Angus, certificate contains only public key inside, private key usually is keeping on server (owner of certificate). From certificate you can extract public key only. ----- Original Message ----- From: Angus Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 11:49 Subject: Use public key and private key in certificate > Hi, > > Each certificate has a pair of public key and private key associated with it. > Can I extract the public key and private key from it to do encryption, > signing, and decryption? > > Does openssl support any kind of encryption and decryption like PGPsdk? > > Angus Lee > > --------------------------------------------------- > Get Your Free Email at http://www.hknetmail.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]