Visual Basic 6.0

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. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim rsa As New ChilkatRsa

' Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
' key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
Dim privKey As New PrivateKey
success = rsa.GenKey(2048,privKey)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print rsa.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Get the private key in PKCS8 Base64 format
Dim privKeyPkcs8Base64 As String
privKeyPkcs8Base64 = privKey.GetPkcs8ENC("base64")

' The key in base64 format will start similar to this:
' MIIEvAIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BA...
Debug.Print privKeyPkcs8Base64