Mark Kilfoil wrote:
>
> Someone had this exact question a month ago, and I find myself with
> the same problem.. There were no responses, so I'm hoping it just
> got lost in the shuffle.
>
> The original message was:
>
> > I am attempting to have a C++ client do a Diffie Hellman key exchange
> > with a server written in java. I generate the keys using openssl's
> > DH_generate_key function and need to send the public key across the
> > wire to my java server.
> >
> > My java server needs this key to be X.509 encoded so I can pass the
> > byte stream into a X509EncodedKeySpec constructor. What is the best way
> > to perform this encoding?
>
> Anyone have an answer? (I need this rather urgently, so I would
> appreciate any help..)
>
OpenSSL doesn't currently support DH certificates meaning it can't an
X509 DH public key format.
Steve.
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