Symmetric encryption would be a better idea for a .doc file. You can always generate a random number for symmetric encryption and encrypt that number with rsa if you need to store the random number. I generally use gpg for symmetric encryption.
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Cristian Thiago Moecke < cont...@cristiantm.com.br> wrote: > > The error is because of the size of the data you are trying to encrypt. Probably the txt file is smaller than your key, so you can encrypt it. But the doc probably isn´t. > The data you are encrypting must be smaller than the key. If you want to encrypt larger things, you should split the file befor encyprting. I don´t think openssl can do that for you 9not sure, but I don´t think it will). Anyway, you should not use RSA for large files. RSA is too slow for that. > > 2010/1/11 <bhagyashri.bi...@gmail.com> >> >> Hi, >> I am trying to encrypt doc file using rsautl but it is giving me error as follows >> OpenSSL> rsautl -encrypt -inkey public.pem -pubin -in Mydoc.doc -out Myfile.ssl >> Loading 'screen' into random state - done >> RSA operation error >> 1184:error:0406D06E:rsa routines:RSA_padding_add_PKCS1_type_2:data too large for >> key size:.\crypto\rsa\rsa_pk1.c:151: >> error in rsautl >> >> Why it is giving me error though same command works me well for .txt file .. >> Waiting for your reply .. >> Thanks in ad >> Bhagyashri Katole >> C-DAC, Pune >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >> User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org >> Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org >
