On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 10:48:57AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Just curious: > > Putting speed aside, what is the security risk by encrypting > a "large file" chunk by chunk using RSA public key? (e.g. > using chain mode like what is done in symmetric block cipher)
RSA is not intended for this. Various known/chosen plaintext/ciphertext issue are likely to compromise your keys. Do not do this. Only encrypt/decrypt/sign/verify appropriately structured session keys/message digests. -- Viktor. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]