Vladimir, To me, your key looks like a standard 1024 RSA private key, in PKCS#1 format (see below). And, I'm getting the same error when I type
openssl rsa -check <key with OpenSSL 1.0.0a, also with other, similar keys. Ingo --- RFC 3447 (PKCS#1), A.1.2 http://www.rsa.com/rsalabs/node.asp?id=2125 RSAPrivateKey ::= SEQUENCE { version Version, modulus INTEGER, -- n publicExponent INTEGER, -- e privateExponent INTEGER, -- d prime1 INTEGER, -- p prime2 INTEGER, -- q exponent1 INTEGER, -- d mod (p-1) exponent2 INTEGER, -- d mod (q-1) coefficient INTEGER, -- (inverse of q) mod p otherPrimeInfos OtherPrimeInfos OPTIONAL } Your key: 30 : SEQUENCE (Length: 0x277) 02 : Integer (Length: 0x01) 00 30 : SEQUENCE (Length: 0x0D) 06 : Object Identifier (OID): 1.2.840.113549.1.1.1 rsaEncryption 05 : NULL 04 : Octet String (Length: 0x261) 30 : SEQUENCE (Length: 0x25D) 02 : Integer (Length: 0x01) 00 02 : Integer (Length: 0x81) 00 C5 F1 4E FF 1C 97 02 A2 02 A1 C7 A0 8D E6 9F 9D EF D5 56 87 D7 B2 BF A3 7B 68 73 4E 34 A4 5E FE 41 86 3E 3E 7D 55 6F 9D F1 42 D6 FB CC 27 BB 0C D3 C6 C8 0E 40 CA 53 F8 5A 81 E2 90 18 A8 94 C0 12 72 15 98 0F 1C A2 8F 75 A9 26 E6 A0 8A 7B AB [0x0030 bytes skipped.] 02 : Integer (Length: 0x03) 01 00 01 02 : Integer (Length: 0x81) 00 90 06 E3 5A 11 2D 78 06 F6 2F 4D 17 EF E8 6D 1F F8 50 9C E3 BE F9 1B 24 13 39 8F 1C CA 85 07 71 AD AF C6 3E A5 E7 B2 8D 93 EC F4 8C C6 A1 EA 22 8D 3D C8 77 46 81 71 D3 F5 D7 28 49 7D 07 BD 23 33 AD 3D A7 76 33 6C 47 D7 A2 5B 62 58 A7 06 5B [0x0030 bytes skipped.] 02 : Integer (Length: 0x41) 00 F7 D7 7F 0E C3 04 7D B3 69 AE 54 4F 70 A5 47 E3 D5 1F DC DE 40 AB 99 6D 93 BD 96 4F 31 92 11 F8 43 54 D5 9C EC 3D DF B6 AA 9B AA 3D 60 14 A5 A3 C7 78 DD DE E5 A1 7C C4 5C DF 5F 56 2F EC 41 DB 02 : Integer (Length: 0x41) 00 CC 75 52 E6 9A 0A 1B B7 35 7C D1 D0 51 65 D8 B0 35 BE EA AE D3 88 53 7C AF A5 36 C5 41 09 95 CF 66 73 8F 3D 57 87 FB A0 77 7E B1 D2 95 9D 83 5E 92 5B 95 AB 2A CF 9F FA F7 01 2B 69 4D C7 52 C3 02 : Integer (Length: 0x40) 17 3B 24 D6 BE 62 EA 61 69 D3 84 65 99 DA 74 3D 9F D9 87 BB 71 76 64 40 48 2B EA 2D EC 28 93 F4 A0 63 10 4E D0 3A 10 81 2F C6 BD 93 59 31 36 41 7E CE 0E 85 F9 22 44 EE A7 01 ED 0E C8 19 2E 27 02 : Integer (Length: 0x41) 00 BC 97 5F DF 8B A8 D5 45 DA 15 87 67 33 1D D1 91 40 12 19 61 27 87 71 12 EA E5 67 2E ED BD CC AC E1 20 A8 B8 79 5B DA 33 7A E5 A7 5A CA 5C DF 47 45 93 2A EC 16 F2 2A EC 10 18 C9 15 3A 04 28 87 02 : Integer (Length: 0x40) 20 4C 8C 60 52 94 CA 42 30 DC 1B EF 3D 1E 5F 84 82 40 D1 25 84 BE 1E 18 35 0F F9 4A 5A 40 16 B0 E2 8F 5B 9B C3 FC C5 E7 08 0A BC F0 D1 BA 01 4B 47 08 08 60 15 48 80 A2 C1 98 03 56 FC A4 D9 DC ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager majord...@openssl.org