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therealseger · 12-12-2007, 08:40 PM

When creating an OpenSSL::PKey::RSA object you get an exponent and a modulus that can be used to construct the public and private key. So if I say something like:

@key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new

then,

@key.e

which is the exponent I might get a number like this back:

65537 (the modulus would be a much larger number). What I need to know is, in what form is that number? Hex? Base64? The reason I need to know is because I need to take those parts of the key and place it in an xml formatted field so I can decrypt my data in VB, but VB does not like the decimal representation of that data. Thanks for any and all help,

-T

12-12-2007, 08:40 PM	PM User \| #1
therealseger New to the CF scene Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	OpenSSL::PKey::RSA When creating an OpenSSL::PKey::RSA object you get an exponent and a modulus that can be used to construct the public and private key. So if I say something like: @key = OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new then, @key.e which is the exponent I might get a number like this back: 65537 (the modulus would be a much larger number). What I need to know is, in what form is that number? Hex? Base64? The reason I need to know is because I need to take those parts of the key and place it in an xml formatted field so I can decrypt my data in VB, but VB does not like the decimal representation of that data. Thanks for any and all help, -T