banderas20
Active Member
Hi!
I have created a public-private keypair with ssh-keygen and I have both id_rsa and id_rsa.pub.
I'm trying to encrypt/decrypt files with openssl.
If I cypher the file with
it works.
I try to decypher it with the private key of the remitent user with this command
But I get this error:
After some openssl manipulations, the contents of the private key begin with:
and then with
By the way, the encryption didn't work at first with the ssh-keygen generated public file. I had to convert it with:
I'm pretty lost and I don't know what's going on.
Can you shed some light on this?
Thanks in advance!
PS: running Ubuntu 20.04
I have created a public-private keypair with ssh-keygen and I have both id_rsa and id_rsa.pub.
I'm trying to encrypt/decrypt files with openssl.
If I cypher the file with
Code:
cat plain_file | openssl rsautl -encrypt -pubin -inkey /tmp/id_rsa.pub > /tmp/encrypted.txtit works.
I try to decypher it with the private key of the remitent user with this command
Code:
cat /tmp/encrypted.txt | openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey id_rsaBut I get this error:
Code:
unable to load Private Key
139651099592000:error:0909006C:PEM routines:get_name:no start line:../crypto/pem/pem_lib.c:745:Expecting: ANY PRIVATE KEYAfter some openssl manipulations, the contents of the private key begin with:
Code:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----and then with
Code:
-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY-----By the way, the encryption didn't work at first with the ssh-keygen generated public file. I had to convert it with:
Code:
ssh-keygen -f id_rsa.pub -e -m PKCS8 > id_rsa2.pubI'm pretty lost and I don't know what's going on.
Can you shed some light on this?
Thanks in advance!
PS: running Ubuntu 20.04
