On Fri, Sep 12, 2008, Chin, Andrew wrote: > To all: > > I am fairly new at participating in a mailing list so I apologize if I'm > doing anything out of place. I don't have that much knowledge in > openSSL, either. But what I was hoping to have answered is: > > OpenSSL produces S-MIME version 2 and BouncyCastle results in S-MIME > version 3, which will result in compatibility issues. I was wondering, > if anyone knows of a work around to this problem or if BouncyCastle can > convert to version 2. BouncyCastle says they can produce version 2 > however to no avail was I able to produce a version 2. > > Like I said, I am fairly new at this and so if this is too concise or > it's unclear, I apologize but I would really appreciate any feedbacks.
Most S/MIME v3 messages are compatible with v2 so you may not have an problems. OpenSSL has recently added support for S/MIME v3 aka CMS. You can either use the 0.9.9 development version or a recent 0.9.8 snapshot with the "enable-cms" configure option. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. 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]
