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OpenXPKI::Crypto::Backend::OpenSSL::Command::convert_key

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: 2008-09-30
Index

Name

Description

This command should perform all conversions of keys. This includessimple format conversions from PEM to DER and real tranformationsfrom proprietary OpenSSL RSA and DSA key to PKCS#8 format.

If there is a conversion towards PKCS#8 the result is always PEMencoded. If you need a DER encoded PKCS#8 key then you must convertthe returned PEM encoded key again to DER.

If you convert a RSA or DSA key from OpenSSL's proprietary formattowards PKCS#8 then you must support us with a passphrase.

To convert to OpenSSL's propietary format, you need to specifythe key type, i.e. 'OPENSSL_RSA' as output format. If you need todeal with keys with different types, you can get the type withthe 'get_pkcs8_keytype' command.

Functions

get_command

*: IN (RSA, DSA, PKCS8)
*: OUT (DER, PEM, PKCS8)
*: DATA
*: PASSWD
*: OUT_PASSWD (optional)
*: ENC_ALG (optional)

hide_output

returns 1

key_usage

returns 1 (private key must be decoded first)

get_result

simply returns the converted key

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