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How can I extract the exponent "e" and the private key "d" after the cryptGenerateKey function? (cryptlib library)

How can I extract the exponent "e" and the private key "d" after the cryptGenerateKey function? (cryptlib library)

cryptCreateContext( &cryptContext, CRYPT_UNUSED, CRYPT_ALGO_RSA );
cryptSetAttributeString( cryptContext, CRYPT_CTXINFO_LABEL, KEY_ID, strlen(KEY_ID));
cryptSetAttribute( cryptContext, CRYPT_CTXINFO_KEYSIZE, 4096 / 8 );
cryptGenerateKey(cryptContext);

Thank you for your help

cheers

Daniel

Solution

  • Quoting the cryptlib manual:

    Private keys can’t be exported as such, but can only be stored in keysets or crypto devices

    You shouldn't normally ever need to export the value of a private key; I'm guessing that cryptlib's lack of a function to do so is deliberate. In other words, if you somehow thought that exporting d was a good idea, you'd probably have to modify cryptlib to allow it.