On Tue, Sep 06, 2005, Dusty Hendrickson wrote: > Does OpenSSL have a stream interface for file encryption? For example, is > there a stream-based method of encrypting a file in pieces rather than > loading an entire file into memory? >
Depends on what you mean by "file encryption". If you mean S/MIME (PKCS#7) then that isn't supported at present. If you mean general symmetric encryption then yes that is supported. You simply call EVP_EncryptUpdate() in each piece and EVP_EncryptFinal() at the end. 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 openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
