RE: CSM_Free3 public key

Eric:

I am not sure what your requirement is, but in general the CTILs do not need
to reference their own public keys.  If you are referring to the logic in
"CSM_Free3::GetParamsAndY(...)", then this function only operates on public
keys with parameters.  The actual public key is only necessary for later
processing to create the CRYPTO++ instances (DSA in order to construct a
proper private key handling class instance processing, DH for Key Agreement
if we encrypt to ourselves, no recipient); the parameters are also
necessary.  Since RSA only uses the recipient's public key, our personal key
is unnecessary.

         SME(SetDHY(&bufferTemp));
...
         SME(SetDSAY(&bufferTemp));

We never have a need for our own RSA public key.

If you want the public key of the instance, simply reference the
CSM_CSInst::AccessCertificates().SetCurrToFirst().  It should contain the
actual user certificate associated with the login instance.  (Then
CSM_CertificateChoice::GetPublicKey().

Bob Colestock
VDA.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 7:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: CSM_Free3 public key



Hi,

If i understand, CSM_Free3 can be initialized by RSA, DSA, DH but we can
only extract the public key of DSA and DH.  Why ?????

What can i do to extract the public key with CSM_Free3 ???


Thanks.

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