yes, I know, but I could get some information about the key with which the message was encrypted without having to try a decryption ?
Anyway, I can make due with this solution. Thanks again ! Peter. On Monday 04 February 2008 15:24:22 Victor Duchovni wrote: > On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 09:34:00AM +0100, Peter Van Biesen wrote: > > -decrypt does not work without a key. I used an invalid key and I get > > following error : > > > > Error decrypting PKCS#7 structure > > 13136:error:21070092:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_dataDecode:no recipient matches > > key:pk7_doit.c:482: > > 13136:error:21072077:PKCS7 routines:PKCS7_decrypt:decrypt > > error:pk7_smime.c:470: > > > > Which seems like a good and sensible error message. Using the correct > > private key decrypts the message. > > > > I was looking for a way to get some information from the message ( > > like -info ) without trying to decrypt it, but apparently no such option > > exists ? It would be nice if I could say to my customer : you did not > > encrypt the message with our public key, I can see that you used key XYZ > > ... > > > > Does the above error say that the pkcs7 is correct but the key was not > > found ? > > S/MIME first signs, then encrypts, so you can't check the signature without > decrypting. > > http://world.std.com/~dtd/sign_encrypt/sign_encrypt7.html -- Peter Van Biesen Sysadmin VAPH tel: +32 (0) 2 225 85 70 fax: +32 (0) 2 225 85 88 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP: http://www.vaph.be/pgpkeys
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