RSA private key protection

2005-12-23 Thread jochen . v . vogel
hi, if i protect the RSA private key with 3DES and password: is the password or private key stored in the memory? thanks for help jochen

RSA private key protection

2005-12-19 Thread jochen . v . vogel
hi, if i protect the RSA private key with a password: is this function part of the RSA algorithm? how validate the private key if the password is correct? thanks for help jochen

Re: RSA private key protection

2005-12-19 Thread Richard Salz
if i protect the RSA private key with a password: is this function part of the RSA algorithm? No. The RSA algorithm only case about (i.e., uses) the key itself. how validate the private key if the password is correct? Most key-wrapping mechanisms have some (minimal) error checking