[xmlsec] how can I use the public key for encryption

[Ed Shallow]

I believe Weizhong is asking why is the "private" key being loaded  if 
one simply wants to encrypt.

Loading a public certificate  in .pem  should  be appropriate.

Why is private even mentioned ? 



Aleksey Sanin wrote:
> The session key is created for you automatically if you specify
> that you want AES, DES, ... encryption for the data. Look at the
> xmlsec/tests/ examples.
>
>
> Aleksey
>
> wz qiang wrote:
>> hi Aleksey and others,
>>  
>> In encrypt3.c, there is one line for loading private key.
>>  
>>     /* load private RSA key */
>>     key = xmlSecCryptoAppKeyLoad(key_file, xmlSecKeyDataFormatPem, 
>> NULL, NULL, NULL);
>>  
>> I my understanding, normally the public key is used for encrypting 
>> the session key, and then on the other side private key is used for 
>> decrypting the session key (session key is used for encrypting the 
>> data). So my question is, how I can do like that by using xmlsec API?
>>  
>>  
>> Thanks in advance
>> Weizhong Qiang
>>
>>
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