Re: Interoperation with OpenSSL

Hello,

On Sun., Aug. 23, 2009, Peter GUTMANN wrote:
>Stephan <[email protected]> writes:
>>I'm using Cryptlib along with OpenSSL and have begun interop
>>testing. Is it reasonable to expect Cryptlib and OpenSSL to be
>>interchangable when de/encrypting with one and the other tool?
>>
>Only if a standard format is used.  OpenSSL (as you're using it)
>is using an undocumented homebrew data format that isn't compatible
>with anything else in existence.  To interoperate with anything
>else you need to use a standards- conformant format like PKCS #7,
>CMS, or PGP.
>
...but as far as I know, all three PKCS #7, CMS, and PHP require
certificates to work. I want to simply encode and decode using a
static password. Does this mean that there is no standard common
to both Cryptlib and OpenSSL that allows for interoperation?

Regards,
Stephan

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