libressl-RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING(3)

libressl-RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING3

Rsa signatures

Usage

Crypto Library (libcrypto, -lcrypto)

#include <openssl/rsa.h>

int

RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING(int dummy, unsigned char *m, unsigned int m_len, unsigned char *sigret, unsigned int *siglen, RSA *rsa);

int

RSA_verify_ASN1_OCTET_STRING(int dummy, unsigned char *m, unsigned int m_len, unsigned char *sigbuf, unsigned int siglen, RSA *rsa);

Overview

RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING() signs the octet string m of size m_len using the private key rsa represented in DER using PKCS #1 padding. It stores the signature in sigret and the signature size in siglen. sigret must point to RSA_size(rsa) bytes of memory.

dummy is ignored.

RSA_verify_ASN1_OCTET_STRING() verifies that the signature sigbuf of size siglen is the DER representation of a given octet string m of size m_len. dummy is ignored. rsa is the signer's public key.

Return values

RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING() returns 1 on success or 0 otherwise. RSA_verify_ASN1_OCTET_STRING() returns 1 on successful verification or 0 otherwise.

The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).

History

RSA_sign_ASN1_OCTET_STRING() and RSA_verify_ASN1_OCTET_STRING() first appeared in SSLeay 0.8.0 and have been available since OpenBSD 2.4.

Bugs

These functions serve no recognizable purpose.

From libressl 4.4.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's mdoc source.