Can Libcrypt work with ASCII Armored Keys?

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Tue Dec 4 12:26:16 CET 2007


On Tue,  4 Dec 2007 02:27, presannar at ami.com said:

> I need to create a light-weight app in the EFI env that just verifies
> signing of files and decrypts them. I came across Libgcrypt lib and have
> studied the reference manual. I also looked into the sample

Libgcrypt is a low-level libarray and protocol neutal.  Armoring a file
is part of a protocol and you need to select what protocol to use and
implement that protocol.

What protocol do you want?  For instance CMS (X.509) and OpenPGP are
widely used signing protocols.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

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