Class: OpenSSL::PKey::DSA
| Relationships & Source Files | |
| Super Chains via Extension / Inclusion / Inheritance | |
| Class Chain: 
          self,
           PKey | |
| Instance Chain: 
          self,
           ::OpenSSL::Marshal,PKey | |
| Inherits: | OpenSSL::PKey::PKey 
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| Defined in: | ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c, ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb | 
Overview
DSA, the Digital Signature Algorithm, is specified in NIST’s FIPS 186-3. It is an asymmetric public key algorithm that may be used similar to e.g. RSA.
Class Method Summary
- 
    
      .generate(size)  ⇒ DSA 
    
    Creates a new DSAinstance by generating a private/public key pair from scratch.
- 
    
      .new  ⇒ DSA 
    
    constructor
    Internal use only
    Creates a new DSAinstance by reading an existing key from string.
PKey - Inherited
| .new | Because PKey is an abstract class, actually calling this method explicitly will raise a NotImplementedError. | 
Instance Attribute Summary
- 
    
      #private?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Indicates whether this DSAinstance has a private key associated with it or not.
- 
    
      #public?  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    readonly
    Indicates whether this DSAinstance has a public key associated with it or not.
Instance Method Summary
- 
    
      #export([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    
    Alias for #to_s. 
- #initialize_copy(other)
- 
    
      #params  ⇒ Hash 
    
    Stores all parameters of key to the hash INSECURE: PRIVATE INFORMATIONS CAN LEAK OUT!!! Don’t use :-)) (I’s up to you). 
- 
    
      #public_key  ⇒ DSA 
    
    Returns a new DSAinstance that carries just the DSA parameters and the public key.
- 
    
      #set_key(pub_key, priv_key)  ⇒ self 
    
    Sets pub_key and priv_key for the DSAinstance.
- 
    
      #set_pqg(p, q, g)  ⇒ self 
    
    Sets p, q, g to the DSAinstance.
- 
    
      #syssign(string)  ⇒ String 
    
    Computes and returns the DSA signature of string, wherestringis expected to be an already-computed message digest of the original input data.
- 
    
      #sysverify(digest, sig)  ⇒ Boolean 
    
    Verifies whether the signature is valid given the message digest input. 
- 
    
      #to_der  ⇒ String 
    
    Serializes a private or public key to a DER-encoding. 
- 
    
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    
    Alias for #to_s. 
- 
    
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      (also: #export, #to_pem)
    
    Serializes a private or public key to a PEM-encoding. 
::OpenSSL::Marshal - Included
PKey - Inherited
| #compare? | Used primarily to check if an X509::Certificate#public_key compares to its private key. | 
| #decrypt | Performs a public key decryption operation using  | 
| #derive | Derives a shared secret from pkey and peer_pkey. | 
| #encrypt | Performs a public key encryption operation using  | 
| #initialize_copy, | |
| #inspect | Returns a string describing the  | 
| #oid | Returns the short name of the OID associated with pkey. | 
| #private_to_der | Serializes the private key to DER-encoded PKCS #8 format. | 
| #private_to_pem | Serializes the private key to PEM-encoded PKCS #8 format. | 
| #public_to_der | Serializes the public key to DER-encoded X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format. | 
| #public_to_pem | Serializes the public key to PEM-encoded X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format. | 
| #raw_private_key | See the  | 
| #raw_public_key | See the  | 
| #sign | Hashes and signs the  | 
| #sign_raw | Signs  | 
| #to_text | Dumps key parameters, public key, and private key components contained in the key into a human-readable text. | 
| #verify | Verifies the  | 
| #verify_raw | Verifies the  | 
| #verify_recover | Recovers the signed data from  | 
Constructor Details
    
      .new  ⇒ DSA 
      .new(string [, pass])  ⇒ DSA 
      .new(size)  ⇒ DSA 
    
  
  DSA 
      .new(string [, pass])  ⇒ DSA 
      .new(size)  ⇒ DSA 
    Creates a new DSA instance by reading an existing key from string.
If called without arguments, creates a new instance with no key components set. They can be set individually by #set_pqg and #set_key.
If called with a String, tries to parse as DER or PEM encoding of a DSA key. See also OpenSSL::PKey.read which can parse keys of any kinds.
If called with a number, generates random parameters and a key pair. This form works as an alias of .generate.
- string
- 
A String that contains a DER or PEM encoded key. 
- pass
- 
A String that contains an optional password. 
- size
- 
See DSA.generate. 
Examples:
p OpenSSL::PKey::DSA.new(1024)
#=> #<OpenSSL::PKey::DSA:0x000055a8d6025bf0 oid=DSA>
p OpenSSL::PKey::DSA.new(File.read('dsa.pem'))
#=> #<OpenSSL::PKey::DSA:0x000055555d6b8110 oid=DSA>
p OpenSSL::PKey::DSA.new(File.read('dsa.pem'), 'mypassword')
#=> #<OpenSSL::PKey::DSA:0x0000556f973c40b8 oid=DSA># File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 83
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_initialize(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    EVP_PKEY *pkey;
    DSA *dsa;
    BIO *in = NULL;
    VALUE arg, pass;
    int type;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, EVP_PKEY, &ossl_evp_pkey_type, pkey);
    if (pkey)
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "pkey already initialized");
    /* The DSA.new(size, generator) form is handled by lib/openssl/pkey.rb */
    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "02", &arg, &pass);
    if (argc == 0) {
        dsa = DSA_new();
        if (!dsa)
            ossl_raise(eDSAError, "DSA_new");
        goto legacy;
    }
    pass = ossl_pem_passwd_value(pass);
    arg = ossl_to_der_if_possible(arg);
    in = ossl_obj2bio(&arg);
    /* DER-encoded DSAPublicKey format isn't supported by the generic routine */
    dsa = (DSA *)PEM_ASN1_read_bio((d2i_of_void *)d2i_DSAPublicKey,
                                   PEM_STRING_DSA_PUBLIC,
                                   in, NULL, NULL, NULL);
    if (dsa)
        goto legacy;
    OSSL_BIO_reset(in);
    pkey = ossl_pkey_read_generic(in, pass);
    BIO_free(in);
    if (!pkey)
        ossl_raise(eDSAError, "Neither PUB key nor PRIV key");
    type = EVP_PKEY_base_id(pkey);
    if (type != EVP_PKEY_DSA) {
        EVP_PKEY_free(pkey);
        rb_raise(eDSAError, "incorrect pkey type: %s", OBJ_nid2sn(type));
    }
    RTYPEDDATA_DATA(self) = pkey;
    return self;
  legacy:
    BIO_free(in);
    pkey = EVP_PKEY_new();
    if (!pkey || EVP_PKEY_assign_DSA(pkey, dsa) != 1) {
        EVP_PKEY_free(pkey);
        DSA_free(dsa);
        ossl_raise(eDSAError, "EVP_PKEY_assign_DSA");
    }
    RTYPEDDATA_DATA(self) = pkey;
    return self;
}
  Class Method Details
    .generate(size)  ⇒ DSA   
Creates a new DSA instance by generating a private/public key pair from scratch.
See also OpenSSL::PKey.generate_parameters and OpenSSL::PKey.generate_key.
- size
- 
The desired key size in bits. 
# File 'ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb', line 169
def generate(size, &blk) # FIPS 186-4 specifies four (L,N) pairs: (1024,160), (2048,224), # (2048,256), and (3072,256). # # q size is derived here with compatibility with # DSA_generator_parameters_ex() which previous versions of ruby/openssl # used to call. qsize = size >= 2048 ? 256 : 160 dsaparams = OpenSSL::PKey.generate_parameters("DSA", { "dsa_paramgen_bits" => size, "dsa_paramgen_q_bits" => qsize, }, &blk) OpenSSL::PKey.generate_key(dsaparams) end
Instance Attribute Details
    #private?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Indicates whether this DSA instance has a private key associated with it or not. The private key may be retrieved with DSA#private_key.
# File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 198
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_is_private(VALUE self)
{
    OSSL_3_const DSA *dsa;
    GetDSA(self, dsa);
    return DSA_PRIVATE(self, dsa) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}
  
    #public?  ⇒ Boolean  (readonly)  
Indicates whether this DSA instance has a public key associated with it or not. The public key may be retrieved with #public_key.
# File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 179
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_is_public(VALUE self)
{
    const DSA *dsa;
    const BIGNUM *bn;
    GetDSA(self, dsa);
    DSA_get0_key(dsa, &bn, NULL);
    return bn ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}
  Instance Method Details
    
      #export([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    
  
String 
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    Alias for #to_s.
#initialize_copy(other)
[ GitHub ]# File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 143
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_initialize_copy(VALUE self, VALUE other)
{
    EVP_PKEY *pkey;
    DSA *dsa, *dsa_new;
    TypedData_Get_Struct(self, EVP_PKEY, &ossl_evp_pkey_type, pkey);
    if (pkey)
        rb_raise(rb_eTypeError, "pkey already initialized");
    GetDSA(other, dsa);
    dsa_new = (DSA *)ASN1_dup((i2d_of_void *)i2d_DSAPrivateKey,
                              (d2i_of_void *)d2i_DSAPrivateKey,
                              (char *)dsa);
    if (!dsa_new)
	ossl_raise(eDSAError, "ASN1_dup");
    pkey = EVP_PKEY_new();
    if (!pkey || EVP_PKEY_assign_DSA(pkey, dsa_new) != 1) {
        EVP_PKEY_free(pkey);
        DSA_free(dsa_new);
        ossl_raise(eDSAError, "EVP_PKEY_assign_DSA");
    }
    RTYPEDDATA_DATA(self) = pkey;
    return self;
}
  
    #params  ⇒ Hash   
Stores all parameters of key to the hash INSECURE: PRIVATE INFORMATIONS CAN LEAK OUT!!! Don’t use :-)) (I’s up to you)
# File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 314
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_get_params(VALUE self)
{
    OSSL_3_const DSA *dsa;
    VALUE hash;
    const BIGNUM *p, *q, *g, *pub_key, *priv_key;
    GetDSA(self, dsa);
    DSA_get0_pqg(dsa, &p, &q, &g);
    DSA_get0_key(dsa, &pub_key, &priv_key);
    hash = rb_hash_new();
    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("p"), ossl_bn_new(p));
    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("q"), ossl_bn_new(q));
    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("g"), ossl_bn_new(g));
    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("pub_key"), ossl_bn_new(pub_key));
    rb_hash_aset(hash, rb_str_new2("priv_key"), ossl_bn_new(priv_key));
    return hash;
}
  
    #public_key  ⇒ DSA   
Returns a new DSA instance that carries just the DSA parameters and the public key.
This method is provided for backwards compatibility. In most cases, there is no need to call this method.
For the purpose of serializing the public key, to PEM or DER encoding of X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format, check PKey#public_to_pem and PKey#public_to_der.
    #set_key(pub_key, priv_key)  ⇒ self   
Sets pub_key and priv_key for the DSA instance. priv_key may be nil.
    #set_pqg(p, q, g)  ⇒ self   
Sets p, q, g to the DSA instance.
    #syssign(string)  ⇒ String   
Computes and returns the DSA signature of string, where string is expected to be an already-computed message digest of the original input data. The signature is issued using the private key of this DSA instance.
Deprecated in version 3.0. Consider using PKey#sign_raw and PKey#verify_raw instead.
- string
- 
A message digest of the original input data to be signed. 
Example:
dsa = OpenSSL::PKey::DSA.new(2048)
doc = "Sign me"
digest = OpenSSL::Digest.digest('SHA1', doc)
# With legacy #syssign and #sysverify:
sig = dsa.syssign(digest)
p dsa.sysverify(digest, sig) #=> true
# With #sign_raw and #verify_raw:
sig = dsa.sign_raw(nil, digest)
p dsa.verify_raw(nil, sig, digest) #=> true
    #sysverify(digest, sig)  ⇒ Boolean   
Verifies whether the signature is valid given the message digest input. It does so by validating sig using the public key of this DSA instance.
Deprecated in version 3.0. Consider using PKey#sign_raw and PKey#verify_raw instead.
- digest
- 
A message digest of the original input data to be signed. 
- sig
- 
A DSA signature value. 
    #to_der  ⇒ String   
Serializes a private or public key to a DER-encoding.
See #to_pem for details.
This method is kept for compatibility. This should only be used when the traditional, non-standard OpenSSL format is required.
Consider using #public_to_der or #private_to_der instead.
# File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 293
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_to_der(VALUE self)
{
    OSSL_3_const DSA *dsa;
    GetDSA(self, dsa);
    if (DSA_HAS_PRIVATE(dsa))
        return ossl_pkey_export_traditional(0, NULL, self, 1);
    else
        return ossl_pkey_export_spki(self, 1);
}
  
    
      #export([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    
  
String 
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    Alias for #to_s.
    
      #export([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    
    Also known as: #export, #to_pem
  
String 
      #to_pem([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
      #to_s([cipher, password])  ⇒ String 
    Serializes a private or public key to a PEM-encoding.
- When the key contains public components only
- 
Serializes it into an X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo. The parameters cipher and password are ignored. A PEM-encoded key will look like: -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- [...] -----END PUBLIC KEY-----Consider using #public_to_pem instead. This serializes the key into an X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo regardless of whether it is a public key or a private key. 
- When the key contains private components, and no parameters are given
- 
Serializes it into a traditional OpenSSL DSAPrivateKey. A PEM-encoded key will look like: -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY----- [...] -----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
- When the key contains private components, and cipher and password are given
- 
Serializes it into a traditional OpenSSL DSAPrivateKey and encrypts it in OpenSSL’s traditional PEM encryption format. cipher must be a cipher name understood by OpenSSL::Cipher.new or an instance of OpenSSL::Cipher. An encrypted PEM-encoded key will look like: -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY----- Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED DEK-Info: AES-128-CBC,733F5302505B34701FC41F5C0746E4C0 [...] -----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----Note that this format uses MD5 to derive the encryption key, and hence will not be available on FIPS-compliant systems. 
This method is kept for compatibility. This should only be used when the traditional, non-standard OpenSSL format is required.
Consider using #public_to_pem (X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo) or #private_to_pem (PKCS #8 PrivateKeyInfo or EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo) instead.
# File 'ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_dsa.c', line 267
static VALUE
ossl_dsa_export(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE self)
{
    OSSL_3_const DSA *dsa;
    GetDSA(self, dsa);
    if (DSA_HAS_PRIVATE(dsa))
        return ossl_pkey_export_traditional(argc, argv, self, 0);
    else
        return ossl_pkey_export_spki(self, 0);
}