Name

OpenXPKI::Crypto::Backend::OpenSSL::Command::get_pkcs8_keytype

Description

This command returns the type of a key contained in a PKCS#8 PEM data block. This is necessary if you want to convert a PKCS#8 to an OpenSSL/SSLeay format, as you need to know the key type for that so that the conversion can be done in one step.

Functions

get_command

DATA - the PKCS#8 PEM data
PASSWD - the password for the PKCS#8

hide_output

returns 1

key_usage

returns 1 (private key must be decoded first)

get_result

simply returns the type, e.g. RSA, EC, DSA.