On Friday, July 12, 2013 11:33:13 AM UTC-4, Stefan Birgmeier wrote: > > Hello, > In my application i generate an ECIES private/public key pair. Then i use > the private exponent and the public key point to initialize an ECDSA key > pair.
Yes, you should validate at level 3 once loaded. Even though ECIES and ECDSA both use elliptic curves, there could be minor differences in the key requirements so they might not be interchangeable. > Do i need to run validate() on the ECDSA key pair if i already validated > the ECIES key pair? > Yes, but you only need to do it once upon loading. Also see http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Keys_and_formats and http://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Ecdsa. Jeff -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Crypto++ Users" Google Group. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]. More information about Crypto++ and this group is available at http://www.cryptopp.com. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crypto++ Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
