Hello, Here is some debugging output:
--- pyKB-DEBUG: Connecting to http://192.168.0.2:8080/RPC2 pyKB-DEBUG: Initializing session: (sessionKey: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO) pyKB-DEBUG: Received public key: -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIGJAoGBALxi3tGXlSwRgn7/Km6mTSge+5ijQgIn3GvnZOeYyOo1DkubVtTaFj26 GWtJo43MEe1a5UlWKJEOpbKVCr4AASfFj8YmmRewH4SXdZ+w1Bad8amyzL2h8F7J wJojOnocSs6xDE7o86CpZRUlojBefanMdCpu074QFktE63OD1zBBAgMBAAE= -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY----- Traceback (most recent call last): File "KB_Client.py", line 96, in ? kb.SessionInit(sessionKey="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO") File "KB_Client.py", line 63, in SessionInit rsa = M2Crypto.RSA.load_pub_key("pubkey.pem") File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/RSA.py", line 225, in load_pub_key return load_pub_key_bio(bio) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/RSA.py", line 237, in load_pub_key_bio rsa_error() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/RSA.py", line 162, in rsa_error raise RSAError, m2.err_reason_error_string(m2.err_get_error()) M2Crypto.RSA.RSAError: no start line --- You can clearly see the public key which I am receiving from an xmlrpc server. Then I saved the public key in "pubkey.pem" file and then use M2Crypto.RSA.load_pub_key() and I am getting the output as show above. -abhisek On 2/17/06, Heikki Toivonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Abhisek Datta wrote: > > I am looking for good RSA implementations in python that can import a > > public key in PEM format and encrypt a buffer using the imported > > public key. I tried m2crypto, but somehow it is giving me exceptions > > which I couldnt solve as of now. > > What you are trying to do should be covered by M2Crypto. Without more > context for the error (what was the file you were trying load, etc.) it > is hard to say what is wrong. My first guess is that your pem file did > not include the BEGIN/END lines. > > I would suggest you take a look at the tests and samples included in > M2Crypto. They do show how to work with PEM files. > > > M2Crypto 0.15: http://wiki.osafoundation.org/bin/view/Projects/MeTooCrypto > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
