On Thu, Jul 21, 2005, Edward Chan wrote:
> The code is basically like this:
>
> int len = i2d_RSAPublicKey(rsa, 0);
>
> // allocate buffer
> unsigned char* buf = new unsigned char[len];
>
> // now call again to DER encode the public key
> if (i2d_RSAPublicKey(rsa, &buf) == len)
> {
>
> I've also tried creating the RSA object first, and passing it into
> d2i_RSAPublicKey() for it to fill in. It also returns me null back.
> Does the code look right?
>
No, this code is wrong for the reasons mentioned in the FAQ. After this call
'buf' points to garbage and that's why d2i_RSAPublicKey() is failing.
Steve.
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