On 14 June 2013 20:12, Steve Tarzia <st...@stevetarzia.com> wrote: > I am having some trouble finding documentation or examples showing how to > perform Elliptic Curve crypto operations using the openssl command line > tool. Is possible to perform EC encryption and decryption using the openssl > command line tool? > > In "man pkeyutl" for version 1.0.1e I see the text "The EC algorithm > supports sign, verify and derive operations." So, I suspect that command > line encryption with EC is not supported, but I just wanted to comfirm that > before digging into libcrypto to get that functionality. > > I would appreciate any help you all can pass on.
The only openssl supported EC algorithms are ECDSA (for sign/verify) and ECDH (for key agreement). That applies to both the ec command line tool and libcrypto, so you're out of luck I'm afraid. Matt ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
