Nathalie Furmento wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if openssl provides functions to
> encrypt and decrypt files with a DSA key. I saw the
> version 0.9.6 has a command rsautl to do some
> cryptography with RSA keys. And there is also the
> enc command, but this one does not seem to accept
> encryption with asymmetric keys.
>
DSA cannot be used for encryption, it can only be used for digital
signatures.
Steve.
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