Re: [openssl-users] Using random bytes only in openssl_encrypt versus real private key

2018-09-02 Thread Jim Dutton
n "generated private key". Somewhat of a semantic ambiguity. On 09/02/2018 17:08, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > >> On Sep 2, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Jim Dutton wrote: >> >> It appears that the (PHP) openssl_encrypt function will accept a string of >> random byt

Re: [openssl-users] Using random bytes only in openssl_encrypt versus real private key

2018-09-02 Thread Jim Dutton
o "encrypt" functions. Sent from my iPad (on iOS11 with only a few lost apps) - J.Dutton > On Sep 2, 2018, at 5:08 PM, Viktor Dukhovni > wrote: > > > >> On Sep 2, 2018, at 7:48 AM, Jim Dutton wrote: >> >> It appears that the (PHP) openssl_encrypt fu

[openssl-users] Using random bytes only in openssl_encrypt versus real private key

2018-09-02 Thread Jim Dutton
It appears that the (PHP) openssl_encrypt function will accept a string of random bytes as the encryption key in place of a generated private key. It works without any errors or warnings. So does the openssl_decrypt function. This begs the question: what does openssl_encrypt actually do with just

Re: question on ca/certificate signing, importing

2007-09-27 Thread Jim Dutton
You need to import the CA certificate into your web client. To do that, you may need to convert it to PKCS7/12 format (I don't use IE so can't say what certificate format it will accept). david chinn wrote: > I set up a CA and used it to sign a server certificate for an apache > webserver. > Whe