package utils import ( "crypto/rsa" "crypto/x509" "encoding/pem" "io/ioutil" "errors" "crypto/rand" ) const ( InvalidPrivateKeyFileError = Error("InvalidPrivateKeyFileError") RICOCHET_KEY_SIZE = 1024 ) // Generate a private key for use func GeneratePrivateKey() (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { privateKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, RICOCHET_KEY_SIZE) if err != nil { return nil, errors.New("Could not generate key: " + err.Error()) } privateKeyDer := x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(privateKey) return x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(privateKeyDer) } // LoadPrivateKeyFromFile loads a private key from a file... func LoadPrivateKeyFromFile(filename string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { pemData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename) if err != nil { return nil, err } return ParsePrivateKey(pemData) } // Convert a private key string to a usable private key func ParsePrivateKey(pemData []byte) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { block, _ := pem.Decode(pemData) if block == nil || block.Type != "RSA PRIVATE KEY" { return nil, InvalidPrivateKeyFileError } return x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(block.Bytes) } // turn a private key into storable string func PrivateKeyToString(privateKey *rsa.PrivateKey) string { privateKeyBlock := pem.Block{ Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Headers: nil, Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(privateKey), } return string(pem.EncodeToMemory(&privateKeyBlock)) }