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- public_key
  - Top of manual page
  - decrypt_private/2
  - decrypt_public/2
  - der_decode/2
  - der_encode/2
  - pem_decode/1
  - pem_encode/1
  - pem_entry_decode/1
  - pem_entry_encode/2
  - encrypt_private/2
  - encrypt_public/2
  - pkix_decode_cert/2
  - pkix_encode/3
  - pkix_is_issuer/2
  - pkix_is_fixed_dh_cert/1
  - pkix_is_self_signed/1
  - pkix_issuer_id/2
  - pkix_normalize_name/1
  - pkix_sign/2
  - pkix_verify/2
  - sign/3
  - verify/4

# public_key

### MODULE

public_key

### MODULE SUMMARY

API module for public key infrastructure.

### DESCRIPTION

This module provides functions to handle public key infrastructure from RFC 5280 - X.509 certificates and some parts of the PKCS-standard.

### COMMON DATA TYPES

Note

All records used in this manual are generated from asn1 specifications and are documented in the User's Guide. See Public key records and X.509 Certificate records.

Use the following include directive to get access to the records and constant macros described here and in the User's Guide.

     -include_lib("public_key/include/public_key.hrl").

Data Types

boolean() = true | false

string = [bytes()]

der_encoded() = binary()

decrypt_der() = binary()

pki_asn1_type() = 'Certificate' | 'RSAPrivateKey'| 'RSAPublicKey' 'DSAPrivateKey' | 'DSAPublicKey' | 'DHParameter' | 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo'

pem_entry () = {pki_asn1_type(), der_encoded() | decrypt_der(), not_encrypted | {"DES-CBC" | "DES-EDE3-CBC", crypto:rand_bytes(8)}}.

rsa_public_key() = #'RSAPublicKey'{}

rsa_private_key() = #'RSAPrivateKey'{}

dsa_public_key() = {integer(), #'Dss-Parms'{}}

rsa_private_key() = #'RSAPrivateKey'{}

dsa_private_key() = #'DSAPrivateKey'{}

public_crypt_options() = [{rsa_pad, rsa_padding()}].

rsa_padding() = 'rsa_pkcs1_padding' | 'rsa_pkcs1_oaep_padding' | 'rsa_no_padding'

rsa_digest_type() = 'md5' | 'sha'

dss_digest_type() = 'none' | 'sha'

### EXPORTS

decrypt_private(CipherText, Key [, Options]) -> binary()

Types:

CipherText = binary()
Key = rsa_private_key()
Options = public_crypt_options()

Public key decryption using the private key.

decrypt_public(CipherText, Key [, Options]) - > binary()

Types:

CipherText = binary()
Key = rsa_public_key()
Options = public_crypt_options()

Public key decryption using the public key.

der_decode(Asn1type, Der) -> term()

Types:

Asn1Type = atom() -
Asn1 type present in the public_key applications asn1 specifications.
Der = der_encoded()

Decodes a public key asn1 der encoded entity.

der_encode(Asn1Type, Entity) -> der_encoded()

Types:

Asn1Type = atom()
Asn1 type present in the public_key applications asn1 specifications.
Entity = term() - The erlang representation of Asn1Type

Encodes a public key entity with asn1 DER encoding.

pem_decode(PemBin) -> [pem_entry()]

Types:

PemBin = binary()
Example {ok, PemBin} = file:read_file("cert.pem").

Decode PEM binary data and return entries as asn1 der encoded entities.

pem_encode(PemEntries) -> binary()

Types:

PemEntries = [pem_entry()]

Creates a PEM binary

pem_entry_decode(PemEntry [, Password]) -> term()

Types:

PemEntry = pem_entry()
Password = string()

Decodes a pem entry. pem_decode/1 returns a list of pem entries. Note that if the pem entry is of type 'SubjectPublickeyInfo' it will be further decoded to an rsa_public_key() or dsa_public_key().

pem_entry_encode(Asn1Type, Entity [,{CipherInfo, Password}]) -> pem_entry()

Types:

Asn1Type = pki_asn1_type()
Entity = term() - The Erlang representation of Asn1Type. If Asn1Type is 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo' then Entity must be either an rsa_public_key() or a dsa_public_key() and this function will create the appropriate 'SubjectPublicKeyInfo' entry.
CipherInfo = {"DES-CBC" | "DES-EDE3-CBC", crypto:rand_bytes(8)}
Password = string()

Creates a pem entry that can be feed to pem_encode/1.

encrypt_private(PlainText, Key) -> binary()

Types:

PlainText = binary()
Key = rsa_private_key()

Public key encryption using the private key.

encrypt_public(PlainText, Key) -> binary()

Types:

PlainText = binary()
Key = rsa_public_key()

Public key encryption using the public key.

pkix_decode_cert(Cert, otp|plain) -> #'Certificate'{} | #'OTPCertificate'{}

Types:

Cert = der_encoded()

Decodes an asn1 der encoded pkix certificate. The otp option will use the customized asn1 specification OTP-PKIX.asn1 for decoding and also recursively decode most of the standard parts.

pkix_encode(Asn1Type, Entity, otp | plain) -> der_encoded()

Types:

Asn1Type = atom()
The asn1 type can be 'Certificate', 'OTPCertificate' or a subtype of either .

Der encodes a pkix x509 certificate or part of such a certificate. This function must be used for encoding certificates or parts of certificates that are decoded/created on the otp format, whereas for the plain format this function will directly call der_encode/2.

pkix_is_issuer(Cert, IssuerCert) -> boolean()

Types:

Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}
IssuerCert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}

Checks if IssuerCert issued Cert

pkix_is_fixed_dh_cert(Cert) -> boolean()

Types:

Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}

Checks if a Certificate is a fixed Diffie-Hellman Cert.

pkix_is_self_signed(Cert) -> boolean()

Types:

Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}

Checks if a Certificate is self signed.

pkix_issuer_id(Cert, IssuedBy) -> {ok, IssuerID} | {error, Reason}

Types:

Cert = der_encode() | #'OTPCertificate'{}
IssuedBy = self | other
IssuerID = {integer(), {rdnSequence, [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{}]}}
The issuer id consists of the serial number and the issuers name.
Reason = term()

Returns the issuer id.

pkix_normalize_name(Issuer) -> Normalized

Types:

Issuer = {rdnSequence,[#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{}]}
Normalized = {rdnSequence, [#'AttributeTypeAndValue'{}]}

Normalizes a issuer name so that it can be easily compared to another issuer name.

pkix_sign(#'OTPTBSCertificate'{}, Key) -> der_encode()

Types:

Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()

Signs a 'OTPTBSCertificate'. Returns the corresponding der encoded certificate.

pkix_verify(Cert, Key) -> boolean()

Types:

Cert = der_encode()
Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()

Verify pkix x.509 certificate signature.

sign(Msg, DigestType, Key) -> binary()

Types:

Msg = binary()
The msg is either the binary "plain text" data to be signed or in the case that digest type is none it is the hashed value of "plain text" i.e. the digest.
DigestType = rsa_digest_type() | dsa_digest_type()
Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()

Creates a digital signature.

verify(Msg, DigestType, Signature, Key) -> boolean()

Types:

Msg = binary()
The msg is either the binary "plain text" data or in the case that digest type is none it is the hashed value of "plain text" i.e. the digest.
DigestType = rsa_digest_type() | dsa_digest_type()
Signature = binary()
Key = rsa_public_key() | dsa_public_key()

Verifies a digital signature