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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.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

Dim rsa As New Chilkat.Rsa

// Generate a 2048-bit key.
Dim privKey As New Chilkat.PrivateKey
success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(rsa.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim password As String
password = "secret"
// Saving to a relative path (from the current working directory of the process).
Dim path As String
path = "rsaKeys/myTestRsaPrivate.pem"
// Encrypt the PEM using 256-bit AES encryption.
privKey.Pkcs8EncryptAlg = "aes256"
success = privKey.SavePkcs8EncryptedPemFile(password,path)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(privKey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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// We can also save the public key.
// There is no need to encrypt public keys.
Dim pubKey As New Chilkat.PublicKey
success = privKey.ToPublicKey(pubKey)

path = "rsaKeys/myTestRsaPublic.pem"
// Choose PKCS1 or PKCS8
// We'll choose PKCS8.
Dim preferPkcs1 As Boolean
preferPkcs1 = False
success = pubKey.SavePemFile(preferPkcs1,path)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(pubKey.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

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System.DebugLog("Success.")