SYNOPSIS

        #include <openssl/evp.h>

        int EVP_SignInit_ex(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type, ENGINE *impl);
        int EVP_SignUpdate(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const void *d, unsigned int cnt);
        int EVP_SignFinal(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx,unsigned char *sig,unsigned int *s, EVP_PKEY *pkey);

        void EVP_SignInit(EVP_MD_CTX *ctx, const EVP_MD *type);

        int EVP_PKEY_size(EVP_PKEY *pkey);

DESCRIPTION

       The EVP signature routines are a high level interface to digital signa-
       tures.

       EVP_SignInit_ex() sets up signing context ctx to use digest type from
       ENGINE impl. ctx must be initialized with EVP_MD_CTX_init() before
       calling this function.

       EVP_SignUpdate() hashes cnt bytes of data at d into the signature con-
       text ctx. This function can be called several times on the same ctx to
       include additional data.

       EVP_SignFinal() signs the data in ctx using the private key pkey and
       places the signature in sig. The number of bytes of data written (i.e.
       the length of the signature) will be written to the integer at s, at
       most EVP_PKEY_size(pkey) bytes will be written.

       EVP_SignInit() initializes a signing context ctx to use the default
       implementation of digest type.

       EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes. The
       actual signature returned by EVP_SignFinal() may be smaller.

RETURN VALUES

       EVP_SignInit_ex(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() return 1 for
       success and 0 for failure.

       EVP_PKEY_size() returns the maximum size of a signature in bytes.

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

NOTES

       The EVP interface to digital signatures should almost always be used in
       preference to the low level interfaces. This is because the code then
       becomes transparent to the algorithm used and much more flexible.

       Due to the link between message digests and public key algorithms the
       correct digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type.
       A list of algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in
       EVP_DigestInit(3).

       EVP_SignUpdate() could not be made after calling EVP_SignFinal().

SEE ALSO

       EVP_VerifyInit(3), EVP_DigestInit(3), err(3), evp(3), hmac(3), md2(3),
       md5(3), mdc2(3), ripemd(3), sha(3), dgst(1)

HISTORY

       EVP_SignInit(), EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() are available in
       all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.

       EVP_SignInit_ex() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.



0.9.8d                            2005-03-22                   EVP_SignInit(3)