This is true for TLS, but in general you can get OpenSSL to accept keys that are in PKCS #1 format.
Best, -Ekr On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Hal Lockhart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 3) A Standards Track document specifying how to encode public >> keys as JSON-structured objects. >> > > I would like to push back on the idea of only supporting naked public keys. > It is my understanding that common cryto libraries, e.g. OpenSSL, expect > public keys to be in certificates and the coding to get them to accept a > naked key as input is ugly. I don't think they care if the cert is self > signed or even signed at all, its just a format issue. > > Hal > _______________________________________________ > woes mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/woes > _______________________________________________ woes mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/woes
