OK,
I've been going through cryptopp trying to decrypt a a file and I am
having some trouble right from the start. How fun is this? ;)
I was given a certificate in a pfx file and I extracted the
certificate from it I then proceeded to decrypt the text.
I loaded the certificate's private key like this:
string decoded;
CryptoPP::RSA::PrivateKey private_key;
FileSource file_pk("key.cert", true, new Base64Decoder);
private_key.Load( file_pk );
this fails miserably with a "BER decode error".
Well, I got to openssl and did a openssl asn1parse of the certificate
and it is encoded in PEM (at least it ouputs a ton a things that make
sense).
The certificate is in this form
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
MIICuzCCAiSg(...)BBQUAMGkxCzAJBgNV
(...)
/9kfj2B6h78n(...)3xJQMApR5yXW0IkEg==
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
So my question is how do I use this certificate in PEM?
Just some dumb doubts:
- Is the certificate the private key?
- In this format do I need to decode in from base64 or will the
decoder do it implicitly?
- Why is this list so quiet? I read someone complaining that posting
here is like discovering an abandoned civilization....
As you might have guesses I've posted a bit in the couple of days to
no avail. Some of this question concerns my previous post, so...
Cheers
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