On Thu, Aug 07, 2003, Davide De Benedictis wrote:

> 
> Using the command tool "genrsa" how can I specify to store the
> private key in PKCS#8 or PKCS#12 standard format?
>  

Unfortunately there isn't an option to write in PKCS#8 or PKCS#12 format
directly using genrsa you have to output in PEM and convert. Also for PKCS#12
you need a certificate (well for all released OpenSSL versions: 0.9.8-dev
doesn't need one).

Steve.
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