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PKCS12_CREATE(3ossl) OpenSSL PKCS12_CREATE(3ossl)
NAME
PKCS12_create, PKCS12_create_ex - create a PKCS#12 structure
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/pkcs12.h>
PKCS12 *PKCS12_create(const char *pass, const char *name, EVP_PKEY *pkey,
X509 *cert, STACK_OF(X509) *ca,
int nid_key, int nid_cert, int iter, int mac_iter, int keytype);
PKCS12 *PKCS12_create_ex(const char *pass, const char *name, EVP_PKEY *pkey,
X509 *cert, STACK_OF(X509) *ca, int nid_key, int nid_cert,
int iter, int mac_iter, int keytype,
OSSL_LIB_CTX *ctx, const char *propq);
DESCRIPTION
PKCS12_create() creates a PKCS#12 structure.
pass is the passphrase to use. name is the friendlyName to use for the
supplied certificate and key. pkey is the private key to include in the
structure and cert its corresponding certificates. ca, if not NULL is
an optional set of certificates to also include in the structure.
nid_key and nid_cert are the encryption algorithms that should be used
for the key and certificate respectively. The modes GCM, CCM, XTS, and
OCB are unsupported. iter is the encryption algorithm iteration count
to use and mac_iter is the MAC iteration count to use. keytype is the
type of key.
PKCS12_create_ex() is identical to PKCS12_create() but allows for a
library context ctx and property query propq to be used to select
algorithm implementations.
NOTES
The parameters nid_key, nid_cert, iter, mac_iter and keytype can all be
set to zero and sensible defaults will be used.
These defaults are: AES password based encryption (PBES2 with PBKDF2
and AES-256-CBC) for private keys and certificates, the PBKDF2 and MAC
key derivation iteration count of PKCS12_DEFAULT_ITER (currently 2048),
and MAC algorithm HMAC with SHA2-256. The MAC key derivation algorithm
used for the outer PKCS#12 structure is PKCS12KDF.
The default MAC iteration count is 1 in order to retain compatibility
with old software which did not interpret MAC iteration counts. If such
compatibility is not required then mac_iter should be set to
PKCS12_DEFAULT_ITER.
keytype adds a flag to the store private key. This is a non standard
extension that is only currently interpreted by MSIE. If set to zero
the flag is omitted, if set to KEY_SIG the key can be used for signing
only, if set to KEY_EX it can be used for signing and encryption. This
option was useful for old export grade software which could use signing
only keys of arbitrary size but had restrictions on the permissible
sizes of keys which could be used for encryption.
If a certificate contains an alias or keyid then this will be used for
should be used.
mac_iter can be set to -1 and the MAC will then be omitted entirely.
This can be useful when running with the FIPS provider as the PKCS12KDF
is not a FIPS approvable algorithm.
PKCS12_create() makes assumptions regarding the encoding of the given
pass phrase. See passphrase-encoding(7) for more information.
RETURN VALUES
PKCS12_create() returns a valid PKCS12 structure or NULL if an error
occurred.
CONFORMING TO
IETF RFC 7292 (<https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7292>)
SEE ALSO
EVP_KDF-PKCS12KDF(7), d2i_PKCS12(3), OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7),
passphrase-encoding(7)
HISTORY
PKCS12_create_ex() was added in OpenSSL 3.0.
The defaults for encryption algorithms, MAC algorithm, and the MAC key
derivation iteration count were changed in OpenSSL 3.0 to more modern
standards.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2002-2023 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>.
3.0.11 2023-09-19 PKCS12_CREATE(3ossl)