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Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:02:07 +0200, "Frederic DONNAT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
frederic.donnat> As far as i can see some method like
frederic.donnat> "RSA_generate_key()" are not available in
frederic.donnat> "RSA_Method" structure, but RSA key generation can be
frederic.donnat> provide by hardaware even if key is not stored on it
frederic.donnat> (for example).
Currently, when it comes to keys, the ENGINE framework only supports
reading. It expects writing and generation of keys to be done outside
of OpenSSL. The reason for this was primarly that generating keys is
done quite differently from one hardware vendor to another, and some
don't have a supported API for it at all.
This may change, however. I'm currently pondering the best way to do
that kind of stuff, and am willing to discuss it on openssl-dev.
Please understand that such a change wouldn't appear before 0.9.8.
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