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List:       mozilla-crypto
Subject:    Re: pkcs#8 export in c?
From:       Nelson Bolyard <nelsonb () netscape ! com>
Date:       2004-01-22 22:43:34
Message-ID: bupj32$1ug1 () ripley ! netscape ! com
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Emil Assarsson wrote:

>>> I'm building a small CA and I want to have an escrow for the crypto 
>>> certificates.
>>> My plan was to save the key in a separate db-table along with
>>> key properties and encrypt it. But if I could get the key it will 
>>> still be possible.

>> It is possible with a PKCS12 file.  Store that.

> Maybe I should rethink...
> I could create a special cert8.db and key3.db and store the escrow there...
> But what about the preformance when hitting 10000+ certs and keys?
> Is the database built with index? I guess I must try to know...

I'm merely suggesting that you store the PKCS12 file/data in the place
where you were thinking of storing the PKCS8 file/data.

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