Steve, Thanks for the quick reply... we are using the certificates for https communication so we wanted to replace RSA with AES. Is there any library that supports AES?
Thanks Bharath -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dr. Stephen Henson Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:06 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Re: Query regarding AES support in Open SSL On Wed, Sep 27, 2006, V, Bharath (Bharath) wrote: > Hi, > > I am using keytool command to generate the certificates, currently i am > using RSA algorithm. > We are planning to change this to AES, does Open SSL support AES? > If yes can i use it with keytool command. > OpenSSL does support AES but you cannot replace RSA with AES in that way using OpenSSL or indeed any other crypto library. AES is a symmetric algorithm while RSA is an asymmetric (public key) crypto algorithm. 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] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
