Thanks, looks good to me.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dr Stephen Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: What is the status of PKCS#7
> > Richard Dykiel wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > we plan to use the PKCS#7 module to signt + encrypt data.
> > In the readme file of the crypto/pkcs7 directory we can read:
> >
> > "WARNING
> > Everything in this directory is experimental and is subject to change.
> > Do not rely on the stuff in here not changing in the next release"
> >
> > I'd be very grateful to have amswers to the following questions:
> >
> > 1- Is the readme statement still true? I.e. if we start implementing
> > on a given set of APIs, is there a chance that everything changes in
> > the next release?
> >
>
> No it isn't true. That was something Eric put in ages ago. It needs
> deleting.
>
> The stuff smime.c uses is not likely to change much.
>
> > 2- Is the implementation stable, ie tested?
> >
>
> It has now passed RSAs S/MIME compatibility test: see
>
> http://www.rsasecurity.com/standards/smime/interop_center.html
>
> Draw your own conclusions from that :-)
>
> > 3- Does the openssl implementation of pkcs#7 supports the notion of
> > "external signatures", as per note 3 of section 7 of the pkcs#7 spec?
> >
>
> Yes. This stuff isn't documented much yet. Have a look at the 'smime'
> application in apps/smime.c for some pointers.
>
> Steve.
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