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.IX Title "engine 3"
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.TH engine 3 "2014-08-06" "1.0.1i" "OpenSSL"
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.SH "NAME"
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engine \- ENGINE cryptographic module support
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
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.Vb 1
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\& #include <openssl/engine.h>
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\&
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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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\&
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\& int ENGINE_add(ENGINE *e);
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\& int ENGINE_remove(ENGINE *e);
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\&
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\& ENGINE *ENGINE_by_id(const char *id);
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\&
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\& int ENGINE_init(ENGINE *e);
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\& int ENGINE_finish(ENGINE *e);
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\&
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\& void ENGINE_load_openssl(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_dynamic(void);
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\& #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_STATIC_ENGINE
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\& void ENGINE_load_4758cca(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_aep(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_atalla(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_chil(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_cswift(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_gmp(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_nuron(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_sureware(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_ubsec(void);
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\& #endif
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\& void ENGINE_load_cryptodev(void);
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\& void ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(void);
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\&
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\& void ENGINE_cleanup(void);
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\&
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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_ECDH(void);
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\& ENGINE *ENGINE_get_default_ECDSA(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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\&
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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_ECDH(ENGINE *e);
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\& int ENGINE_set_default_ECDSA(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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\&
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\& int ENGINE_set_default(ENGINE *e, unsigned int flags);
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\&
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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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\&
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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_ECDH(ENGINE *e);
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\& void ENGINE_unregister_ECDH(ENGINE *e);
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\& void ENGINE_register_all_ECDH(void);
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\& int ENGINE_register_ECDSA(ENGINE *e);
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\& void ENGINE_unregister_ECDSA(ENGINE *e);
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\& void ENGINE_register_all_ECDSA(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_STORE(ENGINE *e);
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\& void ENGINE_unregister_STORE(ENGINE *e);
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\& void ENGINE_register_all_STORE(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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\&
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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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\&
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\& int ENGINE_set_ex_data(ENGINE *e, int idx, void *arg);
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\& void *ENGINE_get_ex_data(const ENGINE *e, int idx);
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\&
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\& int ENGINE_get_ex_new_index(long argl, void *argp, CRYPTO_EX_new *new_func,
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\& CRYPTO_EX_dup *dup_func, CRYPTO_EX_free *free_func);
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\&
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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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\&
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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_ECDH(ENGINE *e, const ECDH_METHOD *dh_meth);
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\& int ENGINE_set_ECDSA(ENGINE *e, const ECDSA_METHOD *dh_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_STORE(ENGINE *e, const STORE_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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\&
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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 ECDH_METHOD *ENGINE_get_ECDH(const ENGINE *e);
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\& const ECDSA_METHOD *ENGINE_get_ECDSA(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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\& const STORE_METHOD *ENGINE_get_STORE(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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\&
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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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\&
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\& void ENGINE_add_conf_module(void);
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.Ve
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
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These functions create, manipulate, and use cryptographic modules in the
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form of \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR 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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.PP
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The cryptographic functionality that can be provided by an \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR
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implementation includes the following abstractions;
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.PP
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.Vb 6
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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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\& STORE_METHOD \- similarly for other OpenSSL APIs
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\& EVP_CIPHER \- potentially multiple cipher algorithms (indexed by \*(Aqnid\*(Aq)
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\& EVP_DIGEST \- potentially multiple hash algorithms (indexed by \*(Aqnid\*(Aq)
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\& key\-loading \- loading public and/or private EVP_PKEY keys
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.Ve
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.SS "Reference counting and handles"
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.IX Subsection "Reference counting and handles"
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Due to the modular nature of the \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0, pointers to ENGINEs need to be
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treated as handles \- ie. not only as pointers, but also as references to
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the underlying \s-1ENGINE\s0 object. Ie. one should obtain a new reference when
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making copies of an \s-1ENGINE\s0 pointer if the copies will be used (and
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released) independently.
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.PP
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\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 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 \s-1ENGINE\s0 pointer is
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inherently a \fBstructural\fR 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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.PP
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However, a structural reference provides no guarantee that the \s-1ENGINE\s0 is
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initiliased 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 \s-1ENGINE\s0's functionality, you need a
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\&\fBfunctional\fR 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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\&\s-1ENGINE\s0, you have a guarantee that the \s-1ENGINE\s0 has been initialised ready to
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perform cryptographic operations and will remain uninitialised
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until after you have released your reference.
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.PP
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\&\fIStructural references\fR
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.PP
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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 \s-1ENGINE\s0, 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 \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementation rather than use its functionality.
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.PP
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The \fIENGINE_new()\fR function returns a structural reference to a new (empty)
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\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 object. There are other \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 functions that return structural
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references such as; \fIENGINE_by_id()\fR, \fIENGINE_get_first()\fR, \fIENGINE_get_last()\fR,
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\&\fIENGINE_get_next()\fR, \fIENGINE_get_prev()\fR. All structural references should be
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released by a corresponding to call to the \fIENGINE_free()\fR function \- the
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\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 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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.PP
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It should also be noted that many \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 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 \s-1ENGINE\s0 will be needed by OpenSSL after
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the function has returned. Eg. the function to add a new \s-1ENGINE\s0 to
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OpenSSL's internal list is \fIENGINE_add()\fR \- 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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\&\fIENGINE_free()\fR when they are finished with it. In a similar way, some
|
|
functions will automatically release the structural reference passed to it
|
|
if part of the function's job is to do so. Eg. the \fIENGINE_get_next()\fR and
|
|
\&\fIENGINE_get_prev()\fR functions are used for iterating across the internal
|
|
\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 list \- they will return a new structural reference to the next (or
|
|
previous) \s-1ENGINE\s0 in the list or \s-1NULL\s0 if at the end (or beginning) of the
|
|
list, but in either case the structural reference passed to the function is
|
|
released on behalf of the caller.
|
|
.PP
|
|
To clarify a particular function's handling of references, one should
|
|
always consult that function's documentation \*(L"man\*(R" page, or failing that
|
|
the openssl/engine.h header file includes some hints.
|
|
.PP
|
|
\&\fIFunctional references\fR
|
|
.PP
|
|
As mentioned, functional references exist when the cryptographic
|
|
functionality of an \s-1ENGINE\s0 is required to be available. A functional
|
|
reference can be obtained in one of two ways; from an existing structural
|
|
reference to the required \s-1ENGINE\s0, or by asking OpenSSL for the default
|
|
operational \s-1ENGINE\s0 for a given cryptographic purpose.
|
|
.PP
|
|
To obtain a functional reference from an existing structural reference,
|
|
call the \fIENGINE_init()\fR function. This returns zero if the \s-1ENGINE\s0 was not
|
|
already operational and couldn't be successfully initialised (eg. lack of
|
|
system drivers, no special hardware attached, etc), otherwise it will
|
|
return non-zero to indicate that the \s-1ENGINE\s0 is now operational and will
|
|
have allocated a new \fBfunctional\fR reference to the \s-1ENGINE\s0. All functional
|
|
references are released by calling \fIENGINE_finish()\fR (which removes the
|
|
implicit structural reference as well).
|
|
.PP
|
|
The second way to get a functional reference is by asking OpenSSL for a
|
|
default implementation for a given task, eg. by \fIENGINE_get_default_RSA()\fR,
|
|
\&\fIENGINE_get_default_cipher_engine()\fR, etc. These are discussed in the next
|
|
section, though they are not usually required by application programmers as
|
|
they are used automatically when creating and using the relevant
|
|
algorithm-specific types in OpenSSL, such as \s-1RSA\s0, \s-1DSA\s0, \s-1EVP_CIPHER_CTX\s0, etc.
|
|
.SS "Default implementations"
|
|
.IX Subsection "Default implementations"
|
|
For each supported abstraction, the \s-1ENGINE\s0 code maintains an internal table
|
|
of state to control which implementations are available for a given
|
|
abstraction and which should be used by default. These implementations are
|
|
registered in the tables and indexed by an 'nid' value, because
|
|
abstractions like \s-1EVP_CIPHER\s0 and \s-1EVP_DIGEST\s0 support many distinct
|
|
algorithms and modes, and ENGINEs can support arbitrarily many of them.
|
|
In the case of other abstractions like \s-1RSA\s0, \s-1DSA\s0, etc, there is only one
|
|
\&\*(L"algorithm\*(R" so all implementations implicitly register using the same 'nid'
|
|
index.
|
|
.PP
|
|
When a default \s-1ENGINE\s0 is requested for a given abstraction/algorithm/mode, (eg.
|
|
when calling RSA_new_method(\s-1NULL\s0)), a \*(L"get_default\*(R" call will be made to the
|
|
\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 subsystem to process the corresponding state table and return a
|
|
functional reference to an initialised \s-1ENGINE\s0 whose implementation should be
|
|
used. If no \s-1ENGINE\s0 should (or can) be used, it will return \s-1NULL\s0 and the caller
|
|
will operate with a \s-1NULL\s0 \s-1ENGINE\s0 handle \- this usually equates to using the
|
|
conventional software implementation. In the latter case, OpenSSL will from
|
|
then on behave the way it used to before the \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 existed.
|
|
.PP
|
|
Each state table has a flag to note whether it has processed this
|
|
\&\*(L"get_default\*(R" query since the table was last modified, because to process
|
|
this question it must iterate across all the registered ENGINEs in the
|
|
table trying to initialise each of them in turn, in case one of them is
|
|
operational. If it returns a functional reference to an \s-1ENGINE\s0, it will
|
|
also cache another reference to speed up processing future queries (without
|
|
needing to iterate across the table). Likewise, it will cache a \s-1NULL\s0
|
|
response if no \s-1ENGINE\s0 was available so that future queries won't repeat the
|
|
same iteration unless the state table changes. This behaviour can also be
|
|
changed; if the \s-1ENGINE_TABLE_FLAG_NOINIT\s0 flag is set (using
|
|
\&\fIENGINE_set_table_flags()\fR), no attempted initialisations will take place,
|
|
instead the only way for the state table to return a non-NULL \s-1ENGINE\s0 to the
|
|
\&\*(L"get_default\*(R" query will be if one is expressly set in the table. Eg.
|
|
\&\fIENGINE_set_default_RSA()\fR does the same job as \fIENGINE_register_RSA()\fR except
|
|
that it also sets the state table's cached response for the \*(L"get_default\*(R"
|
|
query. In the case of abstractions like \s-1EVP_CIPHER\s0, where implementations are
|
|
indexed by 'nid', these flags and cached-responses are distinct for each 'nid'
|
|
value.
|
|
.SS "Application requirements"
|
|
.IX Subsection "Application requirements"
|
|
This section will explain the basic things an application programmer should
|
|
support to make the most useful elements of the \s-1ENGINE\s0 functionality
|
|
available to the user. The first thing to consider is whether the
|
|
programmer wishes to make alternative \s-1ENGINE\s0 modules available to the
|
|
application and user. OpenSSL maintains an internal linked list of
|
|
\&\*(L"visible\*(R" ENGINEs from which it has to operate \- at start-up, this list is
|
|
empty and in fact if an application does not call any \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 calls and
|
|
it uses static linking against openssl, then the resulting application
|
|
binary will not contain any alternative \s-1ENGINE\s0 code at all. So the first
|
|
consideration is whether any/all available \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementations should be
|
|
made visible to OpenSSL \- this is controlled by calling the various \*(L"load\*(R"
|
|
functions, eg.
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 9
|
|
\& /* Make the "dynamic" ENGINE available */
|
|
\& void ENGINE_load_dynamic(void);
|
|
\& /* Make the CryptoSwift hardware acceleration support available */
|
|
\& void ENGINE_load_cswift(void);
|
|
\& /* Make support for nCipher\*(Aqs "CHIL" hardware available */
|
|
\& void ENGINE_load_chil(void);
|
|
\& ...
|
|
\& /* Make ALL ENGINE implementations bundled with OpenSSL available */
|
|
\& void ENGINE_load_builtin_engines(void);
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
Having called any of these functions, \s-1ENGINE\s0 objects would have been
|
|
dynamically allocated and populated with these implementations and linked
|
|
into OpenSSL's internal linked list. At this point it is important to
|
|
mention an important \s-1API\s0 function;
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 1
|
|
\& void ENGINE_cleanup(void);
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
If no \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 functions are called at all in an application, then there
|
|
are no inherent memory leaks to worry about from the \s-1ENGINE\s0 functionality,
|
|
however if any ENGINEs are loaded, even if they are never registered or
|
|
used, it is necessary to use the \fIENGINE_cleanup()\fR function to
|
|
correspondingly cleanup before program exit, if the caller wishes to avoid
|
|
memory leaks. This mechanism uses an internal callback registration table
|
|
so that any \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 functionality that knows it requires cleanup can
|
|
register its cleanup details to be called during \fIENGINE_cleanup()\fR. This
|
|
approach allows \fIENGINE_cleanup()\fR to clean up after any \s-1ENGINE\s0 functionality
|
|
at all that your program uses, yet doesn't automatically create linker
|
|
dependencies to all possible \s-1ENGINE\s0 functionality \- only the cleanup
|
|
callbacks required by the functionality you do use will be required by the
|
|
linker.
|
|
.PP
|
|
The fact that ENGINEs are made visible to OpenSSL (and thus are linked into
|
|
the program and loaded into memory at run-time) does not mean they are
|
|
\&\*(L"registered\*(R" or called into use by OpenSSL automatically \- that behaviour
|
|
is something for the application to control. Some applications
|
|
will want to allow the user to specify exactly which \s-1ENGINE\s0 they want used
|
|
if any is to be used at all. Others may prefer to load all support and have
|
|
OpenSSL automatically use at run-time any \s-1ENGINE\s0 that is able to
|
|
successfully initialise \- ie. to assume that this corresponds to
|
|
acceleration hardware attached to the machine or some such thing. There are
|
|
probably numerous other ways in which applications may prefer to handle
|
|
things, so we will simply illustrate the consequences as they apply to a
|
|
couple of simple cases and leave developers to consider these and the
|
|
source code to openssl's builtin utilities as guides.
|
|
.PP
|
|
\&\fIUsing a specific \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementation\fR
|
|
.PP
|
|
Here we'll assume an application has been configured by its user or admin
|
|
to want to use the \*(L"\s-1ACME\s0\*(R" \s-1ENGINE\s0 if it is available in the version of
|
|
OpenSSL the application was compiled with. If it is available, it should be
|
|
used by default for all \s-1RSA\s0, \s-1DSA\s0, and symmetric cipher operation, otherwise
|
|
OpenSSL should use its builtin software as per usual. The following code
|
|
illustrates how to approach this;
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 10
|
|
\& ENGINE *e;
|
|
\& const char *engine_id = "ACME";
|
|
\& ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
|
|
\& e = ENGINE_by_id(engine_id);
|
|
\& if(!e)
|
|
\& /* the engine isn\*(Aqt available */
|
|
\& return;
|
|
\& if(!ENGINE_init(e)) {
|
|
\& /* the engine couldn\*(Aqt initialise, release \*(Aqe\*(Aq */
|
|
\& ENGINE_free(e);
|
|
\& return;
|
|
\& }
|
|
\& if(!ENGINE_set_default_RSA(e))
|
|
\& /* This should only happen when \*(Aqe\*(Aq can\*(Aqt initialise, but the previous
|
|
\& * statement suggests it did. */
|
|
\& abort();
|
|
\& ENGINE_set_default_DSA(e);
|
|
\& ENGINE_set_default_ciphers(e);
|
|
\& /* Release the functional reference from ENGINE_init() */
|
|
\& ENGINE_finish(e);
|
|
\& /* Release the structural reference from ENGINE_by_id() */
|
|
\& ENGINE_free(e);
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
\&\fIAutomatically using builtin \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementations\fR
|
|
.PP
|
|
Here we'll assume we want to load and register all \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementations
|
|
bundled with OpenSSL, such that for any cryptographic algorithm required by
|
|
OpenSSL \- if there is an \s-1ENGINE\s0 that implements it and can be initialise,
|
|
it should be used. The following code illustrates how this can work;
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 4
|
|
\& /* Load all bundled ENGINEs into memory and make them visible */
|
|
\& ENGINE_load_builtin_engines();
|
|
\& /* Register all of them for every algorithm they collectively implement */
|
|
\& ENGINE_register_all_complete();
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
That's all that's required. Eg. the next time OpenSSL tries to set up an
|
|
\&\s-1RSA\s0 key, any bundled ENGINEs that implement \s-1RSA_METHOD\s0 will be passed to
|
|
\&\fIENGINE_init()\fR and if any of those succeed, that \s-1ENGINE\s0 will be set as the
|
|
default for \s-1RSA\s0 use from then on.
|
|
.SS "Advanced configuration support"
|
|
.IX Subsection "Advanced configuration support"
|
|
There is a mechanism supported by the \s-1ENGINE\s0 framework that allows each
|
|
\&\s-1ENGINE\s0 implementation to define an arbitrary set of configuration
|
|
\&\*(L"commands\*(R" and expose them to OpenSSL and any applications based on
|
|
OpenSSL. This mechanism is entirely based on the use of name-value pairs
|
|
and assumes \s-1ASCII\s0 input (no unicode or \s-1UTF\s0 for now!), so it is ideal if
|
|
applications want to provide a transparent way for users to provide
|
|
arbitrary configuration \*(L"directives\*(R" directly to such ENGINEs. It is also
|
|
possible for the application to dynamically interrogate the loaded \s-1ENGINE\s0
|
|
implementations for the names, descriptions, and input flags of their
|
|
available \*(L"control commands\*(R", providing a more flexible configuration
|
|
scheme. However, if the user is expected to know which \s-1ENGINE\s0 device he/she
|
|
is using (in the case of specialised hardware, this goes without saying)
|
|
then applications may not need to concern themselves with discovering the
|
|
supported control commands and simply prefer to pass settings into ENGINEs
|
|
exactly as they are provided by the user.
|
|
.PP
|
|
Before illustrating how control commands work, it is worth mentioning what
|
|
they are typically used for. Broadly speaking there are two uses for
|
|
control commands; the first is to provide the necessary details to the
|
|
implementation (which may know nothing at all specific to the host system)
|
|
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 \s-1ENGINE\s0 \fBbefore\fR attempting to initialise it, ie. before
|
|
calling \fIENGINE_init()\fR. 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 \fIENGINE_init()\fR, or
|
|
in some cases both. \s-1ENGINE\s0 implementations should provide indications of
|
|
this in the descriptions attached to builtin control commands and/or in
|
|
external product documentation.
|
|
.PP
|
|
\&\fIIssuing control commands to an \s-1ENGINE\s0\fR
|
|
.PP
|
|
Let's illustrate by example; a function for which the caller supplies the
|
|
name of the \s-1ENGINE\s0 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 \*(L"name\*(R"
|
|
followed by the command \*(L"parameter\*(R" \- the parameter could be \s-1NULL\s0 in some
|
|
cases but the name can not. This function should initialise the \s-1ENGINE\s0
|
|
(issuing the \*(L"pre\*(R" commands beforehand and the \*(L"post\*(R" commands afterwards)
|
|
and set it as the default for everything except \s-1RAND\s0 and then return a
|
|
boolean success or failure.
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 10
|
|
\& int generic_load_engine_fn(const char *engine_id,
|
|
\& const char **pre_cmds, int pre_num,
|
|
\& const char **post_cmds, int post_num)
|
|
\& {
|
|
\& ENGINE *e = ENGINE_by_id(engine_id);
|
|
\& if(!e) return 0;
|
|
\& while(pre_num\-\-) {
|
|
\& if(!ENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string(e, pre_cmds[0], pre_cmds[1], 0)) {
|
|
\& fprintf(stderr, "Failed command (%s \- %s:%s)\en", engine_id,
|
|
\& pre_cmds[0], pre_cmds[1] ? pre_cmds[1] : "(NULL)");
|
|
\& ENGINE_free(e);
|
|
\& return 0;
|
|
\& }
|
|
\& pre_cmds += 2;
|
|
\& }
|
|
\& if(!ENGINE_init(e)) {
|
|
\& fprintf(stderr, "Failed initialisation\en");
|
|
\& 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)\en", 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;
|
|
\& }
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
Note that \fIENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string()\fR accepts a boolean argument that can
|
|
relax the semantics of the function \- if set non-zero it will only return
|
|
failure if the \s-1ENGINE\s0 supported the given command name but failed while
|
|
executing it, if the \s-1ENGINE\s0 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 \s-1ENGINE\s0 so we set this to
|
|
\&\s-1FALSE\s0.
|
|
.PP
|
|
\&\fIDiscovering supported control commands\fR
|
|
.PP
|
|
It is possible to discover at run-time the names, numerical-ids, descriptions
|
|
and input parameters of the control commands supported by an \s-1ENGINE\s0 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
|
|
\&\s-1ENGINE\s0, ie. the \s-1ENGINE\s0's \fIctrl()\fR handler is not used for the control command.
|
|
openssl/engine.h defines an index, \s-1ENGINE_CMD_BASE\s0, that all control commands
|
|
implemented by ENGINEs should be numbered from. Any command value lower than
|
|
this symbol is considered a \*(L"generic\*(R" command is handled directly by the
|
|
OpenSSL core routines.
|
|
.PP
|
|
It is using these \*(L"core\*(R" control commands that one can discover the control
|
|
commands implemented by a given \s-1ENGINE\s0, specifically the commands;
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 9
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_HAS_CTRL_FUNCTION 10
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FIRST_CMD_TYPE 11
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_NEXT_CMD_TYPE 12
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_CMD_FROM_NAME 13
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_NAME_LEN_FROM_CMD 14
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_NAME_FROM_CMD 15
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_DESC_LEN_FROM_CMD 16
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_DESC_FROM_CMD 17
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CTRL_GET_CMD_FLAGS 18
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
Whilst these commands are automatically processed by the OpenSSL framework code,
|
|
they use various properties exposed by each \s-1ENGINE\s0 to process these
|
|
queries. An \s-1ENGINE\s0 has 3 properties it exposes that can affect how this behaves;
|
|
it can supply a \fIctrl()\fR handler, it can specify \s-1ENGINE_FLAGS_MANUAL_CMD_CTRL\s0 in
|
|
the \s-1ENGINE\s0's flags, and it can expose an array of control command descriptions.
|
|
If an \s-1ENGINE\s0 specifies the \s-1ENGINE_FLAGS_MANUAL_CMD_CTRL\s0 flag, then it will
|
|
simply pass all these \*(L"core\*(R" control commands directly to the \s-1ENGINE\s0's \fIctrl()\fR
|
|
handler (and thus, it must have supplied one), so it is up to the \s-1ENGINE\s0 to
|
|
reply to these \*(L"discovery\*(R" commands itself. If that flag is not set, then the
|
|
OpenSSL framework code will work with the following rules;
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 9
|
|
\& 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 ...
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
If the \s-1ENGINE\s0's array of control commands is empty then all other commands will
|
|
fail, otherwise; \s-1ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FIRST_CMD_TYPE\s0 returns the identifier of
|
|
the first command supported by the \s-1ENGINE\s0, \s-1ENGINE_GET_NEXT_CMD_TYPE\s0 takes the
|
|
identifier of a command supported by the \s-1ENGINE\s0 and returns the next command
|
|
identifier or fails if there are no more, \s-1ENGINE_CMD_FROM_NAME\s0 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
|
|
\&\s-1ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FLAGS\s0 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. \s-1ENGINE_CTRL_GET_FLAGS\s0 returns a bitwise-OR'd mask of the following
|
|
possible values;
|
|
.PP
|
|
.Vb 4
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_NUMERIC (unsigned int)0x0001
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_STRING (unsigned int)0x0002
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_NO_INPUT (unsigned int)0x0004
|
|
\& #define ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_INTERNAL (unsigned int)0x0008
|
|
.Ve
|
|
.PP
|
|
If the \s-1ENGINE_CMD_FLAG_INTERNAL\s0 flag is set, then any other flags are purely
|
|
informational to the caller \- this flag will prevent the command being usable
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for any higher-level \s-1ENGINE\s0 functions such as \fIENGINE_ctrl_cmd_string()\fR.
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\&\*(L"\s-1INTERNAL\s0\*(R" commands are not intended to be exposed to text-based configuration
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by applications, administrations, users, etc. These can support arbitrary
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operations via \fIENGINE_ctrl()\fR, including passing to and/or from the control
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commands data of any arbitrary type. These commands are supported in the
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discovery mechanisms simply to allow applications determinie if an \s-1ENGINE\s0
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supports certain specific commands it might want to use (eg. application \*(L"foo\*(R"
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might query various ENGINEs to see if they implement \*(L"\s-1FOO_GET_VENDOR_LOGO_GIF\s0\*(R" \-
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and \s-1ENGINE\s0 could therefore decide whether or not to support this \*(L"foo\*(R"\-specific
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extension).
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.SS "Future developments"
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.IX Subsection "Future developments"
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The \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 and internal architecture is currently being reviewed. Slated for
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possible release in 0.9.8 is support for transparent loading of \*(L"dynamic\*(R"
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ENGINEs (built as self-contained shared-libraries). This would allow \s-1ENGINE\s0
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implementations to be provided independently of OpenSSL libraries and/or
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OpenSSL-based applications, and would also remove any requirement for
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applications to explicitly use the \*(L"dynamic\*(R" \s-1ENGINE\s0 to bind to shared-library
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implementations.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
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\&\fIrsa\fR\|(3), \fIdsa\fR\|(3), \fIdh\fR\|(3), \fIrand\fR\|(3)
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