On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 01:06:10PM -0500, Ken Goldman wrote: > I gather now that there are two -pkeyopt: Yes. > ec_paramgen_curve > ec_param_enc > > I tried prime256v1 for each, and also named_curve and explicit > for the second, in many combinations. Easier to read the documentation and use the appropriate value. > It's also not 100% clear whether I specify -pkeyopt each time, or once and > then pairs of opt:value. Each time. > In all combinations, I now get: > > openssl genpkey -out cakeyecc.pem -outform pem -pass pass:rrrr -aes256 > -algorithm ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1 ec_param_enc:explicit > -text The explicit "-outform PEM" argument is not needed, but harmless: $ openssl genpkey -out cakeyecc.pem -outform PEM -pass pass:rrrr \ -aes256 -algorithm ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1 \ -pkeyopt ec_param_enc:named_curve -text $ cat cakeyecc.pem -----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY----- MIHeMEkGCSqGSIb3DQEFDTA8MBsGCSqGSIb3DQEFDDAOBAhn8FHW0643QQICCAAw HQYJYIZIAWUDBAEqBBCtTYP4h4/2PTEfN1fVJnpHBIGQ3RHX/KUQwncg9MK5aF7H p0qQplxOKtfCOYp0iqx15IQCEv5N4SXIIKnRjvaKPHgFQN0d8x1Et0pBOaYLqIre zwch3VGRvvHH//qhXiYGay9xzZXraGwFFatNt9R8gyBKR7zMn/BQVWUtA8woCB// D/R9GGYJVr3afeay4Vr4U/kHtRUkTrkGZxRZvM2EIAsr -----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY----- Private-Key: (256 bit) priv: 39:32:f7:c6:cf:fa:57:7f:9f:b0:d7:87:92:c0:93: 36:33:9e:19:75:0c:58:f7:a0:ec:29:01:1f:c2:17: 6a:9f pub: 04:a2:2a:47:02:a3:ed:6c:e0:af:85:9f:f3:9e:f9: e7:e4:19:5a:49:05:09:2e:1e:40:d8:89:88:5a:2c: fc:dc:59:5b:27:9f:9d:00:78:d7:3d:16:68:b9:81: 42:db:db:02:98:42:08:d9:2f:6f:e5:1d:a4:70:4f: 1a:4e:2b:69:2f ASN1 OID: prime256v1 NIST CURVE: P-256 As you can see the combination of "-aes256" and "-text" is unwise. The "-text" form is not encrypted. -- Viktor. -- openssl-users mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-users