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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">

<chapter>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>2011</year><year>2013</year>
      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
    </copyright>
    <legalnotice>
      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.
    
    </legalnotice>

    <title>Getting Started</title>
    <prepared></prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date></date>
    <rev></rev>
    <file>using_public_key.xml</file>
  </header>

  <p>This section describes examples of how to use the 
    Public Key API. Keys and certificates used in the following 
    sections are generated only for testing the Public Key 
    application.</p>

    <p>Some shell printouts in the following examples
    are abbreviated for increased readability.</p>

     
  <section>
    <title>PEM Files</title>
    <p>Public-key data (keys, certificates, and so on) can be stored in 
    Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format. 
    The PEM files have the following structure:</p>
    
    <code>
    &lt;text&gt;
    -----BEGIN &lt;SOMETHING&gt;-----
    &lt;Attribute&gt; : &lt;Value&gt;
    &lt;Base64 encoded DER data&gt;
    -----END &lt;SOMETHING&gt;-----
    &lt;text&gt;</code>
    
    <p>A file can contain several <c>BEGIN/END</c> blocks. Text lines between
    blocks are ignored. Attributes, if present, are ignored except
    for <c>Proc-Type</c> and <c>DEK-Info</c>, which are used when <c>DER</c> 
    data is encrypted.</p>

    <section>
      <title>DSA Private Key</title>
      <p>A DSA private key can look as follows:</p>
      <note><p>File handling is not done by the Public Key application.</p></note>
      
      <code>1> {ok, PemBin} = file:read_file("dsa.pem").
{ok,&lt;&lt;"-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIBuw"...&gt;&gt;}</code>
      
      <p>The following PEM file has only one entry, a private DSA key:</p>
      <code>2> [DSAEntry] =  public_key:pem_decode(PemBin).
[{'DSAPrivateKey',&lt;&lt;48,130,1,187,2,1,0,2,129,129,0,183,
                    179,230,217,37,99,144,157,21,228,204,
		    162,207,61,246,...&gt;&gt;,
		    not_encrypted}]</code>
      
      <code>3> Key = public_key:pem_entry_decode(DSAEntry).
#'DSAPrivateKey'{version = 0,
                 p = 12900045185019966618...6593,
                 q = 1216700114794736143432235288305776850295620488937,
                 g = 10442040227452349332...47213,
                 y = 87256807980030509074...403143,
                 x = 510968529856012146351317363807366575075645839654}</code>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>RSA Private Key with Password</title>
      <p>An RSA private key encrypted with a password can look as follows:</p>
      
      <code>1> {ok, PemBin} = file:read_file("rsa.pem").
{ok,&lt;&lt;"Bag Attribut"...&gt;&gt;}</code>

    <p>The following PEM file has only one entry, a private RSA key:</p>
    <code>2>[RSAEntry] = public_key:pem_decode(PemBin).
[{'RSAPrivateKey',&lt;&lt;224,108,117,203,152,40,15,77,128,126,
                    221,195,154,249,85,208,202,251,109,
                    119,120,57,29,89,19,9,...&gt;&gt;,
                  {"DES-EDE3-CBC",&lt;&lt;"kÙeø¼pµL"&gt;&gt;}}]</code>

    <p>In this following example, the password is <c>"abcd1234"</c>:</p>
    <code>3> Key = public_key:pem_entry_decode(RSAEntry, "abcd1234").
    #'RSAPrivateKey'{version = 'two-prime',
                 modulus = 1112355156729921663373...2737107,
                 publicExponent = 65537,
                 privateExponent = 58064406231183...2239766033,
                 prime1 = 11034766614656598484098...7326883017,
                 prime2 = 10080459293561036618240...77738643771,
                 exponent1 = 77928819327425934607...22152984217,
                 exponent2 = 36287623121853605733...20588523793,
                 coefficient = 924840412626098444...41820968343,
                 otherPrimeInfos = asn1_NOVALUE}</code>
    </section>
  
  <section>
    <title>X509 Certificates</title>
    <p>The following is an example of X509 certificates:</p>
    
      <code>1> {ok, PemBin} = file:read_file("cacerts.pem").
{ok,&lt;&lt;"-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----\nMIIC7jCCAl"...&gt;&gt;}</code>

      <p>The following file includes two certificates:</p>
      <code>2> [CertEntry1, CertEntry2] = public_key:pem_decode(PemBin).
[{'Certificate',&lt;&lt;48,130,2,238,48,130,2,87,160,3,2,1,2,2,
                  9,0,230,145,97,214,191,2,120,150,48,13,
                  ...&gt;&gt;,
                not_encrypted},
 {'Certificate',&lt;&lt;48,130,3,200,48,130,3,49,160,3,2,1,2,2,1,
                  1,48,13,6,9,42,134,72,134,247,...&gt;&gt;>,
                not_encrypted}]</code>
      
      <p>Certificates can be decoded as usual:</p>
      <code>2> Cert = public_key:pem_entry_decode(CertEntry1).
#'Certificate'{
    tbsCertificate =
        #'TBSCertificate'{
            version = v3,serialNumber = 16614168075301976214,
            signature =
                #'AlgorithmIdentifier'{
                    algorithm = {1,2,840,113549,1,1,5},
                    parameters = &lt;&lt;5,0&gt;&gt;},
            issuer =
                {rdnSequence,
                    [[#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,3},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,8,101,114,108,97,110,103,67,65&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,11},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,10,69,114,108,97,110,103,32,79,84,80&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,10},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,11,69,114,105,99,115,115,111,110,32,65,66&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,7},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,9,83,116,111,99,107,104,111,108,109&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,6},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,2,83,69&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {1,2,840,113549,1,9,1},
                          value = &lt;&lt;22,22,112,101,116,101,114,64,101,114,...&gt;&gt;}]]},
            validity =
                #'Validity'{
                    notBefore = {utcTime,"080109082929Z"},
                    notAfter = {utcTime,"080208082929Z"}},
            subject =
                {rdnSequence,
                    [[#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,3},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,8,101,114,108,97,110,103,67,65&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,11},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,10,69,114,108,97,110,103,32,79,84,80&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,10},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,11,69,114,105,99,115,115,111,110,32,...&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,7},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,9,83,116,111,99,107,104,111,108,...&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,6},
                          value = &lt;&lt;19,2,83,69&gt;&gt;}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {1,2,840,113549,1,9,1},
                          value = &lt;&lt;22,22,112,101,116,101,114,64,...&gt;&gt;}]]},
            subjectPublicKeyInfo =
                #'SubjectPublicKeyInfo'{
                    algorithm =
                        #'AlgorithmIdentifier'{
                            algorithm = {1,2,840,113549,1,1,1},
                            parameters = &lt;&lt;5,0&gt;&gt;},
                    subjectPublicKey =
                        {0,&lt;&lt;48,129,137,2,129,129,0,203,209,187,77,73,231,90,...&gt;&gt;}},
            issuerUniqueID = asn1_NOVALUE,
            subjectUniqueID = asn1_NOVALUE,
            extensions =
                [#'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,19},
                     critical = true,
                     extnValue = [48,3,1,1,255]},
                 #'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,15},
                     critical = false,
                     extnValue = [3,2,1,6]},
                 #'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,14},
                     critical = false,
                     extnValue = [4,20,27,217,65,152,6,30,142|...]},
                 #'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,17},
                     critical = false,
                     extnValue = [48,24,129,22,112,101,116,101|...]}]},
    signatureAlgorithm =
        #'AlgorithmIdentifier'{
            algorithm = {1,2,840,113549,1,1,5},
            parameters = &lt;&lt;5,0&gt;&gt;},
    signature =
    &lt;&lt;163,186,7,163,216,152,63,47,154,234,139,73,154,96,120,
    165,2,52,196,195,109,167,192,...&gt;&gt;}</code>

      <p>Parts of certificates can be decoded with
      <c>public_key:der_decode/2</c>, using the ASN.1 type of that part.
      However, an application-specific certificate extension requires 
      application-specific ASN.1 decode/encode-functions.
      In the recent example, the first value of <c>rdnSequence</c> is 
      of ASN.1 type <c>'X520CommonName'. ({2,5,4,3} = ?id-at-commonName)</c>:</p>
      
      <code>public_key:der_decode('X520CommonName', &lt;&lt;19,8,101,114,108,97,110,103,67,65&gt;&gt;).
{printableString,"erlangCA"}</code>

      <p>However, certificates can also be decoded using <c>pkix_decode_cert/2</c>, 
      which can customize and recursively decode standard parts of a certificate:</p>

      <code>3>{_, DerCert, _} = CertEntry1.</code>

      <code>4> public_key:pkix_decode_cert(DerCert, otp).
#'OTPCertificate'{
    tbsCertificate =
        #'OTPTBSCertificate'{
            version = v3,serialNumber = 16614168075301976214,
            signature =
                #'SignatureAlgorithm'{
                    algorithm = {1,2,840,113549,1,1,5},
                    parameters = 'NULL'},
            issuer =
                {rdnSequence,
                    [[#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,3},
                          value = {printableString,"erlangCA"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,11},
                          value = {printableString,"Erlang OTP"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,10},
                          value = {printableString,"Ericsson AB"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,7},
                          value = {printableString,"Stockholm"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{type = {2,5,4,6},value = "SE"}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {1,2,840,113549,1,9,1},
                          value = "[email protected]"}]]},
            validity =
                #'Validity'{
                    notBefore = {utcTime,"080109082929Z"},
                    notAfter = {utcTime,"080208082929Z"}},
            subject =
                {rdnSequence,
                    [[#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,3},
                          value = {printableString,"erlangCA"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,11},
                          value = {printableString,"Erlang OTP"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,10},
                          value = {printableString,"Ericsson AB"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {2,5,4,7},
                          value = {printableString,"Stockholm"}}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{type = {2,5,4,6},value = "SE"}],
                     [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{
                          type = {1,2,840,113549,1,9,1},
                          value = "[email protected]"}]]},
            subjectPublicKeyInfo =
                #'OTPSubjectPublicKeyInfo'{
                    algorithm =
                        #'PublicKeyAlgorithm'{
                            algorithm = {1,2,840,113549,1,1,1},
                            parameters = 'NULL'},
                    subjectPublicKey =
                        #'RSAPublicKey'{
                            modulus =
                                1431267547247997...37419,
                            publicExponent = 65537}},
            issuerUniqueID = asn1_NOVALUE,
            subjectUniqueID = asn1_NOVALUE,
            extensions =
                [#'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,19},
                     critical = true,
                     extnValue =
                         #'BasicConstraints'{
                             cA = true,pathLenConstraint = asn1_NOVALUE}},
                 #'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,15},
                     critical = false,
                     extnValue = [keyCertSign,cRLSign]},
                 #'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,14},
                     critical = false,
                     extnValue = [27,217,65,152,6,30,142,132,245|...]},
                 #'Extension'{
                     extnID = {2,5,29,17},
                     critical = false,
                     extnValue = [{rfc822Name,"[email protected]"}]}]},
    signatureAlgorithm =
        #'SignatureAlgorithm'{
            algorithm = {1,2,840,113549,1,1,5},
            parameters = 'NULL'},
    signature =
         &lt;&lt;163,186,7,163,216,152,63,47,154,234,139,73,154,96,120,
           165,2,52,196,195,109,167,192,...&gt;&gt;}</code>

      <p>This call is equivalent to <c>public_key:pem_entry_decode(CertEntry1)</c>:</p>
      <code>5> public_key:pkix_decode_cert(DerCert, plain).
#'Certificate'{ ...}</code>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Encoding Public-Key Data to PEM Format</title>

    <p>If you have public-key data and want to create a PEM file
    this can be done by calling functions
    <c>public_key:pem_entry_encode/2</c> and <c>pem_encode/1</c> and 
    saving the result to a file. For example, assume that you have 
    <c>PubKey = 'RSAPublicKey'{}</c>. Then you can create a PEM-"RSA PUBLIC KEY" 
    file (ASN.1 type <c>'RSAPublicKey'</c>) or a PEM-"PUBLIC KEY" file
    (<c>'SubjectPublicKeyInfo'</c> ASN.1 type).</p>

    <p>The second element of the PEM-entry is the ASN.1 <c>DER</c> encoded
    key data:</p>

    <code>1> PemEntry = public_key:pem_entry_encode('RSAPublicKey', RSAPubKey).
{'RSAPublicKey', &lt;&lt;48,72,...&gt;&gt;, not_encrypted}

2> PemBin = public_key:pem_encode([PemEntry]).
&lt;&lt;"-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----\nMEgC...&gt;&gt;

3> file:write_file("rsa_pub_key.pem", PemBin).
ok</code>

    <p>or:</p>

    <code>1> PemEntry = public_key:pem_entry_encode('SubjectPublicKeyInfo', RSAPubKey).
{'SubjectPublicKeyInfo', &lt;&lt;48,92...&gt;&gt;, not_encrypted}

2> PemBin = public_key:pem_encode([PemEntry]).
&lt;&lt;"-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMFw...&gt;&gt;

3> file:write_file("pub_key.pem", PemBin).
ok</code>

  </section>
</section>

<section>
      <title>RSA Public-Key Cryptography</title>
       <p>Suppose you have the following private key and a corresponding public key:</p>
       <list type="bulleted">
	 <item><c>PrivateKey = #'RSAPrivateKey{}'</c> and 
	 the plaintext <c>Msg = binary()</c></item>
	 <item><c>PublicKey = #'RSAPublicKey'{}</c>
	 </item>
       </list>
       <p>Then you can proceed as follows:</p>

       <p>Encrypt with the private key:</p>
       <code>RsaEncrypted = public_key:encrypt_private(Msg, PrivateKey),
Msg = public_key:decrypt_public(RsaEncrypted, PublicKey),</code>

       <p>Encrypt with the public key:</p>
       <code>RsaEncrypted = public_key:encrypt_public(Msg, PublicKey),
Msg = public_key:decrypt_private(RsaEncrypted, PrivateKey),</code>

      <note><p>You normally do only one of the encrypt or decrypt operations, 
      and the peer does the other. This normaly used in legacy applications
      as a primitive digital signature.
      </p></note>

  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Digital Signatures</title>

    <p>Suppose you have the following private key and a corresponding public key:</p>
    
    <list type="bulleted">
       <item><c>PrivateKey = #'RSAPrivateKey{}'</c> or
       <c>#'DSAPrivateKey'{}</c> and the plaintext <c>Msg = binary()</c></item>
       <item><c>PublicKey = #'RSAPublicKey'{}</c> or
       <c>{integer(), #'DssParams'{}}</c></item>
     </list>
     <p>Then you can proceed as follows:</p>

    <code>Signature = public_key:sign(Msg, sha, PrivateKey),
true = public_key:verify(Msg, sha, Signature, PublicKey),</code>

    <note><p>You normally do only one of the sign or verify operations,
    and the peer does the other.</p></note>

    <p>It can be appropriate to calculate the message digest before
    calling <c>sign</c> or <c>verify</c>, and then use <c>none</c> as 
    second argument:</p>

    <code>Digest = crypto:sha(Msg),
Signature = public_key:sign(Digest, none, PrivateKey),
true = public_key:verify(Digest, none, Signature, PublicKey),</code>
    
  </section>
  
  <section>
    <title>SSH Files</title>
    
    <p>SSH typically uses PEM files for private keys but has its
    own file format for storing public keys. The <c>public_key</c>
    application can be used to parse the content of SSH public-key files.</p>

    <section>
   <title>RFC 4716 SSH Public-Key Files</title>

    <p>RFC 4716 SSH files looks confusingly like PEM files,
       but there are some differences:</p>
      <code>1> {ok, SshBin} = file:read_file("ssh2_rsa_pub").
{ok, &lt;&lt;"---- BEGIN SSH2 PUBLIC KEY ----\nAAAA"...&gt;&gt;}</code>

    <p>This is equivalent to calling <c>public_key:ssh_decode(SshBin, rfc4716_public_key)</c>:
    </p>
      <code>2> public_key:ssh_decode(SshBin, public_key).
[{#'RSAPublicKey'{modulus = 794430685...91663,
                  publicExponent = 35}, []}]</code>

 </section>

 <section>
   <title>OpenSSH Public-Key Format</title>
   <p>OpenSSH public-key format looks as follows:</p>
      <code>1> {ok, SshBin} = file:read_file("openssh_dsa_pub").
{ok,&lt;&lt;"ssh-dss AAAAB3Nza"...&gt;&gt;}</code>

    <p>This is equivalent to calling <c>public_key:ssh_decode(SshBin, openssh_public_key)</c>:
    </p>
    <code>2>  public_key:ssh_decode(SshBin, public_key).
[{{15642692...694280725,
   #'Dss-Parms'{p = 17291273936...696123221,
                q = 1255626590179665817295475654204371833735706001853,
                g = 10454211196...480338645}},
  [{comment,"dhopson@VMUbuntu-DSH"}]}]</code>
 </section>

 <section>
   <title>Known Hosts - OpenSSH Format</title>
   <p>Known hosts - OpenSSH format looks as follows:</p>
      <code>1> {ok, SshBin} = file:read_file("known_hosts").
{ok,&lt;&lt;"hostname.domain.com,192.168.0.1 ssh-rsa AAAAB...&gt;&gt;}</code>

    <p>Returns a list of public keys and their related attributes.
    Each pair of key and attribute corresponds to one entry in
    the known hosts file:</p>
    
    <code>2>  public_key:ssh_decode(SshBin, known_hosts).
[{#'RSAPublicKey'{modulus = 1498979460408...72721699,
                  publicExponent = 35},
  [{hostnames,["hostname.domain.com","192.168.0.1"]}]},
 {#'RSAPublicKey'{modulus = 14989794604088...2721699,
                  publicExponent = 35},
  [{comment,"[email protected]"},
   {hostnames,["|1|BWO5qDxk/cFH0wa05JLdHn+j6xQ=|rXQvIxh5cDD3C43k5DPDamawVNA="]}]}]</code>
  </section>

  <section>
    <title>Authorized Keys - OpenSSH Format</title>
    <p>Authorized keys - OpenSSH format looks as follows:</p>

    <code>1> {ok, SshBin} = file:read_file("auth_keys").
{ok, &lt;&lt;"command=\"dump /home\",no-pty,no-port-forwarding ssh-rsa AAA...&gt;&gt;}</code>

    <p>Returns a list of public keys and their related attributes.
    Each pair of key and attribute corresponds to one entry in
    the authorized key file:</p>

    <code>2> public_key:ssh_decode(SshBin, auth_keys).
[{#'RSAPublicKey'{modulus = 794430685...691663,
                  publicExponent = 35},
  [{comment,"dhopson@VMUbuntu-DSH"},
   {options,["command=\"dump/home\"","no-pty",
             "no-port-forwarding"]}]},
 {{1564269258491...607694280725,
   #'Dss-Parms'{p = 17291273936185...763696123221,
                q = 1255626590179665817295475654204371833735706001853,
                g = 10454211195705...60511039590076780999046480338645}},
  [{comment,"dhopson@VMUbuntu-DSH"}]}]</code>
    </section>

    <section>
      <title>Creating an SSH File from Public-Key Data</title>

      <p>If you got a public key <c>PubKey</c> and a related list of
      attributes <c>Attributes</c> as returned
      by <c>ssh_decode/2</c>, you can create a new SSH file, for example:</p>
      <code>N> SshBin = public_key:ssh_encode([{PubKey, Attributes}], openssh_public_key),
&lt;&lt;"ssh-rsa "...&gt;&gt;
N+1> file:write_file("id_rsa.pub", SshBin).
ok</code>
    </section>
  </section>
</chapter>