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Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

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Demonstrates how to generate a new 2048-bit RSA private key and returns the Base64 encoded PKCS8 representation of the private key.

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llSuccess = .F.

loRsa = createobject("CkRsa")

// Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
// key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
loPrivKey = createobject("CkPrivateKey")
llSuccess = loRsa.GenKey(2048,loPrivKey)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loRsa.LastErrorText
    release loRsa
    release loPrivKey
    return
endif

// Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
lcPrivKeyPkcs8Base64 = loPrivKey.GetPkcs8ENC("base64")

// The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
// MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
? lcPrivKeyPkcs8Base64


release loRsa
release loPrivKey