Greg Stark,
Sorry for making u confused....
We can create a private key by typing 'openssl rsa -noout -text -in
server.key'. And we can use that server.key to generate a unsecure key
by typing 'openssl rsa -in server.key -out server.key.unsecure'. That key
do not need to be entered a password.
If I miss the 'server.key' and I have got 'server.key.unsecure'
only, can I use 'server.key.unsecure' to re-generate 'server.key'?
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Greg Stark wrote:
> Gordon,
>
> The phrase "unsecure private key" is new to me, but if by that you mean
> what is more commonly called the "public key" then you cannot do what you
> want. That is the whole point of public/private key pairs. You can tell
> everyone the public part but they can't use the public part to derive the
> private part.
>
> Sorry, but you'll have to generate a new public/private keypair. If you
> cannot be sure that your previous private key was securely destroyed, you
> should consider revoking your certificate if you had one issued.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Lam Chin Ho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:06 AM
> Subject: How to convert the unsecure private key back to secure one
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> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > If I have missed the secure private key and I have only got the
> > unsecure private key, can I convert that unsecure private key to a secure
> > private key. If so, what procedure I need to do?
> >
> > Many thanks!!!
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> >
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