hi all:
2011/5/3 vichy <[email protected]>: > Dear all: > I try to use "openssl genrsa -out 1024.private.key 1024" to generate > rsa key pairs. > if I remember correctly, 1024 is the size of n, the unit in bits and > it will be one of public key paris. > > But when I generate the public key by the command,openssl rsa -in > 1024.private.key -pubout. > I cannot tell what the key value is. > "MIGfMA.....FsvJULwIDAQAB" is 216 characters and if 8 bits for one > character, it will be 1728 bits. > > it is far beyond the 1024 bits limitation. > so I guess I interpret the value of n in the wrong way. > How could I tell the exact key value from the output of "openssl rsa -pubout"? > > Thanks for your kind help > > $ openssl genrsa -out 1024.private.key 1024 > Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus > .......++++++ > .++++++ > e is 65537 (0x10001) > > $ openssl rsa -in 1024.private.key -pubout > writing RSA key > -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- > MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQC1NeDTvXJ+5hdI8VLeisyi/o7P > su049auh3pz1Dpdtil/hKJeXV3TEnIQkPsZc+EHT4McGObqEO7FSl2IzW/vuDftB > mbcQoSN/WwqucPbV7WeOeF3es0BzGOoiQ90DiUWhXSFTvp6zU+cWP5fYFdvkbzV6 > cwBFV1owwi+FsvJULwIDAQAB > -----END PUBLIC KEY----- > $ > I google out the solution http://old.nabble.com/openssl-genrsa-query-td19488188.html sorry for bothering you :-) ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [email protected]
