On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 04:35:11PM -0500, Ravun, Oleg wrote:

> When I try to convert unencrypted private key from PEM format to DER using 
> openssl pkcs8 -inform PEM -outform DER -in server.pem -out server.der
> -nocrypt

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> server.pem is
> -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

> Does anyone know what I am doing wrong?

Yes, you're trying to use pkcs8 while your key isn't using this format.
You're dealing with a RSA key here so you'll need the 'rsa' command.

openssl rsa -inform PEM -outform DER -in server.pem -out server.der


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Groetjes, Peter

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