On Fri, Feb 11, 2005, Janin-Magnificat Thomas wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to create a little program that can load certificates and keys > in a database with openssl api. But I'm not clear with keys files format. > Correct me if I'm wrong : > > - PKCS#8 format is an encrypted format that contains private and public > key. > > - PKCS#1 is a format for RSA key pair. It can be encoded in DER form and > PEM form. What kind of format is it used to store only RSA public key in > DER and PEM encoding ? > > Openssl documentation said that DSA key can be store in DER and PEM encoded. > What is that format ? And is it possible to store only public key DSa in DER > and PEm encoded ? What is that format ? > > OpenSSL documentation talks about SSLEavy format, what is it ? > >
The preferred format for DER and PEM public keys is that used by the functions with PUBKEY in their names. Those use the SubjectPublicKeyInfo form as used in certificates. SSLeay format is the format used by the ancient functions with PublicKey in their names. RSA uses a PKCS#1 RSAPublicKey structure whereas all the others use non-standard forms. 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 User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
