Re: [openssl-users] When to use a key or password

2016-07-08 Thread Michel
Hi, You need to remember a password. Passwords should never be stored. Keys are binary data (even if they look as text because they are hexa or base64 encoded). Secret keys can be 'derived' from a password to be used when encrypting or decrypting. Sometime you need to store an ENCRYPTED

Re: [openssl-users] ASN1 compiler

2016-07-08 Thread Matt Caswell
On 08/07/16 14:32, hoku...@gmx.ch wrote: > Hi All, > > Just a short question. > Does OpenSSL project use the Objective Systems ASN1C? A short question with an equally short answer: No. :-) Matt -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe:

[openssl-users] ASN1 compiler

2016-07-08 Thread hokusai
Hi All,   Just a short question. Does OpenSSL project use the Objective Systems ASN1C?   Thanks Fabrizio -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users

Re: [openssl-users] EVP_get_digestbyobj fails for ecdsa-with-SHA256

2016-07-08 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Jul 07, 2016, Chris Bare wrote: > Ok, that makes sense with what I'm seeing. I just tried changing this: > const EVP_MD* md = EVP_get_digestbyobj(sig_alg_oid); > to this: > const EVP_MD* md = EVP_get_digestbyname("SHA256"); > > and it all worked correctly. > so given that I have