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X25519(7SSL)                                   OpenSSL                                  X25519(7SSL)



NAME
       X25519, X448 - EVP_PKEY X25519 and X448 support

DESCRIPTION
       The X25519 and X448 EVP_PKEY implementation supports key generation and key derivation using
       X25519 and X448. It has associated private and public key formats compatible with RFC 8410.

       No additional parameters can be set during key generation.

       The peer public key must be set using EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer() when performing key
       derivation.

NOTES
       A context for the X25519 algorithm can be obtained by calling:

        EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_X25519, NULL);

       For the X448 algorithm a context can be obtained by calling:

        EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_X448, NULL);

       X25519 or X448 private keys can be set directly using EVP_PKEY_new_raw_private_key(3) or
       loaded from a PKCS#8 private key file using PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(3) (or similar function).
       Completely new keys can also be generated (see the example below). Setting a private key also
       sets the associated public key.

       X25519 or X448 public keys can be set directly using EVP_PKEY_new_raw_public_key(3) or loaded
       from a SubjectPublicKeyInfo structure in a PEM file using PEM_read_bio_PUBKEY(3) (or similar
       function).

EXAMPLES
       This example generates an X25519 private key and writes it to standard output in PEM format:

        #include <openssl/evp.h>
        #include <openssl/pem.h>
        ...
        EVP_PKEY *pkey = NULL;
        EVP_PKEY_CTX *pctx = EVP_PKEY_CTX_new_id(EVP_PKEY_X25519, NULL);
        EVP_PKEY_keygen_init(pctx);
        EVP_PKEY_keygen(pctx, &pkey);
        EVP_PKEY_CTX_free(pctx);
        PEM_write_PrivateKey(stdout, pkey, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);

       The key derivation example in EVP_PKEY_derive(3) can be used with X25519 and X448.

SEE ALSO
       EVP_PKEY_CTX_new(3), EVP_PKEY_keygen(3), EVP_PKEY_derive(3), EVP_PKEY_derive_set_peer(3)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2017-2020 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                                 X25519(7SSL)