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Issue 9254031: Upgrade chrome's OpenSSL to same version Android ships with. (Closed) Base URL: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/deps/third_party/openssl/
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--- openssl/doc/crypto/PKCS7_sign.pod (revision 105093)
+++ openssl/doc/crypto/PKCS7_sign.pod (working copy)
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-PKCS7_sign() creates and returns a PKCS#7 signedData structure. B<signcert>
-is the certificate to sign with, B<pkey> is the corresponsding private key.
-B<certs> is an optional additional set of certificates to include in the
-PKCS#7 structure (for example any intermediate CAs in the chain).
+PKCS7_sign() creates and returns a PKCS#7 signedData structure. B<signcert> is
+the certificate to sign with, B<pkey> is the corresponsding private key.
+B<certs> is an optional additional set of certificates to include in the PKCS#7
+structure (for example any intermediate CAs in the chain).
The data to be signed is read from BIO B<data>.
@@ -23,72 +23,83 @@
=head1 NOTES
-Any of the following flags (ored together) can be passed in the B<flags> parameter.
+Any of the following flags (ored together) can be passed in the B<flags>
+parameter.
Many S/MIME clients expect the signed content to include valid MIME headers. If
the B<PKCS7_TEXT> flag is set MIME headers for type B<text/plain> are prepended
to the data.
If B<PKCS7_NOCERTS> is set the signer's certificate will not be included in the
-PKCS7 structure, the signer's certificate must still be supplied in the B<signcert>
-parameter though. This can reduce the size of the signature if the signers certificate
-can be obtained by other means: for example a previously signed message.
+PKCS7 structure, the signer's certificate must still be supplied in the
+B<signcert> parameter though. This can reduce the size of the signature if the
+signers certificate can be obtained by other means: for example a previously
+signed message.
-The data being signed is included in the PKCS7 structure, unless B<PKCS7_DETACHED>
-is set in which case it is omitted. This is used for PKCS7 detached signatures
-which are used in S/MIME plaintext signed messages for example.
+The data being signed is included in the PKCS7 structure, unless
+B<PKCS7_DETACHED> is set in which case it is omitted. This is used for PKCS7
+detached signatures which are used in S/MIME plaintext signed messages for
+example.
-Normally the supplied content is translated into MIME canonical format (as required
-by the S/MIME specifications) if B<PKCS7_BINARY> is set no translation occurs. This
-option should be used if the supplied data is in binary format otherwise the translation
-will corrupt it.
+Normally the supplied content is translated into MIME canonical format (as
+required by the S/MIME specifications) if B<PKCS7_BINARY> is set no translation
+occurs. This option should be used if the supplied data is in binary format
+otherwise the translation will corrupt it.
-The signedData structure includes several PKCS#7 autenticatedAttributes including
-the signing time, the PKCS#7 content type and the supported list of ciphers in
-an SMIMECapabilities attribute. If B<PKCS7_NOATTR> is set then no authenticatedAttributes
-will be used. If B<PKCS7_NOSMIMECAP> is set then just the SMIMECapabilities are
-omitted.
+The signedData structure includes several PKCS#7 autenticatedAttributes
+including the signing time, the PKCS#7 content type and the supported list of
+ciphers in an SMIMECapabilities attribute. If B<PKCS7_NOATTR> is set then no
+authenticatedAttributes will be used. If B<PKCS7_NOSMIMECAP> is set then just
+the SMIMECapabilities are omitted.
If present the SMIMECapabilities attribute indicates support for the following
-algorithms: triple DES, 128 bit RC2, 64 bit RC2, DES and 40 bit RC2. If any
-of these algorithms is disabled then it will not be included.
+algorithms: triple DES, 128 bit RC2, 64 bit RC2, DES and 40 bit RC2. If any of
+these algorithms is disabled then it will not be included.
-If the flags B<PKCS7_PARTSIGN> is set then the returned B<PKCS7> structure
-is just initialized ready to perform the signing operation. The signing
-is however B<not> performed and the data to be signed is not read from
-the B<data> parameter. Signing is deferred until after the data has been
-written. In this way data can be signed in a single pass. Currently the
-flag B<PKCS7_DETACHED> B<must> also be set.
+If the flags B<PKCS7_STREAM> is set then the returned B<PKCS7> structure is
+just initialized ready to perform the signing operation. The signing is however
+B<not> performed and the data to be signed is not read from the B<data>
+parameter. Signing is deferred until after the data has been written. In this
+way data can be signed in a single pass.
+If the B<PKCS7_PARTIAL> flag is set a partial B<PKCS7> structure is output to
+which additional signers and capabilities can be added before finalization.
+
+
=head1 NOTES
-Currently the flag B<PKCS7_PARTSIGN> is only supported for detached
-data. If this flag is set the returned B<PKCS7> structure is B<not>
-complete and outputting its contents via a function that does not
-properly finalize the B<PKCS7> structure will give unpredictable
-results.
+If the flag B<PKCS7_STREAM> is set the returned B<PKCS7> structure is B<not>
+complete and outputting its contents via a function that does not properly
+finalize the B<PKCS7> structure will give unpredictable results.
-At present only the SMIME_write_PKCS7() function properly finalizes the
-structure.
+Several functions including SMIME_write_PKCS7(), i2d_PKCS7_bio_stream(),
+PEM_write_bio_PKCS7_stream() finalize the structure. Alternatively finalization
+can be performed by obtaining the streaming ASN1 B<BIO> directly using
+BIO_new_PKCS7().
-=head1 BUGS
+If a signer is specified it will use the default digest for the signing
+algorithm. This is B<SHA1> for both RSA and DSA keys.
-PKCS7_sign() is somewhat limited. It does not support multiple signers, some
-advanced attributes such as counter signatures are not supported.
+In OpenSSL 1.0.0 the B<certs>, B<signcert> and B<pkey> parameters can all be
+B<NULL> if the B<PKCS7_PARTIAL> flag is set. One or more signers can be added
+using the function B<PKCS7_sign_add_signer()>. B<PKCS7_final()> must also be
+called to finalize the structure if streaming is not enabled. Alternative
+signing digests can also be specified using this method.
-The SHA1 digest algorithm is currently always used.
+In OpenSSL 1.0.0 if B<signcert> and B<pkey> are NULL then a certificates only
+PKCS#7 structure is output.
-When the signed data is not detached it will be stored in memory within the
-B<PKCS7> structure. This effectively limits the size of messages which can be
-signed due to memory restraints. There should be a way to sign data without
-having to hold it all in memory, this would however require fairly major
-revisions of the OpenSSL ASN1 code.
+In versions of OpenSSL before 1.0.0 the B<signcert> and B<pkey> parameters must
+B<NOT> be NULL.
+=head1 BUGS
+Some advanced attributes such as counter signatures are not supported.
+
=head1 RETURN VALUES
-PKCS7_sign() returns either a valid PKCS7 structure or NULL if an error occurred.
-The error can be obtained from ERR_get_error(3).
+PKCS7_sign() returns either a valid PKCS7 structure or NULL if an error
+occurred. The error can be obtained from ERR_get_error(3).
=head1 SEE ALSO
@@ -98,6 +109,8 @@
PKCS7_sign() was added to OpenSSL 0.9.5
-The B<PKCS7_PARTSIGN> flag was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8
+The B<PKCS7_PARTIAL> flag was added in OpenSSL 1.0.0
+The B<PKCS7_STREAM> flag was added in OpenSSL 1.0.0
+
=cut
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