I figured out what the error was and it was a syntax error! The forward slash (\) in the middle shouldn't be there. Cheers.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 22 March 2006 12:31 > To: openssl-users@openssl.org > Subject: Converting PEM formatted key to PKCS8 format. > > Hi everyone, > > I'm trying to convert a PEM formatted key to a PKCS8 format with the > command shown below but I can't seem to get the intended PKCS8 format > file.. I've also added the output I get once I use the command shown > below. Any sort of help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Cheers > > > C:\OpenSSL\bin>openssl pkcs8 -in C:\pki\reto.key -topk8 -nocrypt \ > -outform DE -out reto.key.pkcs8 > > -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- > MIIBVAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCAT4wggE6AgEAAkEAykjZ+Pp73+/CrS+T > cQlAlp4sLqD2weHgUXBUuXeR0yFOVg+QQMVKqwMRtLebDa44ufAq7kZxJAZ31j0P > GFbdVwIDAQABAkEAj7OTTaG8MIimFtwOdSWqgZVaM8Hbqj5pWdFgDuWXbZEde+HV > b2SZ2pYx1FUrTsgOD2Z2ELD9NQH+tWgs0efpWQIhAPydYSYE6K30KBOSg8fkpbKP > suiqeqwW+A9l3owNi/udAiEAzP7PJYhaZGE1WuG25dbkhn93HOloupZNFqZnqQ3E > zIMCIFXyzgz7epdFDSWrof6vAtmAHuUeq+JFZl0G0fNg4JHZAiB3xloaP/UwuWuH > UmKfIFQeEdPy3J4Ih1E7brcam6TlKQIgF9E2/EKwClWRd7Fod0mhCO+yWL0wZxLa > J3XEBHbv7PM= > -----END PRIVATE KEY-----
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