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Go package implementing functions to parse and convert private keys in PKCS#8 format, as defined in RFC5208 and RFC5958
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OpenSSL can generate private keys in both "traditional format" and PKCS#8 format. Newer applications are advised to use more secure PKCS#8 format. Go standard crypto package provides afunction to parse private key in PKCS#8 format. There is a limitation to this function. It can only handle unencrypted PKCS#8 private keys. To use this function, the user has to save the private key in file without encryption, which is a bad practice to leave private keys unprotected on file systems. In addition, Go standard package lacks the functions to convert RSA/ECDSA private keys into PKCS#8 format.
pkcs8 package fills the gap here. It implements functions to process private keys in PKCS#8 format, as defined inRFC5208 andRFC5958. It can handle both unencrypted PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo format and EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo format with PKCS#5 (v2.0) algorithms.
Supports Go 1.10+. Release v1.1 is the last release supporting Go 1.9
go get github.com/youmark/pkcs8This package depends on golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2 and golang.org/x/crypto/scrypt packages. Use the following command to retrieve them
go get golang.org/x/crypto/pbkdf2go get golang.org/x/crypto/scryptAbout
Go package implementing functions to parse and convert private keys in PKCS#8 format, as defined in RFC5208 and RFC5958