Type Alias FrodoCrypto

convertPrivateKeyToPem

• convertPrivateKeyToPem(key: string, passphrase?: string, name?: string): string

  Parses a private key and returns it as an unencrypted PKCS#8 PEM encoded string Supported private key formats include:

  • PEM (both PKCS#1 and PKCS#8 variants)
  • OpenSSH
  • DNSSEC
  • JWK

  Parameters

  • key: string

    The private key

  • Optionalpassphrase: string

    The passphrase for the private key if it is encrypted

  • Optionalname: string

    The name of the private key (i.e. the name of the file it came from, if applicable); used for error handling

  Returns string

  The unencrypted PKCS#8 PEM encoded private key