I am having exactly the same problem as reported by Ken Gold of IBM on the
"openssl-users" list in May. I haven't seen any response to his original
posting or received a reply from him.
I can read a password protected private key file OK using the OpenSSL shell,
but if I try and do it programmatically I just get a NULL key returned. If
the private key is not password protected everything works 100%! I am trying
it under OpenSSL 0.9.8i in a Windows shell or 0.9.8h in a Cygwin Bash shell
- both give the same error (NULL key). I am programming in CodeGear C++
Builder on Windows XP.
The relevant code snippet as follows:
bio_key = BIO_new( BIO_s_file() );
BIO_read_filename( bio_key, keyfile );
sigkey = PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey( bio_key, NULL, NULL, (void *)pwd );
where "keyfile" is the (correct) path to the private key file and "pwd" is
the (correct) password as a NULL terminated string.
The error text reported is as follows:
5244:error:0906B072:lib(9):func(107):reason(114):.\crypto\pem\pem_lib.c:481
I get the same response with keys generated with RSA and also ECDSA.
If anyone can provide any insights or pointers on this issue it would be
much appreciated!
Regards,
Nick
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