On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:40:58AM -0800, Fisk, Kevin wrote:
> Okay. Right now, I call SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey_file with the parameter
> SSL_FILETYPE_PEM. What do I pass for the type PK (first parameter) to
> pass this. Do I need to convert the PEM file before it can be passed as
> an ASN.1 certificate? I tried only passing the private key portion as a
> string, the entire thing as a string, and I tried using
> SSL_CTX_use_RSAPrivateKey_ASN1 with both strings.
ASN1 (in OpenSSL also referred to as DER format) is a binary representation
in ASN.1 format. PEM is the base64 encoded DER format. You can use the
int PEM_read(FILE *fp, char **name, char **header, unsigned char **data,
long *len)
or PEM_read_bio() routines. Please refer to the "pem" manual page.
Best regards,
Lutz
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