Generate RSA Public/Private Key Pair and Export to PEM

ASP example code showing how to generate an RSA public/private key pair and export to PEM files.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
set rsa = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Rsa")

success = rsa.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "RSA component unlock failed" & "<br>"

End If

'  Generate a 1024-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
'  key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 4096 bits.
success = rsa.GenerateKey(1024)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write rsa.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Keys are exported in XML format:
publicKeyXml = rsa.ExportPublicKey()
Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( publicKeyXml) & "<br>"

privateKeyXml = rsa.ExportPrivateKey()
Response.Write Server.HTMLEncode( privateKeyXml) & "<br>"

'  Save the private key in PEM format:
set privKey = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.PrivateKey")
privKey.LoadXml privateKeyXml
privKey.SaveRsaPemFile "privateKey.pem"

'  Save the public key in PEM format:
set pubKey = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.PublicKey")
pubKey.LoadXml publicKeyXml
pubKey.SaveOpenSslPemFile "publicKey.pem"
%>
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</html>

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