I need to load the following RSA public key from a file for use with the RSACryptoServiceProvider class. How can I do this?
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/syEKqEkMtQL0+d
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX+izR
KbGMRtur2TYklnyVkjeeHfAggo8vWQmWesnOG55vQYHbOOFoJbk0EkwEr5R/PbKm
byXPPN8zwnS5/XXXXXXXXXXXX
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
This code works with my pub key: http://www.jensign.com/opensslkey/
Here is the code I am using
static string RSA(string input)
{
RSACryptoServiceProvider rsa = DecodeX509PublicKey(Convert.FromBase64String(GetKey()));
return (Convert.ToBase64String(rsa.Encrypt(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(input), false)));
}
static string GetKey()
{
return File.ReadAllText("master.pub").Replace("-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----", "").Replace("-----END PUBLIC KEY-----", "");
//.Replace("\n", "");
}
private static bool CompareBytearrays(byte[] a, byte[] b)
{
if (a.Length != b.Length)
return false;
int i = 0;
foreach (byte c in a)
{
if (c != b[i])
return false;
i++;
}
return true;
}
public static RSACryptoServiceProvider DecodeX509PublicKey(byte[] x509key)
{
// encoded OID sequence for PKCS #1 rsaEncryption szOID_RSA_RSA = "1.2.840.113549.1.1.1"
byte[] SeqOID = { 0x30, 0x0D, 0x06, 0x09, 0x2A, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xF7, 0x0D, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x05, 0x00 };
byte[] seq = new byte[15];
// --------- Set up stream to read the asn.1 encoded SubjectPublicKeyInfo blob ------
MemoryStream mem = new MemoryStream(x509key);
BinaryReader binr = new BinaryReader(mem); //wrap Memory Stream with BinaryReader for easy reading
byte bt = 0;
ushort twobytes = 0;
try
{
twobytes = binr.ReadUInt16();
if (twobytes == 0x8130) //data read as little endian order (actual data order for Sequence is 30 81)
binr.ReadByte(); //advance 1 byte
else if (twobytes == 0x8230)
binr.ReadInt16(); //advance 2 bytes
else
return null;
seq = binr.ReadBytes(15); //read the Sequence OID
if (!CompareBytearrays(seq, SeqOID)) //make sure Sequence for OID is correct
return null;
twobytes = binr.ReadUInt16();
if (twobytes == 0x8103) //data read as little endian order (actual data order for Bit String is 03 81)
binr.ReadByte(); //advance 1 byte
else if (twobytes == 0x8203)
binr.ReadInt16(); //advance 2 bytes
else
return null;
bt = binr.ReadByte();
if (bt != 0x00) //expect null byte next
return null;
twobytes = binr.ReadUInt16();
if (twobytes == 0x8130) //data read as little endian order (actual data order for Sequence is 30 81)
binr.ReadByte(); //advance 1 byte
else if (twobytes == 0x8230)
binr.ReadInt16(); //advance 2 bytes
else
return null;
twobytes = binr.ReadUInt16();
byte lowbyte = 0x00;
byte highbyte = 0x00;
if (twobytes == 0x8102) //data read as little endian order (actual data order for Integer is 02 81)
lowbyte = binr.ReadByte(); // read next bytes which is bytes in modulus
else if (twobytes == 0x8202)
{
highbyte = binr.ReadByte(); //advance 2 bytes
lowbyte = binr.ReadByte();
}
else
return null;
byte[] modint = { lowbyte, highbyte, 0x00, 0x00 }; //reverse byte order since asn.1 key uses big endian order
int modsize = BitConverter.ToInt32(modint, 0);
byte firstbyte = binr.ReadByte();
binr.BaseStream.Seek(-1, SeekOrigin.Current);
if (firstbyte == 0x00)
{ //if first byte (highest order) of modulus is zero, don't include it
binr.ReadByte(); //skip this null byte
modsize -= 1; //reduce modulus buffer size by 1
}
byte[] modulus = binr.ReadBytes(modsize); //read the modulus bytes
if (binr.ReadByte() != 0x02) //expect an Integer for the exponent data
return null;
int expbytes = (int)binr.ReadByte(); // should only need one byte for actual exponent data (for all useful values)
byte[] exponent = binr.ReadBytes(expbytes);
// ------- create RSACryptoServiceProvider instance and initialize with public key -----
RSACryptoServiceProvider RSA = new RSACryptoServiceProvider();
RSAParameters RSAKeyInfo = new RSAParameters();
RSAKeyInfo.Modulus = modulus;
RSAKeyInfo.Exponent = exponent;
RSA.ImportParameters(RSAKeyInfo);
return RSA;
}
catch (Exception)
{
return null;
}
finally { binr.Close(); }
}
Just call the 'RSA' method with the text you want to encrypt and you're done.
Best Answer
You can create an
RSACryptoServiceProvider
from a PEM file using the following class (GetRSAProviderFromPemFile
method).Warning: Don't just copy code from StackOverflow without verification! Especially not crypto code! This code has bugs (see comments). You may want to write and run tests before using this in production (if you really have no better option). I refuse to edit the code to fix it, as it would be just as unreliable as before without tests and an active maintainer.
Source: This code seems to be taken from
opensslkey
from this site. Copyright (c) 2000 JavaScience Consulting, Michel Gallant. The original package was released under a BSD-like license, so it is probably OK to use it (but you may want to double-check). There is also a NuGet package by the same author.Here is the copy-pasted source code originally posted to this answer: