Since the OP is looking to embed a certificate (which contains a public key), and the certificate is already in X.509 format, using 'openssl x509 -C' would resolve the problem nicely.
-Kyle H On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 3:31 AM, Goetz Babin-Ebell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > biswatosh chakraborty wrote: > | I dont think so. The actual content is wrapped within the headers and > | footers and > | how can your buffer contain them as well? U have to extract the main > | content out. > > Why do you think that can't be done ? > everything that you can read from a file you also can read from memory > (using something like BIO_new_mem_buf()) > > But reading key / cert from memory is simpler by storing it in binary > and read the data with the d2i_* functions... > > It is even possible to use "openssl x509 -C ... " to generate > C structure data that you can use directly in your programs... > > Unfortunately such parameter seems not to be available with the rsa,... > sub commands... > > Goetz > > - -- > DMCA: The greed of the few outweighs the freedom of the many > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFI0Nxs2iGqZUF3qPYRAkGVAJ9x09DmJZUB0XdfTRodAYFILDtlagCfW5LQ > ikiamD6CzVtNuT8fKjqPyBU= > =rHC9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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]
