org.bouncycastle.crypto.util
Class OpenSSHPrivateKeyUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.bouncycastle.crypto.util.OpenSSHPrivateKeyUtil

public class OpenSSHPrivateKeyUtil

extends java.lang.Object

A collection of utility methods for parsing OpenSSH private keys.

Method Summary

static byte[]	encodePrivateKey(AsymmetricKeyParameter params) Encode a cipher parameters into an OpenSSH private key.
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	parsePrivateKeyBlob(byte[] blob) Parse a private key.
static AsymmetricKeyParameter	parsePrivateKeyBlob(byte[] blob, byte[] passphrase) Parse a private key, decrypting it with the supplied passphrase if it is a passphrase-protected key.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

encodePrivateKey

public static byte[] encodePrivateKey(AsymmetricKeyParameter params)
                               throws java.io.IOException

Encode a cipher parameters into an OpenSSH private key. This does not add headers like ----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----

Parameters:

params - the cipher parameters.

Returns:

a byte array

Throws:

java.io.IOException

parsePrivateKeyBlob

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter parsePrivateKeyBlob(byte[] blob)

Parse a private key.

This method accepts the body of the OpenSSH private key. The easiest way to extract the body is to use PemReader, for example:

byte[] blob = new PemReader([reader]).readPemObject().getContent(); CipherParameters params = parsePrivateKeyBlob(blob);

Parameters:

blob - The key.

Returns:

A cipher parameters instance.

parsePrivateKeyBlob

public static AsymmetricKeyParameter parsePrivateKeyBlob(byte[] blob,
                                                         byte[] passphrase)

Parse a private key, decrypting it with the supplied passphrase if it is a passphrase-protected key.

This method accepts the body of the OpenSSH private key (see parsePrivateKeyBlob(byte[]) for how to extract it from PEM). For an unencrypted key is ignored and may be ; for an encrypted key it must carry the passphrase bytes (the OpenSSH client uses the raw UTF-8 bytes). The KDF and the OpenSSH cipher suite (aes128/192/256-ctr, aes128/192/256-cbc, 3des-cbc, aes128/256-gcm@openssh.com and chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com) are supported.

Parameters:

blob - The key.

passphrase - The passphrase bytes, or for an unencrypted key. The array is not modified; the caller is responsible for clearing it.

Returns:

A cipher parameters instance.