Thanks, that makes perfect sense. -Robert
Mounir IDRASSI wrote: > > Hi, > This is normal since the RSA private key is in the Chinese Remainder > format ( p, q, dp, dq and d). The first four elements have half the size > of the moduluse and the last has the same size as the modulus. Thus, the > hole RSA private key encoding will take three times the modulus size > which is roughly the size of the RSA public key. > > Mounir IDRASSI > IDRIX - Cryptography And IT Security Experts > http://www.idrix.fr > > > > robert2007 a écrit : >> Hello, >> >> I am working with OpenSSL and am interested in why my private key is >> three >> time the size of my public key when using 1024 bit RSA? >> >> Thanks. >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > Development Mailing List [email protected] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Private-Key-Larger-then-Public-Key-tp16241243p16291630.html Sent from the OpenSSL - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
