EVP_MAC-BLAKE2(7ossl)

📦 version 3.5.0, in opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 NAME 💖

Okay so welcome to the EVP_MAC-BLAKE2(7ossl) page, bestie! This is all about EVP_MAC-BLAKE2, EVP_MAC-BLAKE2BMAC, and EVP_MAC-BLAKE2SMAC — the BLAKE2 EVP_MAC implementations. Iconic behavior only.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Support for computing BLAKE2 MACs through the EVP_MAC API. Slay.

🪪 Identity

These implementations are identified with one of these names and properties, to be used with EVP_MAC_fetch():

  • "BLAKE2BMAC", "provider=default"
  • "BLAKE2SMAC", "provider=default"

🎛️ Supported parameters

The general description of these parameters can be found in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_MAC(3).

All these parameters (except for "block-size") can be set with EVP_MAC_CTX_set_params(). Furthermore, the "size" parameter can be retrieved with EVP_MAC_CTX_get_params(), or with EVP_MAC_CTX_get_mac_size(). The length of the "size" parameter should not exceed that of a size_t. Likewise, the "block-size" parameter can be retrieved with EVP_MAC_CTX_get_params(), or with EVP_MAC_CTX_get_block_size().

  • "key" (OSSL_MAC_PARAM_KEY) <octet string> — sets the MAC key. It may be at most 64 bytes for BLAKE2BMAC or 32 for BLAKE2SMAC and at least 1 byte in both cases. Setting this parameter is identical to passing a key to EVP_MAC_init(3).
  • "custom" (OSSL_MAC_PARAM_CUSTOM) <octet string> — sets the customization/personalization string. It is an optional value of at most 16 bytes for BLAKE2BMAC or 8 for BLAKE2SMAC, and is empty by default.
  • "salt" (OSSL_MAC_PARAM_SALT) <octet string> — sets the salt. It is an optional value of at most 16 bytes for BLAKE2BMAC or 8 for BLAKE2SMAC, and is empty by default.
  • "size" (OSSL_MAC_PARAM_SIZE) <unsigned integer> — sets the MAC size. It can be any number between 1 and 32 for EVP_MAC_BLAKE2S or between 1 and 64 for EVP_MAC_BLAKE2B. It is 32 and 64 respectively by default.
  • "block-size" (OSSL_MAC_PARAM_BLOCK_SIZE) <unsigned integer> — gets the MAC block size. It is 64 for EVP_MAC_BLAKE2S and 128 for EVP_MAC_BLAKE2B.

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

🕰️ HISTORY 🕰️

The macros and functions described here were added to OpenSSL 3.0. So yes, they’ve been serving looks for a minute.

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Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

xoxo, your OpenSSL bestie 💖 — this is from OpenSSL version 3.5.0, dated 2026-09-25, in the EVP_MAC-BLAKE2(7ossl) manual. periodt.

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