/* silcapputil.h Author: Pekka Riikonen Copyright (C) 2002 Pekka Riikonen The contents of this file are subject to one of the Licenses specified in the COPYING file; You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. The software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either expressed or implied. See the COPYING file for more information. */ /****h* silcutil/SILC Application Utilities * * DESCRIPTION * * This interface provides utility functions for applications' * convenience. It provides functions that may be used for example by * command line applications but also other applications may find some * routines helpful. None of these routines are mandatory in any other * SILC routines or libraries, and are purely provided for convenience. * These routines for example provide simple public key and private key * pair generation, public key and private key file saving and loading * for application, and other similar routines. * ***/ #ifndef SILCAPPUTIL_H #define SILCAPPUTIL_H /****f* silcutil/SilcAppUtil/silc_create_key_pair * * SYNOPSIS * * bool silc_create_key_pair(const char *pkcs_name, * SilcUInt32 key_len_bits, * const char *pub_filename, * const char *prv_filename, * const char *pub_identifier, * const char *passphrase, * SilcPKCS *return_pkcs, * SilcPublicKey *return_public_key, * SilcPrivateKey *return_private_key, * bool interactive); * * DESCRIPTION * * This routine can be used to generate new public key and private key * pair. The `pkcs_name' is the name of public key algorithm, or if * NULL it defaults to "rsa". The `key_len_bits' is the key length * in bits and if zero (0) it defaults to 2048 bits. The `pub_filename' * and `prv_filename' is the public key and private key filenames. * The `pub_identifier' is the public key identifier (for example: * "UN=foobar, HN=hostname"), or if NULL the routine generates it * automatically. * * The `passphrase' is the passphrase that is used to encrypt the * private key file. It is recommended that you would protect your * private key file with a passphrase. * * The routine returns FALSE if error occurs during key generation. * Function returns TRUE when success and returns the created SilcPKCS * object, which can be used to perform public key cryptography into * `return_pkcs' pointer, created public key into `return_public_key', * and created private key into `return_private_key' pointer. * * If the `interactive' is TRUE then this asks the user (by blocking * the process for input) some questions about key generation (like * public key algorithm, key length, filenames, etc). If all * arguments are provided to this function already then `interactive' * has no effect. * * NOTES * * Before calling this function the application must have initialized * the crypto library by registering the public key algorithms with * silc_pkcs_register_default function. * ***/ bool silc_create_key_pair(const char *pkcs_name, SilcUInt32 key_len_bits, const char *pub_filename, const char *prv_filename, const char *pub_identifier, const char *passphrase, SilcPKCS *return_pkcs, SilcPublicKey *return_public_key, SilcPrivateKey *return_private_key, bool interactive); /****f* silcutil/SilcAppUtil/silc_load_key_pair * * SYNOPSIS * * bool silc_load_key_pair(const char *pub_filename, * const char *prv_filename, * const char *passphrase, * SilcPKCS *return_pkcs, * SilcPublicKey *return_public_key, * SilcPrivateKey *return_private_key); * * DESCRIPTION * * This routine can be used to load the public key and private key * from files. This retuns FALSE it either of the key could not be * loaded. This function returns TRUE on success and returns the * public key into `return_public_key' pointer, private key into * `return_private_key' pointer and the SilcPKCS object to the * `return_pkcs'. The SilcPKCS can be used to perform public key * cryptographic operations. The `passphrase' is the passphrase * which will be used to decrypt the private key file. * ***/ bool silc_load_key_pair(const char *pub_filename, const char *prv_filename, const char *passphrase, SilcPKCS *return_pkcs, SilcPublicKey *return_public_key, SilcPrivateKey *return_private_key); /****f* silcutil/SilcAppUtil/silc_show_public_key * * SYNOPSIS * * bool silc_show_public_key(const char *pub_filename); * * DESCRIPTION * * This routine can be used to dump the contents of the public key * in the public key file `pub_filename'. This dumps the public key * into human readable form into stdout. Returns FALSE on error. * ***/ bool silc_show_public_key(const char *pub_filename); /****f* silcutil/SilcAppUtil/silc_change_private_key_passphrase * * SYNOPSIS * * bool silc_change_private_key_passphrase(const char *prv_filename, * const char *old_passphrase, * const char *new_passphrase); * * DESCRIPTION * * This routine can be used to change the passphrase of the private * key file, which is used to encrypt the private key. If the old * and new passphrase is not provided for this function this will * prompt for them. * ***/ bool silc_change_private_key_passphrase(const char *prv_filename, const char *old_passphrase, const char *new_passphrase); #endif /* SILCAPPUTIL_H */