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EVP_PKEY-X25519(7SSL)

📛 NAME

EVP_PKEY-X25519, EVP_PKEY-X448, EVP_PKEY-ED25519, EVP_PKEY-ED448, EVP_KEYMGMT-X25519, EVP_KEYMGMT-X448, EVP_KEYMGMT-ED25519, EVP_KEYMGMT-ED448 - EVP_PKEY X25519, X448, ED25519 and ED448 keytype and algorithm support

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
🔧 Create X25519 context	EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "X25519", NULL)	Obtain an EVP_PKEY_CTX for X25519 key exchange
🔧 Create X448 context	EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "X448", NULL)	Obtain an EVP_PKEY_CTX for X448 key exchange
🔧 Create ED25519 context	EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "ED25519", NULL)	Obtain an EVP_PKEY_CTX for ED25519 signatures
🔧 Create ED448 context	EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "ED448", NULL)	Obtain an EVP_PKEY_CTX for ED448 signatures
🔑 Generate X25519 key	EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(NULL, NULL, "X25519")	Generate a new X25519 key pair
🔑 Generate X448 key	EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(NULL, NULL, "X448")	Generate a new X448 key pair
🔑 Generate ED25519 key	EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(NULL, NULL, "ED25519")	Generate a new ED25519 key pair
🔑 Generate ED448 key	EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(NULL, NULL, "ED448")	Generate a new ED448 key pair

📖 DESCRIPTION

The X25519, X448, ED25519 and ED448 keytypes are implemented in OpenSSL's default and FIPS providers. These implementations support the associated key, containing the public key pub and the private key priv. No additional parameters can be set during key generation.

🔧 Common X25519, X448, ED25519 and ED448 Parameters

In addition to the common parameters that all keytypes should support (see "Common parameters" in provider-keymgmt(7)), the implementation of these keytypes support the following. 🏷️ "group" (OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_GROUP_NAME) <UTF8 string> This is only supported by X25519 and X448. The group name must be "x25519" or "x448" respectively for those algorithms. This is only present for consistency with other key exchange algorithms and is typically not needed. 🔑 "pub" (OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PUB_KEY) <octet string> The public key value. 🔒 "priv" (OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_PRIV_KEY) <octet string> The private key value. 📦 "encoded-pub-key" (OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_ENCODED_PUBLIC_KEY) <octet string> Used for getting and setting the encoding of a public key for the X25519 and X448 key types. Public keys are expected be encoded in a format as defined by RFC7748.

🔐 ED25519 and ED448 Parameters

🚫 "mandatory-digest" (OSSL_PKEY_PARAM_MANDATORY_DIGEST) <UTF8 string> The empty string, signifying that no digest may be specified.

📜 CONFORMING TO

RFC 8032 RFC 8410

📝 EXAMPLES

An EVP_PKEY context can be obtained by calling:

EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx =
    EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "X25519", NULL);

EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx =
    EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "X448", NULL);

EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx =
    EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "ED25519", NULL);

EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx =
    EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_from_name(NULL, "ED448", NULL);

An X25519 key can be generated like this:

pkey = EVP_PKEY_Q_keygen(NULL, NULL, "X25519");

An X448, ED25519, or ED448 key can be generated likewise.

🔗 SEE ALSO

EVP_KEYMGMT(3), EVP_PKEY(3), provider-keymgmt(7), EVP_KEYEXCH-X25519(7), EVP_KEYEXCH-X448(7), EVP_SIGNATURE-ED25519(7), EVP_SIGNATURE-ED448(7)

©️ COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2020-2021 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_PKEY-X25519(7SSL)

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