On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 02:09:38PM +0200, Hellan,Kim KHE wrote:
> Hi Vadim
> 
> Great!
> It works fine. When I got your mail I was just getting ready to test this function.
> This public key I have loaded, shall be used to verify a signature.
> I have the signature as a 128 byte binary blob.
> 
> I have been looking at the RSA_public_decrypt() function, but I'm not quite sure how 
>it works.
> How can I verify a signature without specifying what was signed in the first place?

Public key is normally used to recover the digest of something-to-be-signed
and memcmp() it to another one. That is, one need a hash of a document,
not necessary the document.

hope this fits,
Vadim

> 
> Thanks for all your help,
> Kim
> 
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Vadim Fedukovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sendt: 30. maj 2002 12:15
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> Emne: Re: Format of RSA public key ?
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 08:59:59AM +0200, Hellan,Kim KHE wrote:
> > Hi Vadim
> > 
> > I should have been more specific.
> > I know it is modulus and public exponent, but what I'm looking for is some OpenSSL 
>function to load this key into a EVP_PKEY structure.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> d2i_RSAPublicKey() and EVP_PKEY_assign_RSA() should work
> 
> hope this helps,
> Vadim
> 
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