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OpenXPKI::Crypto::Backend::OpenSSL::Command::create_key

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

Name

Description

This command creates keys. Actually we support EC, DSA and RSAkeys. The function creates always PKCS#8 keys. This ensures thatyou never have to take care about the type of the key after thekey was generated.

Functions

get_command

If you want to create a key for the used engine then you haveonly to specify the ENC_ALG and KEY_LENGTH. Perhaps you can specifythe RANDOM_FILE too.

If you want to create a normal key then you must specify at minimuma passwd and perhaps ENGINE_USAGE if you want to use the engine of thetoken too.

*: TYPE (DSA, EC or RSA)
*: ENC_ALG
*: KEY_LENGTH (if the TYPE equals DSA or RSA)
*: CURVE_NAME (if the TYPE equals EC)
*: RANDOM_FILE
*: ENGINE_USAGE
*: PASSWD

Example:

$token->command (``COMMAND'' => ``create_key'',
                 ``TYPE''       => ``RSA'',
                 ``PARAMETERS'' => {
                     ``ENC_ALG''    => ``aes128'',
                     ``KEY_LENGTH'' => ``1024''});

hide_output

returns true

key_usage

returns true

get_result

returns the new encrypted key

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