Ricardo Guerra wrote:
>
> hi,
>
> when i do this, i get a segfault on "RSA_check_key(&pubKey)", the public key
> is generated via cat priv.key | openssl rs -pubout > pub.key .. the real
> problem is using rsa_public_decrypt(), the decrypted data makes no sense.. so
> i wondered if the public key was correct, but using RSA_check_key it fails,
> but i'm able to use RSA_size(&pubKey)
>
> {
> FILE *file;
> if ((file=fopen(name, "r"))== NULL)
> return 0;
>
> // pubKey=*PEM_read_RSAPublicKey(file, NULL, NULL, NULL);
> pubKey=*PEM_read_RSA_PUBKEY(file, NULL,NULL,NULL);
> fclose (file);
> if (RSA_check_key(&pubKey)==1) {
> printf("la clave publica es correcta\n");
> printf ("La longitud de la clave es de %d bytes\n", RSA_size(&pubKey));
> }
> loadedPub=1;
> return loadedPub;
> }
>
As I mentioned before you are calling the functions incorrectly.
Also RSA_check() only works on private keys not public keys.
Steve.
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