SMIME_write_PKCS7(3)
SMIME_write_PKCS7(3) OpenSSL SMIME_write_PKCS7(3)
NAME
SMIME_write_PKCS7 - convert PKCS#7 structure to S/MIME
format.
SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/pkcs7.h>
int SMIME_write_PKCS7(BIO *out, PKCS7 *p7, BIO *data, int flags);
DESCRIPTION
SMIME_write_PKCS7() adds the appropriate MIME headers to a
PKCS#7 structure to produce an S/MIME message.
out is the BIO to write the data to. p7 is the appropriate
PKCS7 structure. If streaming is enabled then the content
must be supplied in the data argument. flags is an optional
set of flags.
NOTES
The following flags can be passed in the flags parameter.
If PKCS7_DETACHED is set then cleartext signing will be
used, this option only makes sense for signedData where
PKCS7_DETACHED is also set when PKCS7_sign() is also called.
If the PKCS7_TEXT flag is set MIME headers for type
text/plain are added to the content, this only makes sense
if PKCS7_DETACHED is also set.
If the PKCS7_STREAM flag is set streaming is performed. This
flag should only be set if PKCS7_STREAM was also set in the
previous call to PKCS7_sign() or PPKKCCSS77_eennccrryypptt(()).
If cleartext signing is being used and PKCS7_STREAM not set
then the data must be read twice: once to compute the
signature in PKCS7_sign() and once to output the S/MIME
message.
If streaming is performed the content is output in BER
format using indefinite length constructuted encoding except
in the case of signed data with detached content where the
content is absent and DER format is used.
BUGS
SMIME_write_PKCS7() always base64 encodes PKCS#7 structures,
there should be an option to disable this.
RETURN VALUES
SMIME_write_PKCS7() returns 1 for success or 0 for failure.
SEE ALSO
ERR_get_error(3), PKCS7_sign(3), PKCS7_verify(3),
1.0.2t Last change: 2019-09-10 1
SMIME_write_PKCS7(3) OpenSSL SMIME_write_PKCS7(3)
PKCS7_encrypt(3) PKCS7_decrypt(3)
HISTORY
SMIME_write_PKCS7() was added to OpenSSL 0.9.5
1.0.2t Last change: 2019-09-10 2
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