On Thu, Nov 08, 2007, Lidia wrote:

> I need to use a symmetric algorithm to encrypt a file, and i need that the 
> data will be a pkcs#8 format.
> I know that you can do that with Java (iaik) but i don't know if this is 
> possible with openssl
>


PKCS#8 is a format for storing private (asymmetric) keys it isn't a format for
transporting encrypted data (PKCS#7 is though) or symmetric keys.

Steve.
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