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instance method
OpenSSL::PKey::PKey#derive
pkey.derive(peer_pkey) → string
ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c
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static VALUE
ossl_pkey_derive(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
EVP_PKEY *pkey, *peer_pkey;
EVP_PKEY_CTX *ctx;
VALUE peer_pkey_obj, str;
size_t keylen;
int state;
GetPKey(self, pkey);
rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "1", &peer_pkey_obj);
GetPKey(peer_pkey_obj, peer_pkey);
ctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(pkey, /* engine */NULL);
if (!ctx)
ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "EVP_PKEY_CTX_new");
if (EVP_PKEY_derive_init(ctx) <= 0) {
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx);
ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "EVP_PKEY_derive_init");
}
if (EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(ctx, peer_pkey) <= 0) {
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx);
ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer");
}
if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, NULL, &keylen) <= 0) {
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx);
ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "EVP_PKEY_derive");
}
if (keylen > LONG_MAX)
rb_raise(ePKeyError, "derived key would be too large");
str = ossl_str_new(NULL, (long)keylen, &state);
if (state) {
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx);
rb_jump_tag(state);
}
if (EVP_PKEY_derive(ctx, (unsigned char *)RSTRING_PTR(str), &keylen) <= 0) {
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx);
ossl_raise(ePKeyError, "EVP_PKEY_derive");
}
EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(ctx);
rb_str_set_len(str, keylen);
return str;
}
Derives a shared secret from pkey and peer_pkey. pkey must contain the private components, peer_pkey must contain the public components.