre" commands beforehand and the "post" commands afterwards)
|
|
and set it as the default for everything except RAND and then return a
|
|
boolean success or failure.
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|
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int generic_load_engine_fn(const char *engine_id,
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const char **pre_cmds, int pre_num,
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|
const char **post_cmds, int post_num)
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|
{
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ENGINE *e = ENGINE_by_id(engine_id);
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if (!e) return 0;
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while (pre_num--) {
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if (!ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string(e, pre_cmds[0], pre_cmds[1], 0)) {
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fprintf(stderr, "Failed command (%s - %s:%s)\n", engine_id,
|
|
pre_cmds[0], pre_cmds[1] ? pre_cmds[1] : "(NULL)");
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ENGINE_free(e);
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return 0;
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|
}
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pre_cmds += 2;
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|
}
|
|
if (!ENGINE_init(e)) {
|
|
fprintf(stderr, "Failed initialisation\n");
|
|
ENGINE_free(e);
|
|
return 0;
|
|
}
|
|
/*
|
|
* ENGINE_init() returned a functional reference, so free the structural
|
|
* reference from ENGINE_by_id().
|
|
*/
|
|
ENGINE_free(e);
|
|
while (post_num--) {
|
|
if (!ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string(e, post_cmds[0], post_cmds[1], 0)) {
|
|
fprintf(stderr, "Failed command (%s - %s:%s)\n", engine_id,
|
|
post_cmds[0], post_cmds[1] ? post_cmds[1] : "(NULL)");
|
|
ENGINE_finish(e);
|
|
return 0;
|
|
}
|
|
post_cmds += 2;
|
|
}
|
|
ENGINE_set_default(e, ENGINE_METHOD_ALL & ~ENGINE_METHOD_RAND);
|
|
/* Success */
|
|
return 1;
|
|
}
|
|
|
|
Note that ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string() accepts a boolean argument that can
|
|
relax the semantics of the function - if set nonzero it will only return
|
|
failure if the ENGINE supported the given command name but failed while
|
|
executing it, if the ENGINE doesn't support the command name it will simply
|
|
return success without doing anything. In this case we assume the user is
|
|
only supplying commands specific to the given ENGINE so we set this to
|
|
FALSE.
|
|
|
|
I<Discovering supported control commands>
|
|
|
|
It is possible to discover at run-time the names, numerical-ids, descriptions
|
|
and input parameters of the control commands supported by an ENGINE using a
|
|
structural reference. Note that some control commands are defined by OpenSSL
|
|
itself and it will intercept and handle these control commands on behalf of the
|
|
ENGINE, i.e. the ENGINE's ctrl() handler is not used for the control command.
|
|
F<< <openssl/engine.h> >> defines an index, ENGINE_CMD_BASE, that all control
|
|
commands implemented by ENGINEs should be numbered from. Any command value
|
|
lower than this symbol is considered a "generic" command is handled directly
|
|
by the OpenSSL core routines.
|
|
|
|
It is using these "core" control commands that one can discover the control
|
|
commands implemented by a given ENGINE, specifically the commands:
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_HAS_CTRL_FUNCTION
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FIRST_CMD_TYPE
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_NEXT_CMD_TYPE
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_CMD_FROM_NAME
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_NAME_LEN_FROM_CMD
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_NAME_FROM_CMD
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_DESC_LEN_FROM_CMD
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_DESC_FROM_CMD
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_CMD_FLAGS
|
|
|
|
Whilst these commands are automatically processed by the OpenSSL framework code,
|
|
they use various properties exposed by each ENGINE to process these
|
|
queries. An ENGINE has 3 properties it exposes that can affect how this behaves;
|
|
it can supply a ctrl() handler, it can specify ENGINE_FLAGS_MANUAL_CMD_CTRL in
|
|
the ENGINE's flags, and it can expose an array of control command descriptions.
|
|
If an ENGINE specifies the ENGINE_FLAGS_MANUAL_CMD_CTRL flag, then it will
|
|
simply pass all these "core" control commands directly to the ENGINE's ctrl()
|
|
handler (and thus, it must have supplied one), so it is up to the ENGINE to
|
|
reply to these "discovery" commands itself. If that flag is not set, then the
|
|
OpenSSL framework code will work with the following rules:
|
|
|
|
if no ctrl() handler supplied;
|
|
ENGINE_HAS_CTRL_FUNCTION returns FALSE (zero),
|
|
all other commands fail.
|
|
if a ctrl() handler was supplied but no array of control commands;
|
|
ENGINE_HAS_CTRL_FUNCTION returns TRUE,
|
|
all other commands fail.
|
|
if a ctrl() handler and array of control commands was supplied;
|
|
ENGINE_HAS_CTRL_FUNCTION returns TRUE,
|
|
all other commands proceed processing ...
|
|
|
|
If the ENGINE's array of control commands is empty then all other commands will
|
|
fail, otherwise; ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FIRST_CMD_TYPE returns the identifier of
|
|
the first command supported by the ENGINE, ENGINE_GET_NEXT_CMD_TYPE takes the
|
|
identifier of a command supported by the ENGINE and returns the next command
|
|
identifier or fails if there are no more, ENGINE_CMD_FROM_NAME takes a string
|
|
name for a command and returns the corresponding identifier or fails if no such
|
|
command name exists, and the remaining commands take a command identifier and
|
|
return properties of the corresponding commands. All except
|
|
ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FLAGS return the string length of a command name or description,
|
|
or populate a supplied character buffer with a copy of the command name or
|
|
description. ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FLAGS returns a bitwise-OR'd mask of the following
|
|
possible values:
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_NUMERIC
|
|
ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_STRING
|
|
ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_NO_INPUT
|
|
ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_INTERNAL
|
|
|
|
If the ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_INTERNAL flag is set, then any other flags are purely
|
|
informational to the caller - this flag will prevent the command being usable
|
|
for any higher-level ENGINE functions such as ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string().
|
|
"INTERNAL" commands are not intended to be exposed to text-based configuration
|
|
by applications, administrations, users, etc. These can support arbitrary
|
|
operations via ENGINE_ctrl(), including passing to and/or from the control
|
|
commands data of any arbitrary type. These commands are supported in the
|
|
discovery mechanisms simply to allow applications to determine if an ENGINE
|
|
supports certain specific commands it might want to use (e.g. application "foo"
|
|
might query various ENGINEs to see if they implement "FOO_GET_VENDOR_LOGO_GIF" -
|
|
and ENGINE could therefore decide whether or not to support this "foo"-specific
|
|
extension).
|
|
|
|
=head1 ENVIRONMENT
|
|
|
|
=over 4
|
|
|
|
=item B<OPENSSL_ENGINES>
|
|
|
|
The path to the engines directory.
|
|
Ignored in set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs.
|
|
|
|
=back
|
|
|
|
=head1 RETURN VALUES
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_first(), ENGINE_get_last(), ENGINE_get_next() and ENGINE_get_prev()
|
|
return a valid B<ENGINE> structure or NULL if an error occurred.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_add() and ENGINE_remove() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_by_id() returns a valid B<ENGINE> structure or NULL if an error occurred.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_init() and ENGINE_finish() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
All ENGINE_get_default_TYPE() functions, ENGINE_get_cipher_engine() and
|
|
ENGINE_get_digest_engine() return a valid B<ENGINE> structure on success or NULL
|
|
if an error occurred.
|
|
|
|
All ENGINE_set_default_TYPE() functions return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_set_default() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_table_flags() returns an unsigned integer value representing the
|
|
global table flags which are used to control the registration behaviour of
|
|
B<ENGINE> implementations.
|
|
|
|
All ENGINE_register_TYPE() functions return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_register_complete() and ENGINE_register_all_complete() always return 1.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_ctrl() returns a positive value on success or others on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_cmd_is_executable() returns 1 if B<cmd> is executable or 0 otherwise.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_ctrl_cmd() and ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_new() returns a valid B<ENGINE> structure on success or NULL if an error
|
|
occurred.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_free() always returns 1.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_up_ref() returns 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_set_id() and ENGINE_set_name() return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
All other B<ENGINE_set_*> functions return 1 on success or 0 on error.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_id() and ENGINE_get_name() return a string representing the identifier
|
|
and the name of the ENGINE B<e> respectively.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_RSA(), ENGINE_get_DSA(), ENGINE_get_DH() and ENGINE_get_RAND()
|
|
return corresponding method structures for each algorithms.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_destroy_function(), ENGINE_get_init_function(),
|
|
ENGINE_get_finish_function(), ENGINE_get_ctrl_function(),
|
|
ENGINE_get_load_privkey_function(), ENGINE_get_load_pubkey_function(),
|
|
ENGINE_get_ciphers() and ENGINE_get_digests() return corresponding function
|
|
pointers of the callbacks.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_cipher() returns a valid B<EVP_CIPHER> structure on success or NULL
|
|
if an error occurred.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_digest() returns a valid B<EVP_MD> structure on success or NULL if an
|
|
error occurred.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_flags() returns an integer representing the ENGINE flags which are
|
|
used to control various behaviours of an ENGINE.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_get_cmd_defns() returns an B<ENGINE_CMD_DEFN> structure or NULL if it's
|
|
not set.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_load_private_key() and ENGINE_load_public_key() return a valid B<EVP_PKEY>
|
|
structure on success or NULL if an error occurred.
|
|
|
|
=head1 SEE ALSO
|
|
|
|
L<OPENSSL_init_crypto(3)>, L<RSA_new_method(3)>, L<DSA_new(3)>, L<DH_new(3)>,
|
|
L<RAND_bytes(3)>, L<config(5)>
|
|
|
|
=head1 HISTORY
|
|
|
|
All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
|
|
|
|
ENGINE_cleanup() was deprecated in OpenSSL 1.1.0 by the automatic cleanup
|
|
done by OPENSSL_cleanup()
|
|
and should not be used.
|
|
|
|
=head1 COPYRIGHT
|
|
|
|
Copyright 2002-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
|
|
|
|
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
|
|
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
|
|
|
|
=cut
|