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Updated RSA encryption (markdown)

gilbertchen
2023-03-15 13:43:14 -04:00
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@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ You can run these commands to generate the private and public key pair:
openssl genrsa -aes256 -out private.pem 2048
openssl rsa -in private.pem -pubout -out public.pem
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The key needs to be in the PEM format.
The key needs to be in the PKCS#1 format. If the first line of the private key file is `-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----` rather than `-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----`, then it is in the PKCS#8 format and you'll need to supply the `-traditional` option to openssl.
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