I want to encrypt data with a session key and also encrypt the session key
with public key.
Thanks,
shankar
"Robert Relyea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> shankar srinivasan wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to get a certificate from the database, sign the using
> > private key and encrypt using public key and similarly perform the
> > decryption and verification. Could anyone tell me which library I can
use
> > for performing this and also if any example source is available.
>
> CERT_ functions let to search for certificate.
> SECKEY_FindKeyFromCert() will get you private key associated with that
cert.
> CERT_ExtractPublicKey() will get the public key from the cert.
>
> Sign/Verify interface is SECSGN_*
>
> The next question, though is what is it you want to encrypt? A block of
> data, RAW RSA data, PKCS #1 formated data, a key?
>
> Samples for using these can be found in mozilla/security/nss/cmd
> documentation for NSS can be found on the mozilla home page.
>
> I would particularly look at the smime samples.
>
> bob
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > shankar
>
>
