Tcl

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. Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set success 0

set rsa [new_CkRsa]

# Generate a 2048-bit key.
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
}

set password "secret"
# Saving to a relative path (from the current working directory of the process).
set path "rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem"
# Encrypt the PEM using 256-bit AES encryption.
CkPrivateKey_put_Pkcs8EncryptAlg $privKey "aes256"
set success [CkPrivateKey_SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile $privKey $password $path]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkPrivateKey_lastErrorText $privKey]
    delete_CkRsa $rsa
    delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey
    exit
}

# 

# We can also save the public key.
# There is no need to encrypt public keys.
set pubKey [new_CkPublicKey]

CkPrivateKey_ToPublicKey $privKey $pubKey

set path "rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem"
# Choose PKCS1 or PKCS8
# We'll choose PKCS8.
set preferPkcs1 0
set success [CkPublicKey_SavePemFile $pubKey $preferPkcs1 $path]
if {$success == 0} then {
    puts [CkPublicKey_lastErrorText $pubKey]
    delete_CkRsa $rsa
    delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey
    delete_CkPublicKey $pubKey
    exit
}

# 

puts "Success."

delete_CkRsa $rsa
delete_CkPrivateKey $privKey
delete_CkPublicKey $pubKey