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| author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2002-10-06 00:03:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2002-10-06 00:03:20 +0000 |
| commit | 1e976bdc469de6e733a4f0a5d8360315b4eaf47a (patch) | |
| tree | 3fe056b8d20f0ff352754b0de8a29a3c3a2a4a41 /doc/crypto | |
| parent | 9946fceb9d9d00b020c44f0bd7d880a6a34d4b96 (diff) | |
| download | openssl-1e976bdc469de6e733a4f0a5d8360315b4eaf47a.tar.gz | |
Update RSAPublicKey manual page...
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/crypto')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/crypto/d2i_RSAPublicKey.pod | 39 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/d2i_RSAPublicKey.pod b/doc/crypto/d2i_RSAPublicKey.pod index ff4d0d57db..7c71bcbf3d 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/d2i_RSAPublicKey.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/d2i_RSAPublicKey.pod @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ =head1 NAME -d2i_RSAPublicKey, i2d_RSAPublicKey, d2i_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_Netscape_RSA, d2i_Netscape_RSA - ... +d2i_RSAPublicKey, i2d_RSAPublicKey, d2i_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_RSAPrivateKey, +d2i_RSA_PUBKEY, i2d_RSA_PUBKEY, i2d_Netscape_RSA, +d2i_Netscape_RSA - RSA public and private key encoding functions. =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -12,6 +14,10 @@ d2i_RSAPublicKey, i2d_RSAPublicKey, d2i_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_Ne int i2d_RSAPublicKey(RSA *a, unsigned char **pp); + RSA * d2i_RSA_PUBKEY(RSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length); + + int i2d_RSA_PUBKEY(RSA *a, unsigned char **pp); + RSA * d2i_RSAPrivateKey(RSA **a, unsigned char **pp, long length); int i2d_RSAPrivateKey(RSA *a, unsigned char **pp); @@ -22,18 +28,39 @@ d2i_RSAPublicKey, i2d_RSAPublicKey, d2i_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_RSAPrivateKey, i2d_Ne =head1 DESCRIPTION -... +d2i_RSAPublicKey() and i2d_RSAPublicKey() decode and encode a PKCS#1 RSAPublicKey +structure. + +d2i_RSA_PUKEY() and i2d_RSA_PUKEY() decode and encode an RSA public key using a +SubjectPublicKeyInfo (certificate public key) structure. + +d2i_RSAPrivateKey(), i2d_RSAPrivateKey() decode and encode a PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey +structure. + +d2i_Netscape_RSA(), i2d_Netscape_RSA() decode and encode an RSA private key in +NET format. + +The usage of all of these functions is similar to the d2i_X509() and +i2d_X509() described in the L<d2i_X509(3)|d2i_X509(3)> manual page. + +=head1 NOTES + +The B<RSA> structure passed to the private key encoding functions should have +all the PKCS#1 private key components present. -=head1 RETURN VALUES +The data encoded by the private key functions is unencrypted and therefore +offers no private key security. -... +The NET format functions are present to provide compatibility with certain very +old software. This format has some severe security weaknesses and should be +avoided if possible. =head1 SEE ALSO -... +L<d2i_X509(3)|d2i_X509(3)> =head1 HISTORY -... +TBA =cut |