regarding PRNG

2010-08-11 Thread Santhanam, Krishna M
Hi, I am using OpenSSL 0.9.8e-fips-rhel on Linux. I am generating RSA Key using RSA_generate_key(). I am able to success on that part. On reading the OpenSSL faq, found that the function 'RAND_egd()' needs to be called before generating the key. Is it mandatory to seed before generating ke

how to seed PRNG

2010-08-11 Thread Santhanam, Krishna M
Hi , I am writing a program to generate RSA key and able to generate also. But in the document I read, The pseudo-random number generator(PRNG) must be seeded prior to calling RSA_generate_key(). How to seed the PRNG using ? Thanks for your time, Krishnaurthy _ The informati

generating key using RSA

2010-07-29 Thread Santhanam, Krishna M
Hi, I am Krishnamurthy. I have some query regarding openssl. Is it possi ble to generate 64 bit key using RSA_generate_key() Thanks for your time, Krishnamurthy _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended re