convert plain text rsa keys to pem or der format

hi

can anybody tell me how can i convert the plain rsa private keys to
pem or der format.

thankyou

justman

> can anybody tell me how can i convert the plain rsa private keys to
> pem or der format.

Since no one else responded with more detail, I'll provide a hint.
Sorry I have no better detail.

"private key - known only to owner, never transmitted"
"secret key - known only to users, transmitted only over secure channel"
"public key - known to anyone, transmitted to likely users"
I assume that you mean secret key (e.g. for S-MIME). I suspect that
you don't want to transmit private keys in pem, der, or any other
format.

Several months ago, I did this using a convenient web browser.
Netscape Navigator (4.5?) was able to load a certificate holding
an RSA secret key and save it as PEM and/or DER/CER certificate.

If you check around, or someone who reads this can suggest
candidates, you should be able to find a tool (web browser,
mail browser, ...) that can load and save certificates in the
formats you need.

Good luck,
--
Dr. Robert J. Meier
Compuware, Inc.

Funny, just my course of today :)

given a key, you can generate a certificate with openssl (grab it either
on linux or windows)
man openssl

for example :
openssl req -new -x509 -days 100 -keyout ca.key -out cas.pem
=> done :)

Okay, read the man to have some explantions about the different options.

Hope I helped you, I do not feel the courage to go though my course once
more today :)

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