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126 .IX Title "BN_bn2bin 3"
127 .TH BN_bn2bin 3 "2012-05-10" "1.0.1c" "OpenSSL"
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133 BN_bn2bin, BN_bin2bn, BN_bn2hex, BN_bn2dec, BN_hex2bn, BN_dec2bn,
134 BN_print, BN_print_fp, BN_bn2mpi, BN_mpi2bn \- format conversions
136 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
138 \& #include <openssl/bn.h>
140 \& int BN_bn2bin(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to);
141 \& BIGNUM *BN_bin2bn(const unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
143 \& char *BN_bn2hex(const BIGNUM *a);
144 \& char *BN_bn2dec(const BIGNUM *a);
145 \& int BN_hex2bn(BIGNUM **a, const char *str);
146 \& int BN_dec2bn(BIGNUM **a, const char *str);
148 \& int BN_print(BIO *fp, const BIGNUM *a);
149 \& int BN_print_fp(FILE *fp, const BIGNUM *a);
151 \& int BN_bn2mpi(const BIGNUM *a, unsigned char *to);
152 \& BIGNUM *BN_mpi2bn(unsigned char *s, int len, BIGNUM *ret);
155 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
156 \&\fIBN_bn2bin()\fR converts the absolute value of \fBa\fR into big-endian form
157 and stores it at \fBto\fR. \fBto\fR must point to BN_num_bytes(\fBa\fR) bytes of
160 \&\fIBN_bin2bn()\fR converts the positive integer in big-endian form of length
161 \&\fBlen\fR at \fBs\fR into a \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR and places it in \fBret\fR. If \fBret\fR is
162 \&\s-1NULL\s0, a new \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR is created.
164 \&\fIBN_bn2hex()\fR and \fIBN_bn2dec()\fR return printable strings containing the
165 hexadecimal and decimal encoding of \fBa\fR respectively. For negative
166 numbers, the string is prefaced with a leading '\-'. The string must be
167 freed later using \fIOPENSSL_free()\fR.
169 \&\fIBN_hex2bn()\fR converts the string \fBstr\fR containing a hexadecimal number
170 to a \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR and stores it in **\fBbn\fR. If *\fBbn\fR is \s-1NULL\s0, a new
171 \&\fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR is created. If \fBbn\fR is \s-1NULL\s0, it only computes the number's
172 length in hexadecimal digits. If the string starts with '\-', the
173 number is negative. \fIBN_dec2bn()\fR is the same using the decimal system.
175 \&\fIBN_print()\fR and \fIBN_print_fp()\fR write the hexadecimal encoding of \fBa\fR,
176 with a leading '\-' for negative numbers, to the \fB\s-1BIO\s0\fR or \fB\s-1FILE\s0\fR
179 \&\fIBN_bn2mpi()\fR and \fIBN_mpi2bn()\fR convert \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fRs from and to a format
180 that consists of the number's length in bytes represented as a 4\-byte
181 big-endian number, and the number itself in big-endian format, where
182 the most significant bit signals a negative number (the representation
183 of numbers with the \s-1MSB\s0 set is prefixed with null byte).
185 \&\fIBN_bn2mpi()\fR stores the representation of \fBa\fR at \fBto\fR, where \fBto\fR
186 must be large enough to hold the result. The size can be determined by
187 calling BN_bn2mpi(\fBa\fR, \s-1NULL\s0).
189 \&\fIBN_mpi2bn()\fR converts the \fBlen\fR bytes long representation at \fBs\fR to
190 a \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR and stores it at \fBret\fR, or in a newly allocated \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR
191 if \fBret\fR is \s-1NULL\s0.
193 .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
194 \&\fIBN_bn2bin()\fR returns the length of the big-endian number placed at \fBto\fR.
195 \&\fIBN_bin2bn()\fR returns the \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR, \s-1NULL\s0 on error.
197 \&\fIBN_bn2hex()\fR and \fIBN_bn2dec()\fR return a null-terminated string, or \s-1NULL\s0
198 on error. \fIBN_hex2bn()\fR and \fIBN_dec2bn()\fR return the number's length in
199 hexadecimal or decimal digits, and 0 on error.
201 \&\fIBN_print_fp()\fR and \fIBN_print()\fR return 1 on success, 0 on write errors.
203 \&\fIBN_bn2mpi()\fR returns the length of the representation. \fIBN_mpi2bn()\fR
204 returns the \fB\s-1BIGNUM\s0\fR, and \s-1NULL\s0 on error.
206 The error codes can be obtained by \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3).
208 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
209 \&\fIbn\fR\|(3), \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3), \fIBN_zero\fR\|(3),
210 \&\fIASN1_INTEGER_to_BN\fR\|(3),
211 \&\fIBN_num_bytes\fR\|(3)
214 \&\fIBN_bn2bin()\fR, \fIBN_bin2bn()\fR, \fIBN_print_fp()\fR and \fIBN_print()\fR are available
215 in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
217 \&\fIBN_bn2hex()\fR, \fIBN_bn2dec()\fR, \fIBN_hex2bn()\fR, \fIBN_dec2bn()\fR, \fIBN_bn2mpi()\fR and
218 \&\fIBN_mpi2bn()\fR were added in SSLeay 0.9.0.