On Wed, Feb 24, 2010, Lewis Kapell wrote: > > A bit of research leads me to conclude that the public-key file is not in > the correct format. It is XML formatted with sections RSAKeyValue, Modulus > and Exponent. I gather that openssl requires the key in a format called > SubjectPublicKeyInfo. So much seems to be clear; however, I have not been > able to learn whether my existing public key can be converted into this > format, or whether I am forced to generate a new key. > > I would be most grateful if anyone can shed any light on this. Apologies if > this has been covered on the list before - I did search the archives, and > found some discussions that addressed some of these issues, but they seemed > to assume prior knowledge which I lack. >
Well others might comment on the wisdom of using rsautl like this but here's a pointer to the public key issue: http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/asn1parse.html# and especially: http://www.openssl.org/docs/crypto/ASN1_generate_nconf.html#EXAMPLES Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. OpenSSL project core developer. Commercial tech support now available see: http://www.openssl.org ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org
