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LXXII. OpenSSL functions

Introductie

This module uses the functions of for generation and verification of signatures and for sealing (encrypting) and opening (decrypting) data. OpenSSL offers many features that this module currently doesn't support. Some of these may be added in the future.

Afhankelijkheden

In order to use the OpenSSL functions you need to install the package. PHP-4.0.4pl1 requires OpenSSL >= 0.9.6, but PHP-4.0.5 and greater will also work with OpenSSL >= 0.9.5.

Installatie

To use PHP's OpenSSL support you must also compile PHP --with-openssl[=DIR].

Note to Win32 Users: In order to enable this module on a Windows environment, you must copy libeay32.dll from the DLL folder of the PHP/Win32 binary package to the SYSTEM32 folder of your windows machine. (Ex: C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32 or C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32)

Additionally, if you are planning to use the key generation and certificate signing functions, you will need to install a valid openssl.cnf on your system. As of PHP 4.3.0, we include a sample configuration file in the openssl of our win32 binary distribution. If you are using PHP 4.2.0 or later and are missing the file, you can obtain it from or by downloading the PHP 4.3.0 release and using the configuration file from there.

Note to Win32 Users: PHP will search for the openssl.cnf using the following logic:

  • the OPENSSL_CONF environmental variable, if set, will be used as the path (including filename) of the configuration file.

  • the SSLEAY_CONF environmental variable, if set, will be used as the path (including filename) of the configuration file.

  • The file openssl.cnf will be assumed to be found in the default certificate area, as configured at the time that the openssl DLL was compiled. This is usually means that the default filename is c:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf.

In your installation, you need to decide whether to install the configuration file at c:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf or whether to install it someplace else and use environmental variables (possibly on a per-virtual-host basis) to locate the configuration file. Note that it is possible to override the default path from the script using the configargs of the functions that require a configuration file.

Configuratie tijdens scriptuitvoer

Deze extensie gebruikt geen configuratie regels.

Resource types

Key/Certificate parameters

Quite a few of the openssl functions require a key or a certificate parameter. PHP 4.0.5 and earlier have to use a key or certificate resource returned by one of the openssl_get_xxx functions. Later versions may use one of the following methods:

  • Certificates

    1. An X.509 resource returned from openssl_x509_read()

    2. A string having the format file://path/to/cert.pem; the named file must contain a PEM encoded certificate

    3. A string containing the content of a certificate, PEM encoded

  • Public/Private Keys

    1. A key resource returned from openssl_get_publickey() or openssl_get_privatekey()

    2. For public keys only: an X.509 resource

    3. A string having the format file://path/to/file.pem - the named file must contain a PEM encoded certificate/private key (it may contain both)

    4. A string containing the content of a certificate/key, PEM encoded

    5. For private keys, you may also use the syntax array($key, $passphrase) where $key represents a key specified using the file:// or textual content notation above, and $passphrase represents a string containing the passphrase for that private key

Certificate Verification

When calling a function that will verify a signature/certificate, the cainfo parameter is an array containing file and directory names that specify the locations of trusted CA files. If a directory is specified, then it must be a correctly formed hashed directory as the openssl command would use.

Voorgedefineerde constanten

Deze constanten worden gedefineerd door deze extensie, en zullen alleen beschikbaar zijn als de extensie met PHP is meegecompileerd, of als deze dynamisch is geladen vanuit een script.

Purpose checking flags

X509_PURPOSE_SSL_CLIENT (integer)

X509_PURPOSE_SSL_SERVER (integer)

X509_PURPOSE_NS_SSL_SERVER (integer)

X509_PURPOSE_SMIME_SIGN (integer)

X509_PURPOSE_SMIME_ENCRYPT (integer)

X509_PURPOSE_CRL_SIGN (integer)

X509_PURPOSE_ANY (integer)

Padding flags

OPENSSL_PKCS1_PADDING (integer)

OPENSSL_SSLV23_PADDING (integer)

OPENSSL_NO_PADDING (integer)

OPENSSL_PKCS1_OAEP_PADDING (integer)

Key types

OPENSSL_KEYTYPE_RSA (integer)

OPENSSL_KEYTYPE_DSA (integer)

OPENSSL_KEYTYPE_DH (integer)

PKCS7 Flags/Constants

The S/MIME functions make use of flags which are specified using a bitfield which can include one or more of the following values:

Tabel 1. PKCS7 CONSTANTS

ConstantDescription
PKCS7_TEXTadds text/plain content type headers to encrypted/signed message. If decrypting or verifying, it strips those headers from the output - if the decrypted or verified message is not of MIME type text/plain then an error will occur.
PKCS7_BINARYnormally the input message is converted to "canonical" format which is effectively using CR and LF as end of line: as required by the S/MIME specification. When this options is present, no translation occurs. This is useful when handling binary data which may not be in MIME format.
PKCS7_NOINTERNwhen verifying a message, certificates (if any) included in the message are normally searched for the signing certificate. With this option only the certificates specified in the extracerts parameter of openssl_pkcs7_verify() are used. The supplied certificates can still be used as untrusted CAs however.
PKCS7_NOVERIFYdo not verify the signers certificate of a signed message.
PKCS7_NOCHAINdo not chain verification of signers certificates: that is don't use the certificates in the signed message as untrusted CAs.
PKCS7_NOCERTSwhen signing a message the signer's certificate is normally included - with this option it is excluded. This will reduce the size of the signed message but the verifier must have a copy of the signers certificate available locally (passed using the extracerts to openssl_pkcs7_verify() for example.
PKCS7_NOATTRnormally when a message is signed, a set of attributes are included which include the signing time and the supported symmetric algorithms. With this option they are not included.
PKCS7_DETACHEDWhen signing a message, use cleartext signing with the MIME type multipart/signed. This is the default if the flags parameter to openssl_pkcs7_sign() if you do not specify any flags. If you turn this option off, the message will be signed using opaque signing, which is more resistant to translation by mail relays but cannot be read by mail agents that do not support S/MIME.
PKCS7_NOSIGSDon't try and verify the signatures on a message

Opmerking: These constants were added in 4.0.6.

Inhoudsopgave
openssl_csr_export_to_file -- Exports a CSR to a file
openssl_csr_export -- Exports a CSR as a string
openssl_csr_new -- Generates a CSR
openssl_csr_sign -- Sign a CSR with another certificate (or itself) and generate a certificate
openssl_error_string -- Return openSSL error message
openssl_free_key -- Free key resource
openssl_get_privatekey -- Get a private key
openssl_get_publickey -- Extract public key from certificate and prepare it for use
openssl_open -- Open sealed data
openssl_pkcs7_decrypt -- Decrypts an S/MIME encrypted message
openssl_pkcs7_encrypt -- Encrypt an S/MIME message
openssl_pkcs7_sign -- sign an S/MIME message
openssl_pkcs7_verify -- Verifies the signature of an S/MIME signed message
openssl_pkey_export_to_file -- Gets an exportable representation of a key into a file
openssl_pkey_export -- Gets an exportable representation of a key into a string
openssl_pkey_get_private -- Get a private key
openssl_pkey_get_public -- Extract public key from certificate and prepare it for use
openssl_pkey_new -- Generates a new private key
openssl_private_decrypt -- Decrypts data with private key
openssl_private_encrypt -- Encrypts data with private key
openssl_public_decrypt -- Decrypts data with public key
openssl_public_encrypt -- Encrypts data with public key
openssl_seal -- Seal (encrypt) data
openssl_sign -- Generate signature
openssl_verify -- Verify signature
openssl_x509_check_private_key -- Checks if a private key corresponds to a certificate
openssl_x509_checkpurpose -- Verifies if a certificate can be used for a particular purpose
openssl_x509_export_to_file -- Exports a certificate to file
openssl_x509_export -- Exports a certificate as a string
openssl_x509_free -- Free certificate resource
openssl_x509_parse -- Parse an X509 certificate and return the information as an array
openssl_x509_read -- Parse an X.509 certificate and return a resource identifier for it


User Contributed Notes
OpenSSL functions
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webmaster at jukkis dot net
06-Apr-2001 10:19

I had a hard time to make OpenSSL extension to load on Win98+Apache 1.3.17+Php4.0.4pl1.
Always complained about missing extension.

Eventually I found this page:

and there was the magic: One seems to need the files "libeay32.dll" and "ssleay32.dll" in system32 directory.

You can get them from
download an apache .zip file, for example "Apache_1.3.19-Mod_SSL_2.8.2-OpenSSL_0.9.6-WIN32.zip", extract it, and copy the mentioned files from that Apache directory.

At least phpinfo() says OpenSSL as loaded extension. Now I can start to
play with it :)

-jukkis
-www.jukkis.net

buzz77 at gmx dot net
02-Jun-2001 08:05

PHP 4.0.5 and OpenSSL

if you got an error message where php complains about missing dlls, copy all files from /php/dll directory to your windows/system(32) directory.
If it still can't load because the MSVCR70.DLL is missing (not provided with the release found on this page), go to this link, download it and place it in windows/system(32).


alistair at lgeezer dot net
30-Jan-2003 03:37

Oops! That's not quite the entire truth. 4.3.0 and 0.9.7 do work together, <= 4.2.1 and 0.9.7 don't. Sorry about that :-)
adolfo dot garcia at NOSPAM dot uservers dot net
07-May-2003 09:59

If you are having problems compiling php with openssl under redhat 9, because it complains about the kerberos libraries and include headers, try the following:

1. Make sure you have the kerb5-devel and krb5-libs rpms installed.
2. Symlink the following files as follows:

 ln -s /usr/kerberos/include/com_err.h /usr/include/
 ln -s /usr/kerberos/include/profile.h /usr/include/
 ln -s /usr/kerberos/include/krb5.h /usr/include/

Then configure --with-kerberos and --with-openssl and it should work.

This is the error that appears whe running make (included so that the search engine can find it):

/usr/include/openssl/kssl.h:72:18: krb5.h: No such file or directory

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