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.Dt EC_POINT_NEW 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm EC_POINT_new ,
.Nm EC_POINT_free ,
.Nm EC_POINT_clear_free ,
.Nm EC_POINT_copy ,
.Nm EC_POINT_dup ,
.Nm EC_POINT_method_of ,
.Nm EC_POINT_set_to_infinity ,
.Nm EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates ,
.Nm EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp ,
.Nm EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates ,
.Nm EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp ,
.Nm EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
.Nm EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
.Nm EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates ,
.Nm EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp ,
.Nm EC_POINT_point2oct ,
.Nm EC_POINT_oct2point ,
.Nm EC_POINT_point2bn ,
.Nm EC_POINT_bn2point ,
.Nm EC_POINT_point2hex ,
.Nm EC_POINT_hex2point
.Nd create, destroy, and manipulate EC_POINT objects
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In openssl/ec.h
.In openssl/bn.h
.Ft EC_POINT *
.Fo EC_POINT_new
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fc
.Ft void
.Fo EC_POINT_free
.Fa "EC_POINT *point"
.Fc
.Ft void
.Fo EC_POINT_clear_free
.Fa "EC_POINT *point"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_copy
.Fa "EC_POINT *dst"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *src"
.Fc
.Ft EC_POINT *
.Fo EC_POINT_dup
.Fa "const EC_POINT *src"
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fc
.Ft const EC_METHOD *
.Fo EC_POINT_method_of
.Fa "const EC_POINT *point"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_set_to_infinity
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *point"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *y"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *y"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "BIGNUM *y"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "BIGNUM *y"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *y"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *z"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "BIGNUM *y"
.Fa "BIGNUM *z"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "int y_bit"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *x"
.Fa "int y_bit"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft size_t
.Fo EC_POINT_point2oct
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "point_conversion_form_t form"
.Fa "unsigned char *buf"
.Fa "size_t len"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft int
.Fo EC_POINT_oct2point
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *group"
.Fa "EC_POINT *p"
.Fa "const unsigned char *buf"
.Fa "size_t len"
.Fa "BN_CTX *ctx"
.Fc
.Ft BIGNUM *
.Fo EC_POINT_point2bn
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *"
.Fa "point_conversion_form_t form"
.Fa "BIGNUM *"
.Fa "BN_CTX *"
.Fc
.Ft EC_POINT *
.Fo EC_POINT_bn2point
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *"
.Fa "const BIGNUM *"
.Fa "EC_POINT *"
.Fa "BN_CTX *"
.Fc
.Ft char *
.Fo EC_POINT_point2hex
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *"
.Fa "const EC_POINT *"
.Fa "point_conversion_form_t form"
.Fa "BN_CTX *"
.Fc
.Ft EC_POINT *
.Fo EC_POINT_hex2point
.Fa "const EC_GROUP *"
.Fa "const char *"
.Fa "EC_POINT *"
.Fa "BN_CTX *"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
An
.Vt EC_POINT
represents a point on a curve.
A curve is represented by an
.Vt EC_GROUP
object created by the functions described in
.Xr EC_GROUP_new 3 .
.Pp
A new point is constructed by calling the function
.Fn EC_POINT_new
and providing the
.Fa group
object that the point relates to.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_free
frees the memory associated with the
.Vt EC_POINT .
If
.Fa point
is a
.Dv NULL
pointer, no action occurs.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_clear_free
destroys any sensitive data held within the
.Vt EC_POINT
and then frees its memory.
If
.Fa point
is a
.Dv NULL
pointer, no action occurs.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_copy
copies the point
.Fa src
into
.Fa dst .
Both
.Fa src
and
.Fa dst
must use the same
.Vt EC_METHOD .
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_dup
creates a new
.Vt EC_POINT
object and copies the content from
.Fa src
to the newly created
.Vt EC_POINT
object.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_method_of
obtains the
.Vt EC_METHOD
associated with
.Fa point .
.Pp
A valid point on a curve is the special point at infinity.
A point is set to be at infinity by calling
.Fn EC_POINT_set_to_infinity .
.Pp
The affine coordinates for a point describe a point in terms of its
.Fa x
and
.Fa y
position.
The function
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates
sets the
.Fa x
and
.Fa y
coordinates for the point
.Fa p
defined over the curve given in
.Fa group .
The function
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates
sets
.Fa x
and
.Fa y ,
either of which may be
.Dv NULL ,
to the corresponding coordinates of
.Fa p .
.Pp
The functions
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp
is a deprecated synonym for
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates
and the function
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp
is a deprecated synonym for
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates .
.Pp
As well as the affine coordinates, a point can alternatively be
described in terms of its Jacobian projective coordinates.
Jacobian projective coordinates are expressed as three values
.Fa x ,
.Fa y ,
and
.Fa z .
Working in this coordinate system provides more efficient point
multiplication operations.
A mapping exists between Jacobian projective coordinates and affine
coordinates.
A Jacobian projective coordinate
.Pq Fa x , y , z
can be written as an affine coordinate as
.Pp
.Dl (x/(z^2), y/(z^3)) .
.Pp
Conversion to Jacobian projective from affine coordinates is simple.
The coordinate
.Pq Fa x , y
is mapped to
.Pq Fa x , y , No 1 .
To set or get the projective coordinates use
.Fn EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp
and
.Fn EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
respectively.
.Pp
Points can also be described in terms of their compressed coordinates.
For a point
.Pq Fa x , y ,
for any given value for
.Fa x
such that the point is on the curve, there will only ever be two
possible values for
.Fa y .
Therefore, a point can be set using the
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates
function where
.Fa x
is the x coordinate and
.Fa y_bit
is a value 0 or 1 to identify which of the two possible values for y
should be used.
.Pp
The functions
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp
is a deprecated synonym for
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates .
.Pp
In addition
.Vt EC_POINT Ns s
can be converted to and from various external representations.
Supported representations are octet strings,
.Vt BIGNUM Ns s ,
and hexadecimal.
The format of the external representation is described by the
point_conversion_form.
See
.Xr EC_GROUP_copy 3
for a description of point_conversion_form.
Octet strings are stored in a buffer along with an associated buffer
length.
A point held in a
.Vt BIGNUM
is calculated by converting the point to an octet string and then
converting that octet string into a
.Vt BIGNUM
integer.
Points in hexadecimal format are stored in a NUL terminated character
string where each character is one of the printable values 0-9 or A-F
(or a-f).
.Pp
The functions
.Fn EC_POINT_point2oct ,
.Fn EC_POINT_oct2point ,
.Fn EC_POINT_point2bn ,
.Fn EC_POINT_bn2point ,
.Fn EC_POINT_point2hex ,
and
.Fn EC_POINT_hex2point
convert from and to
.Vt EC_POINT Ns s
for the formats octet string,
.Vt BIGNUM ,
and hexadecimal, respectively.
.Pp
The function
.Fn EC_POINT_point2oct
must be supplied with a
.Fa buf
long enough to store the octet string.
The return value provides the number of octets stored.
Calling the function with a
.Dv NULL
.Fa buf
will not perform the conversion but will still return the required
buffer length.
.Pp
The function
.Fn EC_POINT_point2hex
will allocate sufficient memory to store the hexadecimal string.
It is the caller's responsibility to free this memory with a subsequent
call to
.Xr free 3 .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn EC_POINT_new
and
.Fn EC_POINT_dup
return the newly allocated
.Vt EC_POINT
or
.Dv NULL
on error.
.Pp
The following functions return 1 on success or 0 on error:
.Fn EC_POINT_copy ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_to_infinity ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates ,
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp ,
and
.Fn EC_POINT_oct2point .
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_method_of
returns the
.Vt EC_METHOD
associated with the supplied
.Vt EC_POINT .
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_point2oct
returns the length of the required buffer, or 0 on error.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_point2bn
returns the pointer to the
.Vt BIGNUM
supplied or
.Dv NULL
on error.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_bn2point
returns the pointer to the
.Vt EC_POINT
supplied or
.Dv NULL
on error.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_point2hex
returns a pointer to the hex string or
.Dv NULL
on error.
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_hex2point
returns the pointer to the
.Vt EC_POINT
supplied or
.Dv NULL
on error.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr d2i_ECPKParameters 3 ,
.Xr EC_GFp_simple_method 3 ,
.Xr EC_GROUP_copy 3 ,
.Xr EC_GROUP_new 3 ,
.Xr EC_KEY_new 3 ,
.Xr EC_POINT_add 3 ,
.Xr ECDH_compute_key 3
.Sh HISTORY
.Fn EC_POINT_new ,
.Fn EC_POINT_free ,
.Fn EC_POINT_clear_free ,
.Fn EC_POINT_copy ,
.Fn EC_POINT_method_of ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_to_infinity ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp ,
.Fn EC_POINT_point2oct ,
and
.Fn EC_POINT_oct2point
first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.7 and have been available since
.Ox 3.2 .
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_dup ,
.Fn EC_POINT_point2bn ,
.Fn EC_POINT_bn2point ,
.Fn EC_POINT_point2hex ,
and
.Fn EC_POINT_hex2point
first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.8 and have been available since
.Ox 4.5 .
.Pp
.Fn EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates ,
.Fn EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates ,
and
.Fn EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates
first appeared in OpenSSL 1.1.1 and have been available since
.Ox 7.0 .