> The RSA structure isn't really appropriate for this purpose since its supposed > to be the keying material which may be shared amongst several threads. > > If it was passed in the RSA there could be race conditions with shared keys. > > There should be a way to pass additional parameters to the RSA_*() operations > in the same way that this can be done with symmetric ciphers but this isn't > currently possible and has various complications associated with it. > > This will be needed in future because OAEP may well be used with additional > digests or possibly alternative MGFs and additional parameters will be needed > for PSS too.
Hmm.. I take it the development team will be fielding this one then. :-) Should I open an RT ticket? Kent > Steve. > -- > Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage > OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. > Funding needed! Details on homepage. > Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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]
