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authorDr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>2020-01-26 22:18:23 +0100
committerDr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>2020-02-07 11:38:02 +0100
commit30a9d5d1a72149c4eb2b8e5aa83f509344c80232 (patch)
treec8ae072771a45fa23ad49b0cc0a3ffe740623392 /doc
parentb03de7a9207645c72e22627b10709f15eed211bf (diff)
RAND_DRBG: add a callback data for entropy and nonce callbacks
The callback data allows passing context specific data from the application of the DRBG to to the entropy callbacks. This a rather specialized feature which is useful for implementing known answer tests (KATs) or deterministic signatures (RFC6979), which require passing a specified entropy and nonce for instantiating the DRBG. Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10950)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/man3/RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks.pod31
-rw-r--r--doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_ct_validation_callback.pod2
2 files changed, 30 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks.pod
index 695c1903e9..c899a1adcb 100644
--- a/doc/man3/RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks.pod
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
=head1 NAME
RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks,
+RAND_DRBG_set_callback_data,
+RAND_DRBG_get_callback_data,
RAND_DRBG_get_entropy_fn,
RAND_DRBG_cleanup_entropy_fn,
RAND_DRBG_get_nonce_fn,
@@ -20,6 +22,9 @@ RAND_DRBG_cleanup_nonce_fn
RAND_DRBG_get_nonce_fn get_nonce,
RAND_DRBG_cleanup_nonce_fn cleanup_nonce);
+ int RAND_DRBG_set_callback_data(RAND_DRBG *drbg, void *ctx);
+
+ void *RAND_DRBG_get_callback_data(RAND_DRBG *drbg);
=head2 Callback Functions
@@ -53,7 +58,16 @@ the nonce when reseeding the given B<drbg>.
The callback functions are implemented and provided by the caller.
Their parameter lists need to match the function prototypes above.
-Setting the callbacks is allowed only if the DRBG has not been initialized yet.
+RAND_DRBG_set_callback_data() can be used to store a pointer to some context
+specific data, which can subsequently be retrieved by the entropy and nonce
+callbacks using RAND_DRBG_get_callback_data().
+The ownership of the context data remains with the caller, i.e., it is the
+caller's responsibility to keep it available as long as it is need by the
+callbacks and free it after use.
+For more information about the the callback data see the NOTES section.
+
+Setting the callbacks or the callback data is allowed only if the DRBG has
+not been initialized yet.
Otherwise, the operation will fail.
To change the settings for one of the three shared DRBGs it is necessary to call
RAND_DRBG_uninstantiate() first.
@@ -95,7 +109,12 @@ setting them to NULL.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
-RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks() return 1 on success, and 0 on failure
+RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks() returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure.
+
+RAND_DRBG_set_callback_data() returns 1 on success, and 0 on failure.
+
+RAND_DRBG_get_callback_data() returns the pointer to the callback data,
+which is NULL if none has been set previously.
=head1 NOTES
@@ -121,6 +140,14 @@ In this case the DRBG will automatically request an extra amount of entropy
utilize for the nonce, following the recommendations of [NIST SP 800-90A Rev. 1],
section 8.6.7.
+The callback data a rather specialized feature, because in general the
+random sources don't (and in fact, they must not) depend on any state provided
+by the DRBG.
+There are however exceptional cases where this feature is useful, most notably
+for implementing known answer tests (KATs) or deterministic signatures like
+those specified in RFC6979, which require passing a specified entropy and nonce
+for instantiating the DRBG.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<RAND_DRBG_new(3)>,
diff --git a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_ct_validation_callback.pod b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_ct_validation_callback.pod
index c0a635b9aa..6732ee1135 100644
--- a/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_ct_validation_callback.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/SSL_CTX_set_ct_validation_callback.pod
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ sufficient to allow the connection to continue.
The TLS handshake is aborted if the verification mode is not B<SSL_VERIFY_NONE>
and the callback returns a non-positive result.
-An arbitrary callback context argument, B<arg>, can be passed in when setting
+An arbitrary callback data argument, B<arg>, can be passed in when setting
the callback.
This will be passed to the callback whenever it is invoked.
Ownership of this context remains with the caller.