[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanks for the suggestion. But now the error message is different. > > > C:\certs>openssl rsa -inform DER -in private.der -outform NET -out > privatekey.net > read RSA key > unable to load key > 276:error:0D080071:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_ASN1_INTEGER:expecting an > integer: > a_int.c:204: > 276:error:0D09D082:asn1 encoding > routines:d2i_RSAPrivateKey:parsing:d2i_r_pr.c:116: > > When I open the private key with a text editor the content looks like > this: > ... > ~aKfSj4s f$0?K > t.qc(c)Ni3=h*g'p~*?QE34/?ds > ... > > I doubt that this is a normal private key, isn't it? Does anything went > wrong during > the generation of the key (note: I didn't generate the key with > openSSL)? > Try this: openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -in private.der -out private.pem if that fails try: openssl pkcs8 -nocrypt -inform DER -in private.der -out private.pem After that you will have a PEM encoded private key which you can then feed to the rsa utility. If that doesn't work see what the output of: openssl asn1parse -inform DER -in private.der produces. Some private key formats are undocumented and look just like random data, without some documentation as to the format used there's not much that can be done. Steve. -- Dr Stephen N. Henson. http://www.drh-consultancy.demon.co.uk/ Personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior crypto engineer, Celo Communications: http://www.celocom.com/ Core developer of the OpenSSL project: http://www.openssl.org/ Business Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key: via homepage. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
