On Tue, Jul 19, 2016, Gabriel Iva??cu wrote: > Hi, > > I need to RSA sign a message using SHA256 as hash and PKCS1 v1.5 as padding. > > I am however confused about the *type* parameter of RSA_sign function [0] > > What is the value that I should use for *type* in my particular case? > If you want to hash and sign the hash you should use EVP functions such as EVP_DigestSign*() functions instead. If you already have the hash you can use RSA_sign (though EVP_PKEY_sign() is preferred) the type parameter in the NID of the digest algorithm, for SHA256 you use NID_sha256. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org
