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<title>public_key</title>
<prepared>Ingela Anderton Andin</prepared>
<responsible></responsible>
<docno></docno>
<date></date>
<rev></rev>
</header>
<module>public_key</module>
<modulesummary> API module for public key infrastructure.</modulesummary>
<description>
<p>This module provides functions to handle public key infrastructure
from RFC 5280 - X.509 certificates and some parts of the PKCS-standard.
</p>
</description>
<section>
<title>COMMON DATA TYPES </title>
<note><p>All records used in this manual
<!-- except #policy_tree_node{} -->
are generated from asn1 specifications
and are documented in the User's Guide. See <seealso
marker="public_key_records">Public key records</seealso> and <seealso
marker="cert_records">X.509 Certificate records</seealso>.
</p></note>
<p>Use the following include directive to get access to the
records and constant macros described here and in the User's Guide.</p>
<code> -include_lib("public_key/include/public_key.hrl"). </code>
<p><em>Data Types </em></p>
<p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p>
<p><c>string = [bytes()]</c></p>
<p><c>der_encoded() = binary() </c></p>
<p><c>decrypt_der() = binary() </c></p>
<p><c>pki_asn1_type() = 'Certificate' | 'RSAPrivateKey'| 'RSAPublicKey'
'DSAPrivateKey' | 'DSAPublicKey' | 'DHParameter' | 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo'</c></p>
<p><c>pem_entry () = {pki_asn1_type(), der_encoded() | decrypt_der(), not_encrypted |
{"DES-CBC" | "DES-EDE3-CBC", crypto:rand_bytes(8)}}.</c></p>
<p><c>rsa_public_key() = #'RSAPublicKey'{}</c></p>
<p><c>rsa_private_key() = #'RSAPrivateKey'{} </c></p>
<p><c>dsa_public_key() = {integer(), #'Dss-Parms'{}} </c></p>
<p><c>rsa_private_key() = #'RSAPrivateKey'{} </c></p>
<p><c>dsa_private_key() = #'DSAPrivateKey'{}</c></p>
<p><c> public_crypt_options() = [{rsa_pad, rsa_padding()}]. </c></p>
<p><c> rsa_padding() = 'rsa_pkcs1_padding' | 'rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding'
| 'rsa_no_padding'</c></p>
<p><c> rsa_digest_type() = 'md5' | 'sha' </c></p>
<p><c> dss_digest_type() = 'none' | 'sha' </c></p>
<!-- <p><c>policy_tree() = [Root, Children]</c></p> -->
<!-- <p><c>Root = #policy_tree_node{}</c></p> -->
<!-- <p><c>Children = [] | policy_tree()</c></p> -->
<!-- <p> The policy_tree_node record has the following fields:</p> -->
<!-- <taglist> -->
<!-- <tag>valid_policy</tag> -->
<!-- <item> Is a single policy OID representing a -->
<!-- valid policy for the path of length x.</item> -->
<!-- <tag>qualifier_set</tag> -->
<!-- <item>A set of policy qualifiers associated -->
<!-- with the valid policy in certificate x.</item> -->
<!-- <tag>critically_indicator</tag> -->
<!-- <item>The critically_indicator indicates whether the -->
<!-- certificate policy extension in certificate x was marked as -->
<!-- critical. </item> -->
<!-- <tag>expected_policy_set</tag> -->
<!-- <item>The expected_policy_set contains one or more policy OIDs -->
<!-- that would satisfy this policy in the certificate x+1. </item> -->
<!-- </taglist> -->
</section>
<funcs>
<func>
<name>decrypt_private(CipherText, Key [, Options]) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary>Public key decryption.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>CipherText = binary()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_private_key()</v>
<v>Options = public_crypt_options()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Public key decryption using the private key.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>decrypt_public(CipherText, Key [, Options]) - > binary()</name>
<fsummary></fsummary>
<type>
<v>CipherText = binary()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_public_key()</v>
<v>Options = public_crypt_options()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Public key decryption using the public key.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>der_decode(Asn1type, Der) -> term()</name>
<fsummary> Decodes a public key asn1 der encoded entity.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Asn1Type = atom() -</v>
<d> Asn1 type present in the public_key applications
asn1 specifications.</d>
<v>Der = der_encoded()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Decodes a public key asn1 der encoded entity.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>der_encode(Asn1Type, Entity) -> der_encoded()</name>
<fsummary> Encodes a public key entity with asn1 DER encoding.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Asn1Type = atom()</v>
<d> Asn1 type present in the public_key applications
asn1 specifications.</d>
<v>Entity = term() - The erlang representation of <c> Asn1Type</c></v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Encodes a public key entity with asn1 DER encoding.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pem_decode(PemBin) -> [pem_entry()]</name>
<fsummary>Decode PEM binary data and return
entries as asn1 der encoded entities. </fsummary>
<type>
<v>PemBin = binary()</v>
<d>Example {ok, PemBin} = file:read_file("cert.pem").</d>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Decode PEM binary data and return
entries as asn1 der encoded entities.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pem_encode(PemEntries) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary>Creates a PEM binary</fsummary>
<type>
<v> PemEntries = [pem_entry()] </v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Creates a PEM binary</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pem_entry_decode(PemEntry [, Password]) -> term()</name>
<fsummary>Decodes a pem entry.</fsummary>
<type>
<v> PemEntry = pem_entry() </v>
<v> Password = string() </v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Decodes a pem entry. pem_decode/1 returns a list of pem
entries. Note that if the pem entry is of type
'SubjectPublickeyInfo' it will be further decoded to an
rsa_public_key() or dsa_public_key().</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pem_entry_encode(Asn1Type, Entity [,{CipherInfo, Password}]) -> pem_entry()</name>
<fsummary> Creates a pem entry that can be fed to pem_encode/1.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Asn1Type = pki_asn1_type()</v>
<v>Entity = term() - The Erlang representation of
<c>Asn1Type</c>. If <c>Asn1Type</c> is 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo'
then <c>Entity</c> must be either an rsa_public_key() or a
dsa_public_key() and this function will create the appropriate
'SubjectPublicKeyInfo' entry.
</v>
<v>CipherInfo = {"DES-CBC" | "DES-EDE3-CBC", crypto:rand_bytes(8)}</v>
<v>Password = string()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Creates a pem entry that can be feed to pem_encode/1.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>encrypt_private(PlainText, Key) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary> Public key encryption using the private key.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_private_key()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Public key encryption using the private key.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>encrypt_public(PlainText, Key) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary> Public key encryption using the public key.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>PlainText = binary()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_public_key()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Public key encryption using the public key.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_decode_cert(Cert, otp|plain) -> #'Certificate'{} | #'OTPCertificate'{}</name>
<fsummary> Decodes an asn1 der encoded pkix x509 certificate.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Cert = der_encoded()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Decodes an asn1 der encoded pkix certificate. The otp option
will use the customized asn1 specification OTP-PKIX.asn1 for
decoding and also recursively decode most of the standard
parts.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_encode(Asn1Type, Entity, otp | plain) -> der_encoded()</name>
<fsummary>Der encodes a pkix x509 certificate or part of such a
certificate.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Asn1Type = atom()</v>
<d>The asn1 type can be 'Certificate', 'OTPCertificate' or a subtype of either .</d>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Der encodes a pkix x509 certificate or part of such a
certificate. This function must be used for encoding certificates or parts of certificates
that are decoded/created on the otp format, whereas for the plain format this
function will directly call der_encode/2. </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_is_issuer(Cert, IssuerCert) -> boolean()</name>
<fsummary> Checks if <c>IssuerCert</c> issued <c>Cert</c> </fsummary>
<type>
<v>Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}</v>
<v>IssuerCert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Checks if <c>IssuerCert</c> issued <c>Cert</c> </p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_is_fixed_dh_cert(Cert) -> boolean()</name>
<fsummary> Checks if a Certificate is a fixed Diffie-Hellman Cert.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Checks if a Certificate is a fixed Diffie-Hellman Cert.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_is_self_signed(Cert) -> boolean()</name>
<fsummary> Checks if a Certificate is self signed.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Checks if a Certificate is self signed.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_issuer_id(Cert, IssuedBy) -> {ok, IssuerID} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary> Returns the issuer id.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}</v>
<v>IssuedBy = self | other</v>
<v>IssuerID = {integer(), {rdnSequence, [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{}]}}</v>
<d>The issuer id consists of the serial number and the issuers name.</d>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Returns the issuer id.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_normalize_name(Issuer) -> Normalized</name>
<fsummary>Normalizes a issuer name so that it can be easily
compared to another issuer name. </fsummary>
<type>
<v>Issuer = {rdnSequence,[#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{}]}</v>
<v>Normalized = {rdnSequence, [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{}]}</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Normalizes a issuer name so that it can be easily
compared to another issuer name.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<!-- <func> -->
<!-- <name>pkix_path_validation()</name> -->
<!-- <fsummary> Performs a basic path validation according to RFC 5280.</fsummary> -->
<!-- <type> -->
<!-- <v></v> -->
<!-- </type> -->
<!-- <desc> -->
<!-- <p> Performs a basic path validation according to RFC 5280.</p> -->
<!-- </desc> -->
<!-- </func> -->
<func>
<name>pkix_sign(#'OTPTBSCertificate'{}, Key) -> der_encode()</name>
<fsummary>Signs certificate.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Signs a 'OTPTBSCertificate'. Returns the corresponding
der encoded certificate.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>pkix_verify(Cert, Key) -> boolean()</name>
<fsummary> Verify pkix x.509 certificate signature.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Cert = der_encode()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Verify pkix x.509 certificate signature.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>sign(Msg, DigestType, Key) -> binary()</name>
<fsummary> Create digital signature.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Msg = binary()</v>
<d>The msg is either the binary "plain text" data to be
signed or in the case that digest type is <c>none</c>
it is the hashed value of "plain text" i.e. the digest.</d>
<v>DigestType = rsa_digest_type() | dsa_digest_type()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p> Creates a digital signature.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>verify(Msg, DigestType, Signature, Key) -> boolean()</name>
<fsummary>Verifies a digital signature.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Msg = binary()</v>
<d>The msg is either the binary "plain text" data
or in the case that digest type is <c>none</c>
it is the hashed value of "plain text" i.e. the digest.</d>
<v>DigestType = rsa_digest_type() | dsa_digest_type()</v>
<v>Signature = binary()</v>
<v>Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Verifies a digital signature</p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
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