Perl

Load an Encrypted Private Key from PEM Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat PrivateKey.LoadEncryptedPem method, which loads a private key from PEM text, using a password when the PEM is encrypted. The first argument is the PEM string and the second is the password. Unencrypted PEM is also accepted.

Background: An encrypted PEM protects the key material at rest — a stolen file is useless without the passphrase — which is why encrypted keys are preferred for anything shipped or stored. This loader supplies that passphrase to decrypt a BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY block (and gracefully handles unencrypted PEM too), so it is a safe default when a PEM might be either. The password should come from a secure source, never a hard-coded literal.

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use chilkat();

$success = 0;

#  Demonstrates the PrivateKey.LoadEncryptedPem method, which loads a private key from PEM text.
#  The 1st argument is the PEM string and the 2nd is the password (used when the PEM is
#  encrypted).  Unencrypted PEM is also accepted.

$privKey = chilkat::CkPrivateKey->new();

#  The PEM text of an encrypted private key.
$pemText = "-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIFHzBJ...\n-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----";

#  The key password is not hard-coded in a real application; obtain it from an interactive
#  prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
$password = "myKeyPassword";

$success = $privKey->LoadEncryptedPem($pemText,$password);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $privKey->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "Loaded a " . $privKey->keyType() . " private key." . "\r\n";