FW: M2Crypto convert key from PEM to DER ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kershaw, PJ (Philip)=20
> Sent: 08 April 2009 08:54
> To: 'Hans Lellelid'
> Cc:=20
> Subject: RE: M2Crypto convert key from PEM to DER ?
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> Hi Hans,
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> If you want to use M2Crypto :) you could do:
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> from M2Crypto import RSA
> key =3D RSA.load_key('input.key')
> key.save_key_der('output.key')
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> Cheers,
> Phil
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: generic crypto class API for Python
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Hans Lellelid
> > Sent: 08 April 2009 01:42
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: M2Crypto convert key from PEM to DER ?
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> > Hi -
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> > Mads Kiilerich wrote:
> > > Hans Lellelid wrote, On 04/08/2009 01:02 AM:
> > >> I'd like to use M2Crypto to to convert a server key from
> > PEM format
> > >> to
> > >> DER. Specifically, I'd like to replace the following
> > openssl command:
> > >>
> > >> *openssl rsa =96in input.key =96inform PEM =96out output.key=20
> =96outform DER
> > >>
> > >> I think I understand how to do something similar with the
> > certs, but
> > >> haven't figured out how to do this with just the private
> > key. I'm sure
> > >> I'm missing something; can anyone provide any tips?
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> > > Using M2Crypto for that might be overkill, though it would
> > be nice not
> > > to have to write it from scratch every time.
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> > > Untested and mostly from memory which might be wrong:
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> > > pem =3D open('cert.pem')
> > > der =3D ''.join(l.strip() for l in
> > > pem.read().split('-----')[2].splitlines()).decode('base64')
> > > open('cert.der', 'w').write(der)
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> > Thank you!  -- I guess the better place to start looking
> > would have been=20
> > the relationship between PEM and DER :)  I will give that a shot.
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> > Thanks,
> > Hans
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