Adas,
Thanks, I will try PEM_read_bio_RSAPrivateKey. Yes I was trying to check if the password was valid for a key not a certificate. I am using the password callback, but that excepts a password to be returned. In fact, in that callback I want to check if the password is correct, because if it is not I want to pop up a dialog to ask the user for a different password. Also about the HTML, I have no choice. My mail goes through Exchange server which attaches a server specific signature about itself and converts my email to HTML. I don't like it either but I have no choice.. In fact all the e-mails I write, I only write in plain text, this is how I know the server converts it to HTML anyways.. Sorry.
- Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Hernik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:00 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [openssl-users] Preverify Password for certificate
I am writing an application and in my code I would like to verify that a stored password I have will work for a certificate.
Certificate ? Not private key ?
Is there a programatic way to do this?
I don't know how to do it for certificate with is unencrypted but if you need check password for
private key try PEM_read_bio_RSAPrivateKey it should return null if the password is incorrect.
Don't forget about "password_callback".
Adas.
ps. I don't like html in mail.
