Generate 1024-bit Rsa Public Private Key Pair Openssl

Creating a new key pair for authentication. To create a new key pair, select the type of key to generate from the bottom of the screen (using SSH-2 RSA with 2048 bit key size is good for most people; another good well-known alternative is ECDSA). Then click Generate, and start moving the mouse within the Window. Putty uses mouse movements to. Oct 12, 2016  Angela from the API support team walks through how to generate a public private key pair using OpenSSL and register a private application. If you want to try integrating to Xero, partner with us.

You may generate an RSA private key with the help of this tool. Additionally, it will display the public key of a generated or pasted private key.

Description

RSA is an asymmetric encryption algorithm. With a given key pair, data that is encrypted with one key can only be decrypted by the other. This is useful for encrypting data between a large number of parties; only one key pair per person need exist. RSA is widely used across the internet with HTTPS.

To generate a key pair, select the bit length of your key pair and click Generate key pair. Depending on length, your browser may take a long time to generate the key pair. A 1024-bit key will usually be ready instantly, while a 4096-bit key may take up to several minutes. For a faster and more secure method, see Do It Yourself below.

CryptoTools.net does not yet have a tool for facilitating the encryption and decryption of data using RSA, but you may Do It Yourself with the instructions below.

Do It Yourself

For these steps, you will need a command line shell with OpenSSL. Ideally, you should have a private key of your own and a public key from someone else. For demonstration, we will only use a single key pair.

Generate Private Key

Run this command to generate a 4096-bit private key and output it to the private.pem file. If you like, you may change the key length and/or output file.

Derive Public Key

Given a private key, you may derive its public key and output it to public.pem using this command. (You may also paste your OpenSSL-generated private key into the form above to get its public key.)

Encrypt Data

We can now use this key pair to encrypt and decrypt a file, data.txt.

Decrypt Data

Given the encrypted file from the previous step, you may decrypt it like so.

To perform the following actions for Windows or Linux, you must have OpenSSL installed on your system.

Generating the Private Key -- Windows

Pair

In Windows:

1. Open the Command Prompt (Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt).

2. Navigate to the following folder:

C:Program FilesListManagertclwebbincerts

3. Type the following:

openssl genrsa -out rsa.private 1024

4. Press ENTER. The private key is generated and saved in a file named 'rsa.private' located in the same folder.

NOTE The number '1024' in the above command indicates the size of the private key. You can choose one of five sizes: 512, 758, 1024, 1536 or 2048 (these numbers represent bits). The larger sizes offer greater security, but this is offset by a penalty in CPU performance. We recommend the best practice size of 1024.

Generating the Public Key -- Windows

1. At the command prompt, type the following:

openssl rsa -in rsa.private -out rsa.public -pubout -outform PEM

2. Press ENTER. The public key is saved in a file named rsa.public located in the same folder.

Generating the Private Key -- Linux

1. Open the Terminal.

2. Navigate to the folder with the ListManager directory.

3. Type the following:

Cannot determine host's domain name so skipping default key generation. openssl genrsa -out rsa.private 1024

4. Press ENTER. The private key is generated and saved in a file named 'rsa.private' located in the same folder.

Public Private Key Encryption

Generating the Public Key -- Linux

1. Open the Terminal.

2. Type the following:

openssl rsa -in rsa.private -out rsa.public -pubout -outform PEM

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2. Press ENTER. The public key is saved in a file named rsa.public located in the same folder.

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