Re: clear text vs opaque signature

2009-02-12 Thread Jan C.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Dr. Stephen Henson wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009, Jan C. wrote: > >> Hi, >> ok, so the clear text signature general form is something like: >> >> >> --A3DB62BE42E8E4D7716813FA55957190 >> >> My Signed Text >> >> --A3DB62BE42E8E4D7716813FA55957190 >> Content

Re: clear text vs opaque signature

2009-02-12 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009, Jan C. wrote: > Hi, > ok, so the clear text signature general form is something like: > > > --A3DB62BE42E8E4D7716813FA55957190 > > My Signed Text > > --A3DB62BE42E8E4D7716813FA55957190 > Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" > Content-Trans

Re: clear text vs opaque signature

2009-02-12 Thread Jan C.
Hi, ok, so the clear text signature general form is something like: --A3DB62BE42E8E4D7716813FA55957190 My Signed Text --A3DB62BE42E8E4D7716813FA55957190 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filen

Re: clear text vs opaque signature

2009-02-11 Thread Dr. Stephen Henson
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009, Jan C. wrote: > Hello everybody, > I would like to ask what is the difference, from the cryptographic > point of view, between an opaque signature (-nodetach) and a clear > text signature. > No cryptographic difference at all: they are different ways of packaging the same t

clear text vs opaque signature

2009-02-11 Thread Jan C.
Hello everybody, I would like to ask what is the difference, from the cryptographic point of view, between an opaque signature (-nodetach) and a clear text signature. Thanks in advance for your answers, Jan. __ OpenSSL Project