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EVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH(7SSL)                         OpenSSL                        EVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH(7SSL)



NAME
       EVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH - ECDH Key Exchange algorithm support

DESCRIPTION
       Key exchange support for the ECDH key type.

   ECDH Key Exchange parameters
       "ecdh-cofactor-mode" (OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_EC_ECDH_COFACTOR_MODE) <integer>
           Sets or gets the ECDH mode of operation for the associated key exchange ctx.

           In the context of an Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman key exchange, this parameter can be
           used to select between the plain Diffie-Hellman (DH) or Cofactor Diffie-Hellman (CDH)
           variants of the key exchange algorithm.

           When setting, the value should be 1, 0 or -1, respectively forcing cofactor mode on, off,
           or resetting it to the default for the private key associated with the given key exchange
           ctx.

           When getting, the value should be either 1 or 0, respectively signaling if the cofactor
           mode is on or off.

           See also provider-keymgmt(7) for the related OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_USE_COFACTOR_ECDH parameter
           that can be set on a per-key basis.

       "kdf-type" (OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_TYPE) <UTF8 string>
           See "Common Key Exchange parameters" in provider-keyexch(7).

       "kdf-digest" (OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST) <UTF8 string>
           See "Common Key Exchange parameters" in provider-keyexch(7).

       "kdf-digest-props" (OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST_PROPS) <UTF8 string>
           See "Common Key Exchange parameters" in provider-keyexch(7).

       "kdf-outlen" (OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_OUTLEN) <unsigned integer>
           See "Common Key Exchange parameters" in provider-keyexch(7).

       "kdf-ukm" (OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_UKM) <octet string>
           See "Common Key Exchange parameters" in provider-keyexch(7).

EXAMPLES
       Keys for the host and peer must be generated as shown in "Examples" in EVP_PKEY-EC(7) using
       the same curve name.

       The code to generate a shared secret for the normal case is identical to "Examples" in
       EVP_KEYEXCH-DH(7).

       To derive a shared secret on the host using the host's key and the peer's public key but also
       using X963KDF with a user key material:

           /* It is assumed that the host_key, peer_pub_key and ukm are set up */
           void derive_secret(EVP_PKEY *host_key, EVP_PKEY *peer_key,
                              unsigned char *ukm, size_t ukm_len)
           {
               unsigned char secret[64];
               size_t out_len = sizeof(secret);
               size_t secret_len = out_len;
               unsigned int pad = 1;
               OSSL_PARAM params[6];
               EVP_PKEY_CTX *dctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_pkey(NULL, host_key, NULL);

               EVP_PKEY_derive_init(dctx);

               params[0] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_uint(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_PAD, &pad);
               params[1] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_TYPE,
                                                            "X963KDF", 0);
               params[2] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_DIGEST,
                                                            "SHA1", 0);
               params[3] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_size_t(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_OUTLEN,
                                                       &out_len);
               params[4] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_EXCHANGE_PARAM_KDF_UKM,
                                                             ukm, ukm_len);
               params[5] = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
               EVP_PKEY_CTX_set_params(dctx, params);

               EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(dctx, peer_pub_key);
               EVP_PKEY_derive(dctx, secret, &secret_len);
               ...
               OPENSSL_clear_free(secret, secret_len);
               EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(dctx);
           }

SEE ALSO
       EVP_PKEY-EC(7) EVP_PKEY(3), provider-keyexch(7), provider-keymgmt(7),
       OSSL_PROVIDER-default(7), OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7),

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2020-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use this file except in
       compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source
       distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.



3.0.2                                        2026-06-02                       EVP_KEYEXCH-ECDH(7SSL)