[SOLVED] Unable to load Public Key (OpenSSL RSA, Debian Squeeze)

gacanepa · 11-29-2012, 11:06 AM

Hi everyone,
Here's my public key (pub.pem):

Code:

And here's the command I'm using to try to encrypt a message (contained in file "archivo") and save the result to file "encriptado":

Code:

openssl rsautl -encrypt -inkey pub.pem -pubin -in archivo -out encriptado

But I keep getting the error: "Unable to load Public Key".
Any ideas on why this is happening?

gacanepa · 11-29-2012, 12:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gacanepa

Hi everyone,
Here's my public key (pub.pem):

Code:

And here's the command I'm using to try to encrypt a message (contained in file "archivo") and save the result to file "encriptado":

Code:

openssl rsautl -encrypt -inkey pub.pem -pubin -in archivo -out encriptado

But I keep getting the error: "Unable to load Public Key".
Any ideas on why this is happening?

I was able to find the solution to this issue. I uploaded the public key from the computer where I generated it in the first place to another one, and it worked. It seems that simply copying and pasting the public key's contents in a file named pub.pem (located in the remote computer) isn't the way to go.