(Tcl) Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

Demonstrates how to generate a new 2048-bit RSA private key and returns the Base64 encoded PKCS8 representation of the private key.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

set rsa [new_CkRsa]

# Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
# key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
set privKey [new_CkPrivateKey]

set success [CkRsa_GenKey $rsa 2048 $privKey]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkRsa_lastErrorText $rsa]
    delete_CkRsa $rsa
    delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey
    exit
}

# Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
set privKeyPkcs8Base64 [CkPrivateKey_getPkcs8ENC $privKey "base64"]

# The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
# MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
puts "$privKeyPkcs8Base64"

delete_CkRsa $rsa
delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey