NAME

EVP_KDF-TLS1_PRF - The TLS1 PRF EVP_KDF implementation

DESCRIPTION

Support for computing the TLS1 PRF through the EVP_KDF API.

The EVP_KDF-TLS1_PRF algorithm implements the PRF used by TLS versions up to and including TLS 1.2.

The output is considered to be keying material.

Identity

"TLS1-PRF" is the name for this implementation; it can be used with the EVP_KDF_fetch() function.

Supported parameters

The supported parameters are:

"properties" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_PROPERTIES) <UTF8 string>
"digest" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST) <UTF8 string>: These parameters work as described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_KDF(3).
The OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST parameter is used to set the message digest associated with the TLS PRF. EVP_md5_sha1() is treated as a special case which uses the PRF algorithm using both MD5 and SHA1 as used in TLS 1.0 and 1.1.
"secret" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SECRET) <octet string>: This parameter sets the secret value of the TLS PRF. Any existing secret value is replaced.
"seed" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SEED) <octet string>: This parameter sets the context seed. The length of the context seed cannot exceed 1024 bytes; this should be more than enough for any normal use of the TLS PRF.

The OpenSSL FIPS provider also supports the following parameters:

"fips-indicator" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_APPROVED_INDICATOR) <integer>: A getter that returns 1 if the operation is FIPS approved, or 0 otherwise. This may be used after calling EVP_KDF_derive. It returns 0 if any "***-check" related parameter is set to 0 and the check fails.
"ems_check" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_EMS_CHECK) <integer>: The default value of 1 causes an error during EVP_KDF_derive() if "master secret" is used instead of "extended master secret" Setting this to zero will ignore the error and set the approved "fips-indicator" to 0. This option breaks FIPS compliance if it causes the approved "fips-indicator" to return 0.
"digest-check" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_DIGEST_CHECK) <integer>: The default value of 1 causes an error during EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params() if used digest is not approved. Setting this to zero will ignore the error and set the approved "fips-indicator" to 0. This option breaks FIPS compliance if it causes the approved "fips-indicator" to return 0.
According to SP 800-135r1, the following are approved digest algorithms: SHA2-256, SHA2-384, SHA2-512.
"key-check" (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_FIPS_KEY_CHECK) <integer>: The default value of 1 causes an error during EVP_KDF_CTX_set_params() if the length of used key-derivation key (OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SECRET) is shorter than 112 bits. Setting this to zero will ignore the error and set the approved "fips-indicator" to 0. This option breaks FIPS compliance if it causes the approved "fips-indicator" to return 0.

NOTES

A context for the TLS PRF can be obtained by calling:

EVP_KDF *kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "TLS1-PRF", NULL);
EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);

The digest, secret value and seed must be set before a key is derived otherwise an error will occur.

The output length of the PRF is specified by the keylen parameter to the EVP_KDF_derive() function.

EXAMPLES

This example derives 10 bytes using SHA-256 with the secret key "secret" and seed value "seed":

EVP_KDF *kdf;
EVP_KDF_CTX *kctx;
unsigned char out[10];
OSSL_PARAM params[4], *p = params;
kdf = EVP_KDF_fetch(NULL, "TLS1-PRF", NULL);
kctx = EVP_KDF_CTX_new(kdf);
EVP_KDF_free(kdf);
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_DIGEST,
                                        SN_sha256, strlen(SN_sha256));
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SECRET,
                                         "secret", (size_t)6);
*p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_octet_string(OSSL_KDF_PARAM_SEED,
                                         "seed", (size_t)4);
*p = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
if (EVP_KDF_derive(kctx, out, sizeof(out), params) <= 0) {
    error("EVP_KDF_derive");
}
EVP_KDF_CTX_free(kctx);

CONFORMING TO

RFC 2246, RFC 5246 and NIST SP 800-135 r1

HISTORY

This functionality was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT

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.

2024-10-23

3.4.0