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| + | == Create a public & private key. == | ||
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| + | Create a private key. | ||
| + | openssl genrsa -out mykey.pem 1024 | ||
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| + | Create a public key. | ||
| + | openssl rsa -in mykey.pem -pubout > mykey.pub | ||
| + | This will extract the public key from the private key. | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 17 November 2014
Description
The way public/private keys work, is a public key is used to encrypt data and only a private key is capable of decrypting it.
Public Key -> Encrypt.
Private Key -> Decrypt.
Example
This is a real example of public private key.
Create a public & private key.
Create a private key.
openssl genrsa -out mykey.pem 1024
Create a public key.
openssl rsa -in mykey.pem -pubout > mykey.pub
This will extract the public key from the private key.
