"Hellan,Kim KHE" wrote:
>
> I'm trying to use OpenSSL (0.9.6) to read an RSA public key (PKCS#1, DER
> encoded).
> I use the following command:
> openssl rsa -inform DER -in publickey.der -pubin
>
> This gives the following errors:
>
> unable to load key
> 1404:error:0D0A0007:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_X509_ALGOR:expecting an asn1
> sequence:.\crypto\asn1\x_algor.c:85:address=4189187 offset=0
> 1404:error:0D0AA004:asn1 encoding routines:d2i_X509_PUBKEY:nested asn1
> error:.\crypto\asn1\x_pubkey.c:86:address=4189184 offset=3
>
> Does this look like an error in the key or am I using the wrong OpenSSL
> methods?
>
The PKCS#1 RSA public key format isn't supported on the command line.
There are however various functions that support it.
Steve.
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