Thank you for the reply. The response leads me to another question: Is it planned for any forthcoming releases? I understand that this is restricted by the device library but if one was to use lets say, a pkcs#11 interface to the device via the engine API, then this could be something that can be looked at. Thanx Himanshu Soni -----Original Message----- From: Dr S N Henson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 11:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how do I generate rsa keys on hardware device using the engine 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. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior crypto engineer, Celo Communications: http://www.celocom.com/ Core developer of the OpenSSL project: http://www.openssl.org/ Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key: via homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
