Hi Megha,
Generate the key in DER format instead of PEM.
openssl ecparam -genkey -name secp384r1 -outform der -noout -out key.der
You can then read in the file using ioutil.ReadFile() for instance, and
pass the byte slice to x509.ParseECPrivateKey().
Adam
On Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 5:07:15 PM UTC-4, MEGHA MAIYA wrote:
>
> Even though ParseECPrivateKey can parse a key generated via
> ecdsa.GenerateKey(elliptic.P256(),
> rand.Reader) with no issues it fails for me when I feed it with a key
> generated using
>
> openssl ecparam -name secp256k1 -genkey -out ecdsa_private.pem
>
> This generates a ***********x509: failed to parse EC private key: asn1:
> structure error: tags don't match (16 vs {class:0 tag:6 length:5
> isCompound:false}) {optional:false explicit:false application....
>
> Feeding a key generated using
>
> openssl ecparam -name secp256k1 -genkey -noout -out
> ecdsa_private_hide_params.pem
>
> gets past the asn1.Unmarshal() stage but fails with a ********* x509:
> unknown elliptic curve
>
> Any help or information will be much appreciated!
>
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