Name

xenc_key_inst_create — Key instance generation

Synopsis

any xenc_key_inst_create ( in name varchar ,
in super any );

Description

The function is used to make a key reference used in encryption functions.

Parameters

name

Name of the key to be instantiated.

super

Optional parameter, is specified must contains a key reference to the super key. In other words the key used to encrypt key specified by name .

Return Types

On success the function returns a non-null value containing key reference data.

Examples

Example24.474.Key instance creation

The example specifies to use an AES key to be used as a session key, also AES will be encrypted with a RSA one.

...
keyi := xenc_key_inst_create ('myAES', xenc_key_inst_create ('rsa-test'))
...