Re: akcipher use

2015-06-27 Thread Tadeusz Struk
Hi Stephan, On 06/27/2015 09:25 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote: > Ok, in this case, it would mean that rsa would point to the software > implementation and oaep(rsa) would point to the hardware. Would I be correct? All combinations are possible, and it is up to the implementation to decide. >> Yes, t

Re: akcipher use

2015-06-27 Thread Stephan Mueller
Am Donnerstag, 25. Juni 2015, 12:19:32 schrieb Tadeusz Struk: Hi Tadeusz, > On 06/25/2015 04:58 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote: > > > > - how would a hardware implementation offering only a hybrid asym cipher > > implementation (i.e. a full signature mechanism or bulk data encryption > > mechanism)

Re: akcipher use

2015-06-25 Thread Tadeusz Struk
On 06/25/2015 04:58 AM, Stephan Mueller wrote: > Hi Tadeusz, > > I do have a few questions around the akcipher API. > > The API offers access to the raw asym encryption and decryption operations. > > The "normal" use of asym ciphers is the hybrid mode. That opens the following > questions: > >