Re: In memory support for openssl_pkcs7_*

hi, On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Jille Timmermans <jille@quis.cx> wrote: > For the record: I created a proof-of-concept patch which changes > openssl_pkcs7_sign() to use the input filename as a string instead as a > filename. Paul has tested this and it seems to work. > > I don't know what the best way is to go from here. We could add an extra > argument to all those functions which toggles whether they are threated as > filenames or not. Or we could let all the functies also accept streams, > etc.. > Is there a maintainer of the OpenSSL (pcks7) functions? > > -- Jille > > Op 15-7-2010 11:15, Paul van Brouwershaven schreef: >> >> Hi, >> >> The PHP functions openssl_pkcs7_(sign|encrypt|decrypt|verify) do require >> files to be executed. In >> many cases this will create the unintended requirement of temporary files. >> In compare with >> openssl_(sign|encrypt|decrypt|verify|...) which are doing almost the same >> thing this is a strange >> behavior. >> >> When we look at the purpose of openssl_pkcs7_* (working with digital >> signatures in mail), you would >> not expect to work with files instead of strings for this few data. Can you open a feature request for these changes/features please? So I won't lost track of them. Thanks for your workd and feedbacks, Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org