On 19 March 2013 10:22, Leon Brits <le...@parsec.co.za> wrote: > I’ve created keys for NIST Prime curves (224-571bit), Binary and Kolbits > curves (233-571 bit). I then convert the keys to PEM using the same method > which I used successfully for RSA and DSA which only calls > PEM_write_bio_PrivateKey() and PEM_write_bio_PUBKEY(). The type is never > specified in my functions. What is interesting now is that if I test the EC > PEM files, using the openssl command line tool, all the keys generated for > the NIST Prime curves is successfully parsed while the others fails with the > following error:
I have just tested this with no problems using NID_sect233k1. What version of openssl are you using? Please see attached PEM file. Are you able to read that with openssl ec? Please send me a sample PEM that you are having difficulty with and I will see if I can read it. Matt
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