Package: openssl Version: 0.9.8o-2 Severity: normal
Try the following: First create a RSA private key: $openssl genrsa -out key.pem Generating RSA private key, 512 bit long modulus ....++++++++++++ ......++++++++++++ e is 65537 (0x10001) Then parse it as an ASN.1 structure: $ openssl asn1parse -in key.pem 0:d=0 hl=4 l= 315 cons: SEQUENCE 4:d=1 hl=2 l= 1 prim: INTEGER :00 7:d=1 hl=2 l= 65 prim: INTEGER :A46E2C9B03EC9DBCDD57A8E5BC7F7976A31CAC5794BDAFFB4582C1759039F4768A064C534EE5A7957D05C91B3C62FF73990CB8619460D1FFC62E537CB7CF831B 74:d=1 hl=2 l= 3 prim: INTEGER :010001 79:d=1 hl=2 l= 64 prim: INTEGER :5B8653DFC93468AC9ACBD3606526D3763CDE95F37E0083B72A7ED8AE56A45BB4C6E18B7C6AAA1796C67217CA952A30B3BF75DE2F7AACD107DABB672E1C4B8149 145:d=1 hl=2 l= 33 prim: INTEGER :D9476C3DE72322BEDEF19EDEBB83006639A1E4F971F6142D1D1D187AC9F30525 180:d=1 hl=2 l= 33 prim: INTEGER :C1BBB8C70D1D7CEFF38714292B7C1989A0ABBFD6C188F80D25DCA5B003C9933F 215:d=1 hl=2 l= 32 prim: INTEGER :38BB856FC4625038364E308547C0B4E1FC3A6167207278622F2FE1AC6DFE9E61 249:d=1 hl=2 l= 33 prim: INTEGER :960F5CD9B99BECA943FD8E2D3184879765FF82B1CAE8D811FF10C0B9ECC5172B 284:d=1 hl=2 l= 33 prim: INTEGER :84F758EFAC66D3A556B5E59C368603ECB3469E39A54015D8942447195C3F987E That is correct, as per RFC3447 A.1.2 (page 45), but now try to extract the public exponent: $ openssl rsa -in key.pem -pubout -out pubkey.pem writing RSA key Seems to work, but it does not: $ openssl asn1parse -in pubkey.pem 0:d=0 hl=2 l= 92 cons: SEQUENCE 2:d=1 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE 4:d=2 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :rsaEncryption 15:d=2 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL 17:d=1 hl=2 l= 75 prim: BIT STRING This is not what is expected as per RFC3447 A.1.1 (page 44). Expected is something like 0:d=0 hl=4 l= 72 cons: SEQUENCE 4:d=1 hl=2 l= 65 prim: INTEGER :A46E2C9B03EC9DBCDD57A8E5BC7F7976A31CAC5794BDAFFB4582C1759039F4768A064C534EE5A7957D05C91B3C62FF73990CB8619460D1FFC62E537CB7CF831B 71:d=1 hl=2 l= 3 prim: INTEGER :010001 -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=es_ES.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_ES.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages openssl depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-6+squeeze1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libssl0.9.8 0.9.8o-2 SSL shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime openssl recommends no packages. Versions of packages openssl suggests: ii ca-certificates 20090814+nmu2 Common CA certificates -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org