how to get CKK_RSA key pair values?

Raymond Xiong Raymond.Xiong at Sun.COM
Mon Jul 7 22:05:10 PDT 2008


On 07/07/08, Raymond Xiong wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I used the code Darren suggested in the following thread and could 
> get key value of, say, CKK_AES successfully.  
> 
>    http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=196252
> 
> However, if I used the same approach(I increased the buffer size) 
> to get, say, CKK_RSA key pairs values, C_GetAttributeValue() 
> returned CKR_ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_INVALID error. 
> 
> What's the reason for that, and how can I get CKK_RSA key pairs 
> values? (all keys were session objects in my experiments)

To answer my own question, CKA_VALUE is not a common attribute.
To display public key or private key, one should call C_GetAttributeValue() 
to get modulus and exponent. Here is one example: 

   http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-2145/chapter2-15?a=view

Sorry for the spam.

-- 
Regards,
Raymond


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