(Lianja) Generate RSA Key and return Base64 PKCS8 Private Key

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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loRsa = createobject("CkRsa")

// Generate a 2048-bit key.  Chilkat RSA supports
// key sizes ranging from 512 bits to 8192 bits.
llSuccess = loRsa.GenerateKey(2048)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loRsa.LastErrorText
    release loRsa
    return
endif

loPrivKey = loRsa.ExportPrivateKeyObj()

// 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