Himanshu Soni wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> Is it possible to generate rsa key on a hardware device using the engine?
> The following command
> "openssl genersa -engine chil ...."
> generated a software key.
> 
> I am using openssl 0.9.6a on win32 platform.
> 

No it is not supported and the relevant functionality is not exposed in
the hardware driver used. 

You need to use the various tools provided with the hardware to generate
a key.

Steve.
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