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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. PowerShell

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

$success = $false

$rsa = New-Object Chilkat.Rsa

# Generate a 2048-bit key.
$privKey = New-Object Chilkat.PrivateKey
$success = $rsa.GenKey(2048,$privKey)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($rsa.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$password = "secret"
# Saving to a relative path (from the current working directory of the process).
$path = "rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem"
# Encrypt the PEM using 256-bit AES encryption.
$privKey.Pkcs8EncryptAlg = "aes256"
$success = $privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile($password,$path)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($privKey.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 

# We can also save the public key.
# There is no need to encrypt public keys.
$pubKey = New-Object Chilkat.PublicKey
$privKey.ToPublicKey($pubKey)

$path = "rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem"
# Choose PKCS1 or PKCS8
# We'll choose PKCS8.
$preferPkcs1 = $false
$success = $pubKey.SavePemFile($preferPkcs1,$path)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($pubKey.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# 

$("Success.")