On Mon, Oct 29, 2012, Gerardo Ganis wrote: > > Dear OpenSSL Users, > > Could someone confirm that when loading private keys in memory using > PEM_read_PrivateKey > > EVP_PKEY *evpp = PEM_read_PrivateKey(fk, 0, 0, 0); > > the full key is filled in, i.e. evpp points to a complete > (public+private) key? > By analyzing the structure after the call it looks so, but since it > is not documented, I was wondering > whether it is something on which I can count on; if not what is the > advised way to load a complete > key in memory? >
Yes. The data read in either contains the public key components (RSAPrivateKey for example) or the public key components are calculated (e.g. DSA and PKCS#8). Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
