On Oct 19, 2:38 pm, David Stutzman <dstutzman*at*dsci.com> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I am currently trying to convert from OpenSSL to NSS (seemed like a good > > idea at the time). > > Most here would argue it's a good idea :). > > That's a fairly small look at the code. What is it that you are > actually trying to accomplish with the crypto code? How did you encrypt > the data that you are trying to decrypt with a public key? > > Usually, you encrypt stuff with a symmetric key that is wrapped with the > recipient's public key and the recipient unwraps the symmetric key with > their private and decrypts the data. > > Dave
Firstly, let me say that I may be talking out of places that are not generally used for that purpose - please feel free to point out any obvious misunderstanding on my part! The data that I am trying to decrypt has been obtained from a third party source and was encrypted by that source using their private key. The data retrieved contains several fields (including a hash value) - I have to decrypt the data - re-evaluate the hash (from data held in the fields) and compare it against the retrieved hash - at which point we can assume that the data is from a valid source. -- Alan Morris -- Tel: +44 (0)1252 644021 _______________________________________________ dev-tech-crypto mailing list dev-tech-crypto@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
