On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Hasnain Mujtaba wrote: > Which PKCS format does the output of openssl command "genrsa" conform > to? I want to store the private key in a Java Keystore. To do that, I > need to first convert the encoded private key bytes into a KeySpec. I > use PKCS8EncodedKeySpec class to encode PKCS8 keys but can't use this > class for keys generated with "genrsa".
The output of 'openssl genrsa' is a PKCS#1 format file. You can later convert it to PKCS#8 format with the.... 'openssl pkcs8' command. -- Erwann ABALEA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - RSA PGP Key ID: 0x2D0EABD5 ----- No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood. Demotivators, 2002 calendar ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]