Have you tried exporting with PK11_ExportDERPrivateKeyInfo?  That's what 
WebCrypto uses to export keys in PKCSD#8 format:
<http://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/dom/crypto/CryptoKey.cpp?#333>  



On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:48 PM, Chuck Lee <chu...@mozilla.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>    I am now working on supporting PKCS#12 format key on Firefox OS's Wifi 
> module [1].
>    Because current PSM/NSS API doesn't fit the requirement of UX(assigning 
> nickname of imported certificates) and gonk(wpa_supplicant needs to read 
> private key in RSA format), I have to do some hack to NSS API and implement 
> the function on my own.
> 
>    Now I can import PKCS#12 format correctly, as described in bug comment, 
> but can't export the private key in the format wpa_supplicant requires - I 
> can only get encrypted private key PKCS#8 format(by 
> PK11_ExportEncryptedPrivKeyInfo), but can't in RSA format(by 
> PK11_ExportPrivKey, it said lack of some attributes like private exponent)
>    And I fount that, by using openssl, that I can get expected RSA private 
> key by decrypting the PKCS#8 private key.
>    I tried to decrypte it by PK11_Decrypt() but it doesn't work so far.
> 
>    So I like to ask how to decrypt a PKCS#8 private key by NSS API?
>    Or is there anther way to get private key in RSA format from NSS?
> 
>    Thanks.
> 
> [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1012549
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