RE: ciphertext should match length of key?

2002-12-17 Thread sharun santhosh
as big as the key. What are the dangers/consequences of using RSA_NO_PADDING ? --- "Wade L. Scholine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sharun santhosh asks: > > > In openssl-0.9.6g/demos/maurice/example2.c > > > > why is a check performed after call

re:demo/maurice/example1.c

2002-12-12 Thread sharun santhosh
when i run the example1 all i get is junk why? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com __ OpenSSL Project

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2002-12-12 Thread sharun santhosh
A is a block cipher with a block size equal to the > key size (a little > smaller, actually). Typical key sizes these days are > 1024 or 2048 bits (128 > or 256 bytes). Common RSA applications (for example > SSL) involve using it to > encrypt one or a few blocks. > > >

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2002-12-12 Thread sharun santhosh
I am new to this and have read somewhere that public key algorithms are inappropriate for encrypting 'large' amounts of data. How large is large? thanks __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.c

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2002-12-11 Thread sharun santhosh
Can someone please tell me the 'best' set/sequence of functions I should use to extract a RSA public key from a certificate and then use it to encrypt a file. I am going crazy trying out various combinations here. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Pl