RE: [PHP] X509
| From: | Roeland Meyer | Date: | Sat, 07 Apr 2001 22:04:36 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] X509 | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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> From: Dean Hall [mailto:hall@apt7.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 2:57 PM
>
> Martin.
>
> "Martin Thoma" <martin@radiok2r.de> wrote in message
> news:3ACF098E.786CC68@radiok2r.de...
> > I want to write a small script to decrypt/encrypt/sign
> emails with the
> > X509-protocoll.
> >
> > Does anybody know, where to get information about this protocoll ?
>
> As far as I'm aware, X509 is just a file format for a
> certificate, not a
> protocol. I believe that if you were to support these types
> of certificates,
> you would have to support every encryption/digital
> signature/MAC algorithm
> that X509 does. I think mcrypt should be sufficient for most of those
> algorithms.
>
> As for the X509 format itself, check the RFC (I don't know
> where to find
> this -- you should try google.com).
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