Tomas Anderson wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a java keystore and want to export the private
> key and certificate (Verisign 128-bits) in it for use
> with Apache (we are changing server from a java-based
> server to Apache (mod_ssl)). Apache works like a dream
> when tested (compared to .... java.) with OpenSSL made
> keys and cert.
> 
[snip]
> 
> The raw bytestream out from Java is supposedly PKCS8.
> And OpenSSL wants PEM encoding?? Well. I am pretty new
> with all this....
> 

Try:

openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -in whatever.der -out key.pem

or

openssl pkcs8 -nocrypt -inform DER -in whatever.der -out key.pem

Steve.
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