PKCS#8/X.509 Private/Public Encoding Standards

This chapter provides tutorial notes and example codes on PKCS#8 and X.509 key encoding standards. Topics include PKCS#8 standard for private key encoding; X.509 standard for public key encoding; PKCS8EncodedKeySpec and X509EncodedKeySpec classes to decode encoded keys; JcaKeyFactoryTest.java test program to read and convert keys back from encoded key files.

What Is Key Encoding?

PKCS#8 and X.509 Key Encoding Classes

java.security.KeyFactory - Reading Encoded Keys

JcaKeyFactoryTest.java - Key Factory Test Program

Reading DSA Private and Public Key Files

Reading RSA Private and Public Key Files

Takeaways:

Read my other book "Cryptography Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples" for more cryptography tutorials at herongyang.com/Cryptography.

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PKCS#8/X.509 Private/Public Encoding Standards

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