Loading doc/crypto/RSA_check_key.pod +10 −1 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -28,12 +28,21 @@ RSA_check_key() returns 1 if B<rsa> is a valid RSA key, and 0 otherwise. If the key is invalid or an error occurred, the reason code can be obtained using L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. =head1 NOTES RSA_check_key() can only check soft keys. If given hard keys, i.e. keys that were retreived from an ENGINE (with ENGINE_load_private_key()), RSA_check_key() will always return 0, as if the key was invalid. The reason is that the private components B<p>, B<q> and B<d> are normally not available to OpenSSL for hard keys, and the checks can therefore not be done. =head1 SEE ALSO L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)> =head1 HISTORY RSA_check() appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.4. RSA_check_key() appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.4. =cut Loading
doc/crypto/RSA_check_key.pod +10 −1 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -28,12 +28,21 @@ RSA_check_key() returns 1 if B<rsa> is a valid RSA key, and 0 otherwise. If the key is invalid or an error occurred, the reason code can be obtained using L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>. =head1 NOTES RSA_check_key() can only check soft keys. If given hard keys, i.e. keys that were retreived from an ENGINE (with ENGINE_load_private_key()), RSA_check_key() will always return 0, as if the key was invalid. The reason is that the private components B<p>, B<q> and B<d> are normally not available to OpenSSL for hard keys, and the checks can therefore not be done. =head1 SEE ALSO L<rsa(3)|rsa(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)> =head1 HISTORY RSA_check() appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.4. RSA_check_key() appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.4. =cut
