Re: [openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Viktor Dukhovni
On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 03:43:05PM +, Salz, Rich via openssl-users wrote: > ➢ But if I use format=der I do not get prompted for the password. > > DER does not support encryption. The bug is that the command does not tell > you this. There is at least one standard encryption-capable

Re: [openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/21/2017 11:52 AM, Salz, Rich wrote: ➢ OK. And why does DER not support encryption Because it is not defined. If you want to encrypt keys, you need to use PKCS12 which might be too much for your application. If a device has secure storage, it does not need to encrypt its private

Re: [openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Sam Roberts
Probably I misunderstand the context, since PKCS#8 can be used to encrypt EC private key info, some more info at https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5915. Which doesn't help the OP if the openssl CLI doesn't support it. On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Salz, Rich via openssl-users

Re: [openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
➢ OK. And why does DER not support encryption Because it is not defined. If you want to encrypt keys, you need to use PKCS12 which might be too much for your application. -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users

Re: [openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 08/21/2017 11:43 AM, Salz, Rich via openssl-users wrote: ➢ But if I use format=der I do not get prompted for the password. DER does not support encryption. The bug is that the command does not tell you this. OK. And why does DER not support encryption? Actually, I can see working

Re: [openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Salz, Rich via openssl-users
➢ But if I use format=der I do not get prompted for the password. DER does not support encryption. The bug is that the command does not tell you this. -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users

[openssl-users] problem with -aes256 and -outform der in cmmand

2017-08-21 Thread Robert Moskowitz
If I use format=pem in the following: openssl genpkey -outform $format -aes256 -algorithm ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1 \ -pkeyopt ec_param_enc:named_curve -out private/ca.key.$format the private key is password protected. But if I use format=der I do not get prompted for the