Re: what parts of RFC 2311 does openssl support

[Mark W. Webb]

Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2004, Mark W. Webb wrote: I am working on a application that will support S/MIME and I need to figure out if OpenSSL supports the entire RFC 2311 spec, or only certain parts of it. Does anyone know the answer to this, or where I may find the answer to this question? Depends on what you mean by "entire". It supports almost all of the mandatory requirements and most of the optional ones. Not all of the functionality is available from the "smime" tool though. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. Funding needed! Details on homepage. Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] As I look through the RFC, there are sections that state "MUST" and "SHOULD".  Is there a way, short of an extensive code analysis, to determine exactly what "MUST" and "SHOULD" parts of the RFC OpenSSL supports ? Thanks again.... ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]