presently i m working on the project which includes the generation of symmetric key from the public key....i m just a begginer....so can u please help me out.
Victor Duchovni wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 21, 2007 at 04:21:18AM -0800, Ramkumar Ganapathy wrote: > >> >> I am trying to use the OpenSSL crypto C libraries to generate symmetric >> and >> assymetric keys. This is part of development of a key management server. >> The >> library as such do not have any functions for symmetric key generation. >> That >> is, all the "generate_key" functions are based out of assymetric crypto >> algorithms. Wheras I see functions in the JCE(java cryptographic >> extension) >> and the likes that has symmetric key generation utilities. >> >> Does OpenSSL support what I am looking for? Any pointer to this will be >> much >> appreciated! > > Symmetric keys are just an array of random bytes of the right > length. OpenSSL includes a PRNG interface seeded by external entropy > sources (often /dev/urandom). > > -- > Viktor. > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/symmetric-key-generation..-tp13861844p33991318.html Sent from the OpenSSL - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
