NAME
EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_nid, EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_name - get default signature digest
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/evp.h>
int EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_name(EVP_PKEY *pkey,
char *mdname, size_t mdname_sz)
int EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_nid(EVP_PKEY *pkey, int *pnid);
DESCRIPTION
EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_name() fills in the default message digest name for the public key signature operations associated with key pkey into mdname, up to at most mdname_sz bytes including the ending NUL byte. The name could be "UNDEF"
, signifying that no digest should be used.
EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_nid() sets pnid to the default message digest NID for the public key signature operations associated with key pkey. Note that some signature algorithms (i.e. Ed25519 and Ed448) do not use a digest during signing. In this case pnid will be set to NID_undef. This function is only reliable for legacy keys, which are keys with a EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD; these keys have typically been loaded from engines, or created with NOTES
For all current standard OpenSSL public key algorithms SHA256 is returned. EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_name() and EVP_PKEY_get_default_digest_nid() both return 1 if the message digest is advisory (that is other digests can be used) and 2 if it is mandatory (other digests can not be used). They return 0 or a negative value for failure. In particular a return value of -2 indicates the operation is not supported by the public key algorithm. EVP_PKEY_sign(3), EVP_PKEY_verify(3), HISTORY
This function was added in OpenSSL 1.0.0. Copyright 2006-2020 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 https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html.RETURN VALUES
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