EVP_KDF-X963(7ssl)

Overview

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.

The output is considered to be keying material.

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.

The OpenSSL FIPS provider also supports the following parameters:

"fips-indicator" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_APPROVED_INDICATOR) <integer>: A getter that returns 1 if the operation is FIPS approved, or 0 otherwise. This may be used after calling EVP_KDF_derive. It returns 0 if any "***-check" related parameter is set to 0 and the check fails.

"digest-check" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_DIGEST_CHECK) <int>

The default value of 1 causes an error during EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params() if used digest is not approved. Setting this to zero will ignore the error and set the approved "fips-indicator" to 0. This option breaks FIPS compliance if it causes the approved "fips-indicator" to return 0.

According to ANSI X9.63-2001, the following are approved digest algorithms: SHA2-224, SHA2-256, SHA2-384, SHA2-512, SHA2-512/224, SHA2-512/256, SHA3-224, SHA3-256, SHA3-384, SHA3-512.

"key-check" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_KEY_CHECK) <integer>: The default value of 1 causes an error during EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params() if the length of used key-derivation key (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_KEY) is shorter than 112 bits. Setting this to zero will ignore the error and set the approved "fips-indicator" to 0. This option breaks FIPS compliance if it causes the approved "fips-indicator" to return 0.

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);

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.