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Dart Requires Chilkat v11.0.0+

Generate an RSA Key and Save to Encrypted PEM

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Demonstrates how to generate an RSA key and save to an encrypted PEM file.

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Dart
import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  final rsa = CkRsa();

  // Generate a 2048-bit key.
  final privKey = CkPrivateKey();
  try {
    rsa.genKey(2048, privKey);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  final password = 'secret';
  // Saving to a relative path (from the current working directory of the process).
  var path = 'rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem';
  // Encrypt the PEM using 256-bit AES encryption.
  privKey.pkcs8EncryptAlg = 'aes256';
  try {
    privKey.savePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(password, path);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // image

  // We can also save the public key.
  // There is no need to encrypt public keys.
  final pubKey = CkPublicKey();
  privKey.toPublicKey(pubKey);

  path = 'rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem';
  // Choose PKCS1 or PKCS8
  // We'll choose PKCS8.
  final preferPkcs1 = false;
  try {
    pubKey.savePemFile(preferPkcs1, path);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // image

  print('Success.');
}