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Generate RSA private key from n, e, d, p, q values in bash with OpenSSL


I have calculated n, e, d, p, q values of an RSA key. Now, how can I generate a private key file (pem or der) with openssl command line tools?

I was thinking about

openssl asn1parse -genconf asn1.cnf -noout -out asn1.der

but I cannot understand how to build the conf file.


Solution

  • The OpenSSL manpage for asn_generate_nconf comes with an example cnf for generating the private_key ASN.1 sequence that should work with your cmdline:

    asn1=SEQUENCE:private_key
    [private_key]
    version=INTEGER:0
    
    n=INTEGER:0xBB6FE79432CC6EA2D8F970675A5A87BFBE1AFF0BE63E879F2AFFB93644\
    D4D2C6D000430DEC66ABF47829E74B8C5108623A1C0EE8BE217B3AD8D36D5EB4FCA1D9
    
    e=INTEGER:0x010001
    
    d=INTEGER:0x6F05EAD2F27FFAEC84BEC360C4B928FD5F3A9865D0FCAAD291E2A52F4A\
    F810DC6373278C006A0ABBA27DC8C63BF97F7E666E27C5284D7D3B1FFFE16B7A87B51D
    
    p=INTEGER:0xF3929B9435608F8A22C208D86795271D54EBDFB09DDEF539AB083DA912\
    D4BD57
    
    q=INTEGER:0xC50016F89DFF2561347ED1186A46E150E28BF2D0F539A1594BBD7FE467\
    46EC4F
    
    exp1=INTEGER:0x9E7D4326C924AFC1DEA40B45650134966D6F9DFA3A7F9D698CD4ABEA\
    9C0A39B9
    
    exp2=INTEGER:0xBA84003BB95355AFB7C50DF140C60513D0BA51D637272E355E397779\
    E7B2458F
    
    coeff=INTEGER:0x30B9E4F2AFA5AC679F920FC83F1F2DF1BAF1779CF989447FABC2F5\
    628657053A
    

    As an alternative rsatool.py can generate the base64 encoded ASN.1 privkey.pem or plain asn.1 der sequence with a simple cmdline

    #>python rsatool.py -n <n> -p <p> -q <q> -e <e> -v PEM -o privkey.pem
    

    or for output in ASN.1 der:

    #>python rsatool.py -n <n> -p <p> -q <q> -e <e> -v DER -o privkey.key