If it says "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----", then it is an unencrypted PKCS#1 RSA key structure which contains private exponent, public exponent, and modulus.
-Kyle H On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Tomasz Kaźmierczak <tome...@wp.eu> wrote: > Thanks for the link, but I've already seen that, and unfortunately it didn't > help... > When I open the PEM files with keys in a plain text editor, the contents are > different than what's shown on the linked page. In stead of: > > -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- > Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED > DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,3F17F5316E2BAC89 > > ...base64 encoded data... > -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- > > > there is just: > > -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- > ...base64 encoded data... > -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY----- > > > After decoding the "base64 encoded data", I get some binary data which I > don't know what to do with... > > Dr. Stephen Henson pisze: >> >> On Thu, Feb 05, 2009, Tomasz Ka??mierczak wrote: >> >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> In the OpenSSL API there are functions called PEM_write_RSAPrivateKey(), >>> PEM_write_RSAPublicKey() and corresponding read functions: >>> PEM_read_RSAPrivateKey(), PEM_read_RSAPublicKey(). What I need is to >>> read/write RSA keys to/from a file in exactly the same format as these >>> functions do, but I cannot use OpenSSL (due to licensing issues when using >>> OpenSSL in GPL'd code). I've tried to find some GPL'd code that can handle >>> files in such format, but haven't succeeded. >>> What I've managed to find out is that it's a PKCS#1 certificate stored in >>> a PEM file - is that right? Unfortunately, even with such knowledge, I >>> haven't managed to find any specification that would be of any help. >>> >>> >>> >> >> RSAPublicKey and RSAPrivateKey are the same structures mentioned in PKCS#1 >> base64 encoded with the approproiate headers. >> >> If you need the PEM encryption format then see: >> >> http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/pem.html#PEM_ENCRYPTION_FORMAT >> >> Steve. >> -- >> Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage >> OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. >> Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >> User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org >> Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org >> >> >> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
