Steve, THANK YOU!!! :-D
openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -nocrypt -in file.der on the binary i got from xxd did the trick! Yaiii! You made my day! What a relieve. I can now load the privatekey just fine. i can finally move on, to the next problem that will probably arise soon:) thanks again, alois -------- Original-Nachricht -------- Datum: Thu, 3 May 2007 12:20:28 +0200 Von: "Dr. Stephen Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: openssl-users@openssl.org Betreff: Re: Private Key problem > On Thu, May 03, 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks! > > I currently dont have access to the key generator, so cant post an > example. > > However, the key actually DOES start with 30. > > The first chars are: > > 30820 > > the last ones are: > > F750 > > > > then theres a newline at the end. i tried removing that, ..same. > > anyway, im pretty confused. No idea what else i could try now:S > > thanks anyways > > On the binary file try: > > openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -nocrypt -in file.der > openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -in file.der > > if that doens't work try: > > openssl asn1parse -inform DER -in file.der > > and post a summary of the result. > > Steve. > -- > Dr Stephen N. Henson. Email, S/MIME and PGP keys: see homepage > OpenSSL project core developer and freelance consultant. > Funding needed! Details on homepage. > Homepage: http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk > ______________________________________________________________________ > OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org > User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org > Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]