Rsa.ReadPrivateKey Method

Read from a file or string containing a private key into an "internal" private key string.

Syntax

public static StringBuilder ReadPrivateKey(
   string privateKeyFile,
   string password = "" 
)

Public Shared Function ReadPrivateKey (
   privateKeyFile As String,
   Optional password As String = "" 
) As StringBuilder

Parameters

privateKeyFile  String

Name of private key file or a PEM String containing the key

password  String  (Optional)

Password for private key, if encrypted

Return Value

Remarks

Example

StringBuilder sbPrivateKey = Rsa.ReadPrivateKey("AlicePrivRSASign.p8e", "password");
Debug.Assert(sbPrivateKey.Length > 0, "Rsa.ReadPrivateKey Failed");
Console.WriteLine("Key length={0} bits", Rsa.KeyBits(sbPrivateKey.ToString()));

See Also

VB6/C equivalent: RSA_ReadAnyPrivateKey

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