eccSaveEncKey

Save an internal EC private key string to an encrypted key file.

Syntax

Public Function eccSaveEncKey ( _
    szOutputFile As String, _
    szKeyStr As String, _
    szPassword As String, _
    Optional szParams As String = "", _
    Optional nOptions As Long = 0 _
) As Long

Parameters

szOutputFile

Name of output file to be created.

szKeyStr

The private key in an internal key string.

szPassword

Password for encrypted private key (required).

szParams

Optional parameters. A set of attribute name=value pairs separated by a semicolon ";" (see remarks).

nOptions

Use 0 for defaults.
A flag to indicate the password-based encryption scheme to be used to encrypt the private key file. Select from:

PKI_PBE_SHA_3DES (0) for "pbeWithSHAAnd3-KeyTripleDES-CBC" from PKCS12 (default)
PKI_PBE_PBKDF2_DESEDE3 for PBKDF2 using des-EDE3-CBC
PKI_PBE_PBKDF2_AES128 for PBKDF2 using aes128-CBC
PKI_PBE_PBKDF2_AES192 for PBKDF2 using aes192-CBC
PKI_PBE_PBKDF2_AES256 for PBKDF2 using aes256-CBC

plus optionally add the following to output in textual PEM format [default format=DER binary]

PKI_KEY_FORMAT_PEM

Return Value

Remarks