On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 14:51 -0600, Bill Colvin wrote: > I suspect that the smaller one is using Certicom's patented point compression > representation of the public key.
Hello Bill Thanks for your answer but I don't think so. Following this url, http://tls.secg.org/index1.php?action=certificate the uncompressed size is 43 bytes and the compressed form 22 Bruno > > Not sure on the signature part of your question. > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruno Vétel > Sent: October 9, 2008 4:35 PM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: sect163k1 public keys > > hello > > It seems that sect163k1 public keys can have two formats > > The first with a key lentgh of 43 bytes which seems to be the standard, > the second used by openssl with length 64 bytes. > > Can anyone tell me where I can find informations on that and what it the > impact on signature. > > I used a development snapshot (openssl-SNAP-20080930) of openssl > > Thanks for your help > > Bruno Vetel > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
