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Use GPG on Mac
- Authors
- Name
- Gene Zhang
To generate an unencrypted version, use the following command:
openssl genrsa 2048 | openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -inform PEM -out rsa_key.p8 -nocrypt
The commands generate a private key in PEM format.
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIE6T...
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
To generate an encrypted version, use the following command, which omits -nocrypt:
openssl genrsa 2048 | openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -v2 des3 -inform PEM -out rsa_key.p8
The commands generate a private key in PEM format.
-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
MIIE6T...
-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----