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.IX Title "EC_POINT_new 3"
.TH EC_POINT_new 3 2019-12-20 1.0.2u OpenSSL
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.SH NAME
EC_POINT_new, EC_POINT_free, EC_POINT_clear_free, EC_POINT_copy, EC_POINT_dup, EC_POINT_method_of, EC_POINT_set_to_infinity, EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates, EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m, EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m, EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m, EC_POINT_point2oct, EC_POINT_oct2point, EC_POINT_point2bn, EC_POINT_bn2point, EC_POINT_point2hex, EC_POINT_hex2point \- Functions for creating, destroying and manipulating EC_POINT objects.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\& #include <openssl/ec.h>
\& #include <openssl/bn.h>
\&
\& EC_POINT *EC_POINT_new(const EC_GROUP *group);
\& void EC_POINT_free(EC_POINT *point);
\& void EC_POINT_clear_free(EC_POINT *point);
\& int EC_POINT_copy(EC_POINT *dst, const EC_POINT *src);
\& EC_POINT *EC_POINT_dup(const EC_POINT *src, const EC_GROUP *group);
\& const EC_METHOD *EC_POINT_method_of(const EC_POINT *point);
\& int EC_POINT_set_to_infinity(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *point);
\& int EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *p,
\&        const BIGNUM *x, const BIGNUM *y, const BIGNUM *z, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp(const EC_GROUP *group,
\&        const EC_POINT *p, BIGNUM *x, BIGNUM *y, BIGNUM *z, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *p,
\&        const BIGNUM *x, const BIGNUM *y, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp(const EC_GROUP *group,
\&        const EC_POINT *p, BIGNUM *x, BIGNUM *y, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *p,
\&        const BIGNUM *x, int y_bit, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *p,
\&        const BIGNUM *x, const BIGNUM *y, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m(const EC_GROUP *group,
\&        const EC_POINT *p, BIGNUM *x, BIGNUM *y, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *p,
\&        const BIGNUM *x, int y_bit, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& size_t EC_POINT_point2oct(const EC_GROUP *group, const EC_POINT *p,
\&        point_conversion_form_t form,
\&        unsigned char *buf, size_t len, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& int EC_POINT_oct2point(const EC_GROUP *group, EC_POINT *p,
\&        const unsigned char *buf, size_t len, BN_CTX *ctx);
\& BIGNUM *EC_POINT_point2bn(const EC_GROUP *, const EC_POINT *,
\&        point_conversion_form_t form, BIGNUM *, BN_CTX *);
\& EC_POINT *EC_POINT_bn2point(const EC_GROUP *, const BIGNUM *,
\&        EC_POINT *, BN_CTX *);
\& char *EC_POINT_point2hex(const EC_GROUP *, const EC_POINT *,
\&        point_conversion_form_t form, BN_CTX *);
\& EC_POINT *EC_POINT_hex2point(const EC_GROUP *, const char *,
\&        EC_POINT *, BN_CTX *);
.Ve
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
An EC_POINT represents a point on a curve. A new point is constructed by calling the function EC_POINT_new and providing the \fBgroup\fR
object that the point relates to.
.PP
EC_POINT_free frees the memory associated with the EC_POINT.
.PP
EC_POINT_clear_free destroys any sensitive data held within the EC_POINT and then frees its memory.
.PP
EC_POINT_copy copies the point \fBsrc\fR into \fBdst\fR. Both \fBsrc\fR and \fBdst\fR must use the same EC_METHOD.
.PP
EC_POINT_dup creates a new EC_POINT object and copies the content from \fBsrc\fR to the newly created
EC_POINT object.
.PP
EC_POINT_method_of obtains the EC_METHOD associated with \fBpoint\fR.
.PP
A valid point on a curve is the special point at  infinity. A point is set to be at infinity by calling EC_POINT_set_to_infinity.
.PP
The affine co-ordinates for a point describe a point in terms of its x and y position. The functions
EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp and EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m set the \fBx\fR and \fBy\fR co-ordinates for the point
\&\fBp\fR defined over the curve given in \fBgroup\fR.
.PP
As well as the affine co-ordinates, a point can alternatively be described in terms of its Jacobian
projective co-ordinates (for Fp curves only). Jacobian projective co-ordinates are expressed as three values x, y and z. Working in
this co-ordinate system provides more efficient point multiplication operations.
A mapping exists between Jacobian projective co-ordinates and affine co-ordinates. A Jacobian projective co-ordinate (x, y, z) can be written as an affine co-ordinate as (x/(z^2), y/(z^3)). Conversion to Jacobian projective to affine co-ordinates is simple. The co-ordinate (x, y) is
mapped to (x, y, 1). To set or get the projective co-ordinates use EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp and
EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp respectively.
.PP
Points can also be described in terms of their compressed co-ordinates. For a point (x, y), for any given value for x such that the point is
on the curve there will only ever be two possible values for y. Therefore a point can be set using the EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp
and EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m functions where \fBx\fR is the x co-ordinate and \fBy_bit\fR is a value 0 or 1 to identify which of
the two possible values for y should be used.
.PP
In addition EC_POINTs can be converted to and from various external
representations. Supported representations are octet strings, BIGNUMs and
hexadecimal. Octet strings are stored in a buffer along with an associated
buffer length. A point held in a BIGNUM is calculated by converting the point to
an octet string and then converting that octet string into a BIGNUM integer.
Points in hexadecimal format are stored in a NULL terminated character string
where each character is one of the printable values 0\-9 or A\-F (or a\-f).
.PP
The functions EC_POINT_point2oct, EC_POINT_oct2point, EC_POINT_point2bn, EC_POINT_bn2point, EC_POINT_point2hex and EC_POINT_hex2point convert
from and to EC_POINTs for the formats: octet string, BIGNUM and hexadecimal respectively.
.PP
The function EC_POINT_point2oct must be supplied with a buffer long enough to store the octet string. The return value provides the number of
octets stored. Calling the function with a NULL buffer will not perform the conversion but will still return the required buffer length.
.PP
The function 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 \fBOPENSSL_free()\fR.
.SH "RETURN VALUES"
.IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
EC_POINT_new and EC_POINT_dup return the newly allocated EC_POINT or NULL on error.
.PP
The following functions return 1 on success or 0 on error: EC_POINT_copy, EC_POINT_set_to_infinity, EC_POINT_set_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp,
EC_POINT_get_Jprojective_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GFp,
EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GFp, EC_POINT_set_affine_coordinates_GF2m, EC_POINT_get_affine_coordinates_GF2m,
EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m and EC_POINT_oct2point.
.PP
EC_POINT_method_of returns the EC_METHOD associated with the supplied EC_POINT.
.PP
EC_POINT_point2oct returns the length of the required buffer, or 0 on error.
.PP
EC_POINT_point2bn returns the pointer to the BIGNUM supplied, or NULL on error.
.PP
EC_POINT_bn2point returns the pointer to the EC_POINT supplied, or NULL on error.
.PP
EC_POINT_point2hex returns a pointer to the hex string, or NULL on error.
.PP
EC_POINT_hex2point returns the pointer to the EC_POINT supplied, or NULL on error.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBcrypto\fR\|(3), \fBec\fR\|(3), \fBEC_GROUP_new\fR\|(3), \fBEC_GROUP_copy\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEC_POINT_add\fR\|(3), \fBEC_KEY_new\fR\|(3),
\&\fBEC_GFp_simple_method\fR\|(3), \fBd2i_ECPKParameters\fR\|(3)