Thank you very much! I've used d2i_PrivateKey_bio() with the BIO I get from the key buffer.
2010/10/29 Erik Tkal <et...@juniper.net>: > How about using the d2i_ functions? > > > .................................... > Erik Tkal > Juniper OAC/UAC/Pulse Development > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org > [mailto:owner-openssl-us...@openssl.org] On Behalf Of Leandro Santiago > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 7:26 AM > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Re: How can I load a PEM key stored in a string instead from a file? > > Thanks to all. I've resolved my first problem, load the PEM from a string. > I've used BIO_new_mem_buf() and PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(). > > But now I've seen that it works well with PEM keys, and now I'm trying > to use a DER key, again from a string. Is there something like > DER_read_bio_PrivateKey()? > > 2010/10/27 Dr. Stephen Henson <st...@openssl.org>: >> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010, Leandro Santiago wrote: >> >>> Ok. I've found the implementation of that function: >>> >>> EVP_PKEY *PEM_read_PrivateKey(FILE *fp, EVP_PKEY **x, pem_password_cb >>> *cb, void *u) >>> { >>> BIO *b; >>> EVP_PKEY *ret; >>> >>> if ((b=BIO_new(BIO_s_file())) == NULL) >>> { >>> PEMerr(PEM_F_PEM_READ_PRIVATEKEY,ERR_R_BUF_LIB); >>> return(0); >>> } >>> BIO_set_fp(b,fp,BIO_NOCLOSE); >>> ret=PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey(b,x,cb,u); >>> BIO_free(b); >>> return(ret); >>> } >>> >>> So if I need to implement a function which opens a char string as a >>> key I need to write something as the code above, but changing the >>> functions BIO_s_file() and BIO_set_fp(b,fp,BIO_NOCLOSE) to something >>> which load from that string instead from a FILE*? >>> >>> ps: yes, I'm very noob on openssl. OpenSSL is amazing, but it's very >>> hard to beginners. thx >>> >> >> As others have indicated you can use PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey() instead as >> this can be passed a BIO which is an OpenSSL I/O abstraction. You can create >> a >> BIO from a character string using BIO_new_mem_buf(). >> >> Steve. >> -- >> Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. >> Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >> User Support Mailing List openssl-us...@openssl.org >> Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-us...@openssl.org > Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-us...@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
