> From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org [mailto:owner-openssl- > us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of anthony berglas > > Taking a different slant, is it possible to provide the "Entropy" using a pass > phrase. So a given pass phrase will always generate the same key pair. This > means that for simple applications no key store is required. Much like > password based (symmetric) encryption. > > Any ideas as to how hard that would be to do with Open SSL? Has anyone > else done it?
You want at least 2048 bits of entropy. That's a very long passphrase. Also, unless you randomly generate your passphrase in hex or binary, it's bound to be a lot less than 2048 bits of entropy even if it's 2048 bits long. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
