Ecc.MakeKeys Method

Generate an EC public/private key pair and save as two key files.

Syntax

public static int MakeKeys(
   string publicKeyfile,
   string privateKeyFile,
   Ecc.CurveName curveName,
   string password,
   Ecc.PbeScheme pbes = Ecc.PbeScheme.Default,
   string paramString = "",
   Ecc.Format fileFormat = Ecc.Format.Default 
)

Public Shared Function MakeKeys (
   publicKeyfile As String,
   privateKeyFile As String,
   curveName As Ecc.CurveName,
   password As String,
   Optional pbes As Ecc.PbeScheme = Ecc.PbeScheme.Default,
   Optional paramString As String = "",
   Optional fileFormat As Ecc.Format = Ecc.Format.Default 
) As Integer

Parameters

publicKeyfile  String

name of public key file to be created

privateKeyFile  String

name of encrypted private key file to be created

curveName  Ecc.CurveName

name of elliptic curve

password  String

password to be used for the encrypted key file.

pbes  Ecc.PbeScheme  (Optional)

(optional) Password-based encryption scheme to encrypt private key [default = pbeWithSHAAnd3-KeyTripleDES-CBC]

paramString  String  (Optional)

Optional parameters. A set of attribute name=value pairs separated by a semicolon ";" (see remarks).

fileFormat  Ecc.Format  (Optional)

(optional) Format to save file [default = DER binary]

Return Value

Remarks

Example

// All default settings...
n = Ecc.MakeKeys(pubkeyfile, prikeyfile, Ecc.CurveName.Prime192v1, "password");
// With specialist options...
n = Ecc.MakeKeys(pubkeyfile, prikeyfile, Ecc.CurveName.Prime192v1, "password", 
       Ecc.PbeScheme.Pbe_Pbkdf2_aes128_CBC, "count=3999;prf=hmacWithSha256", Ecc.Format.PEM);

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: ECC_MakeKeys

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