CryptographyTag Archive

PKCS8 files and Windows Crypto API

Parts of the Windows Crypto API are quite well documented (particularly the original CAPI stuff).  Other parts….. I’ve been trying to get PKCS8 files working between OpenSSL and Windows.  The Import/Export on Windows is so badly documented I eventually resorted to ASN.1 decodes and header file trawls to find what I needed. Anyway – if… Continue Reading PKCS8 files and Windows Crypto API

Import Standard RSA key to iPhone key store

So following from my post on exporting a public key from an iPhone into java, here is some sample code for going the other way. It follows the same logic as exporting the key but in reverse. (It starts with decoding the Base64 piece as the app I am working on always passes data in… Continue Reading Import Standard RSA key to iPhone key store

Importing an iPhone RSA public key into a Java app

I’ve spent the last two days working through this – and couldn’t find any easy code at all on the net. So to save others the time here is what I found. First off, when you export a key from the iPhone keychain, it’s exported in a cut down format – just the public key… Continue Reading Importing an iPhone RSA public key into a Java app