24, 2000 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: pkcs7 encryption limited by memory?
Richard Dykiel wrote:
Hello,
I am studying how pkcs7 works in openssl, particularly for encryption
(enveloped data). Except if I made a mistake, it seems that pkcs7
encryption is made in memory, hence precluding
Richard Dykiel wrote:
Thanks.
Assuming I'd undertake this endeavor:
1- would this be of any interest for openssl?
Yes. Well me at least. The encryption side is fairly easy and I've got
some code that does most of it: basically prototype code that can
convert a stream of data of
Hello,
I am studying how pkcs7 works in openssl, particularly for encryption
(enveloped data). Except if I made a mistake, it seems that pkcs7 encryption is
made in memory, hence precluding encrypting very huge files: am I right?
Say you want to envelop a file:
- PKCS7_dataInit returnsa BIO
Richard Dykiel wrote:
Hello,
I am studying how pkcs7 works in openssl, particularly for encryption
(enveloped data). Except if I made a mistake, it seems that pkcs7
encryption is made in memory, hence precluding encrypting very huge
files: am I right?
Yes you are. Unfortunately the way
