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

[Aleksey Sanin]

Ah, I see.... I guess it is a copy/paste error for the comment :)

Aleksey

Ed Shallow wrote:
> 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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