Marc Horowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On a different topic, I need to use El Gamal, so I'm going to
>> implement it. I'm a US citizen, so I can't contribute the code to
>> openssl (*maybe* the signature code, but I'd want a legal opinion
>> first), but if there's some other useful distribution point, please
>> let me know. I'm not interested in dealing with giving it to
>> individuals, because of the work involved.
This is proving more complex than I had hoped. In particular, the
EVP_PKEY_*() functions make the assumption in several places that the
only asymmetric cryptosystem capable of encryption and decryption is
RSA.
I could fix this, but I'm uncomfortable designing the new structures
which would be necessary, since the OpenSSL project would likely
define them differently if they ever implement El Gamal.
Was I assuming too much when I assumed that OpenSSL would be a useful
framework for implementing cryptosystems not currently used by SSL or
TLS?
Marc
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