This is a first-cut at improving the callback mechanisms used in

key-generation and prime-checking functions. Rather than explicitly passing
callback functions and caller-defined context data for the callbacks, a new
structure BN_GENCB is defined that encapsulates this; a pointer to the
structure is passed to all such functions instead.

This wrapper structure allows the encapsulation of "old" and "new" style
callbacks - "new" callbacks return a boolean result on the understanding
that returning FALSE should terminate keygen/primality processing.  The
BN_GENCB abstraction will allow future callback modifications without
needing to break binary compatibility nor change the API function
prototypes. The new API functions have been given names ending in "_ex" and
the old functions are implemented as wrappers to the new ones.  The
OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED symbol has been introduced so that, if defined,
declaration of the older functions will be skipped. NB: Some
openssl-internal code will stick with the older callbacks for now, so
appropriate "#undef" logic will be put in place - this is in case the user
is *building* openssl (rather than *including* its headers) with this
symbol defined.

There is another change in the new _ex functions; the key-generation
functions do not return key structures but operate on structures passed by
the caller, the return value is a boolean. This will allow for a smoother
transition to having key-generation as "virtual function" in the various
***_METHOD tables.
This commit is contained in:
Geoff Thorpe
2002-12-08 05:24:31 +00:00
parent e90e719739
commit e9224c7177
25 changed files with 619 additions and 116 deletions

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@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
* [including the GNU Public Licence.]
*/
/* Until the key-gen callbacks are modified to use newer prototypes, we allow
* deprecated functions for openssl-internal code */
#ifdef OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED
#undef OPENSSL_NO_DEPRECATED
#endif
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>