Re: Encrypt existing PEM keyfile

Hi, looks like you missed https://docs.openssl.org/master/man1/openssl-pkey/

David

Sep 24, 2024 19:44:11 Robert Moskowitz <rgm-tZ9RT1K724GHT8/[email protected]>:

> Right now I want to use openssl command line to be able to take as input an unecrypted PEM Keyfile (EdDSA) and output it password protected.
> 
> I have created the keyfile in python using:
> 
>         f.write(private_key.private_bytes(
>             encoding=serialization.Encoding.PEM,
>             format=serialization.PrivateFormat.PKCS8,
>             encryption_algorithm=serialization.NoEncryption(),
>             ))
> 
> I have found that to have written it encrypted, that should be
> 
> encryption_algorithm=serialization.BestAvailableEncryption(b'xyz'))
> 
> But I want to be able to work this out step by step, adding the encryption of the PEM keyfile.
> 
> Thus the desire to take an existing unprotected PEM and put out a password protected one that I can read in to another script.
> 
> Looked all over in the docs and asked Dr. Google, but my search foo is still weak and not finding this out.
> 
> Would someone point the way for me?  :)
> 
> Also is the "BestAvailableEncryption" the way to write it password protected in the first place?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> 
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