Dexus/pem

Feature Request - Support for pkcs8

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#174 opened on Oct 21, 2017

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Description

Simple read function for pkcs8 files - I've built something for this (in the process of.. simple as), will push for review if successful. Additional function in pem.js

Use case: Verify/Read any pkcs8 file

Openssl steps

1.) Create a private key pair openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout test.pem -out test.crt -days 365 -subj "/C=Test/ST=Test/L=London/O=Pemjs/OU=Pemjs/CN=Pemjs.com" -passout pass:Password

2.) Convert to PKCS8 format openssl pkcs8 -inform pem -in test.pem -topk8 -outform der -out test.p8 -v1 PBE-SHA1-3DES -passin pass:Password -passout pass:Password

3.) Extract private key from pkcs8 file. openssl pkcs8 -in test.p8 -inform DER -v1 PBE-SHA1-3DES -passin pass:Password

4.) Do something with it....

Considerations 1.) Inform could be an unknown, check DER, check PEM 2.) Encryption alg could be an unknown, explicit support for strong algs only?

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the existing PEM parsing logic in pem.js and implement a function to parse PKCS8 encrypted private keys, considering different encryption algorithms and input formats (PEM/DER).
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javascriptnodejs
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backend
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3
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1-2 days
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Clear
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Node.jsOpenSSLgit
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65