On Wed, Apr 16, 2008, shankar ks wrote:

> Hi ,
> Do any one have an idea of which algorithems that pkcs7_sign and
> pkcs_encrypt Api's will use internally. I wanted to use only Rsa Algorithems
> for signing and encryption. but not sure about how to set those Rsa
> algorithem before calling sign and encrypt functions.
> 

PKCS7_encrypt() uses RSA and whatever symmetric algorithm you specify.

PKCS7_sign() can use RSA, DSA or EC depending on the key type specified. It
will also use a message digest algorithm, normally SHA1.

Steve.
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