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Andreas Steffen, 09.12.2008 02:27
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h1. ECDSA Secret
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h2. Notation
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[ _<id selectors>_ ] : ECDSA _<private key file>_ [ _<passphrase>_ ]
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h2. Creation of an ECDSA key using [[OpenSSL]] 0.9.8
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You can create an ECDSA key with the _openssl ecparam_ command.
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<pre>
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openssl ecparam -list_curves
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</pre>
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gives you a huge list of available elliptic curves but IKEv2 currently supports
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only the following three curves:
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<pre>
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prime256v1
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secp384r1
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secp521r1
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</pre>
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The creation of an EC key goes like this:
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<pre>
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openssl ecparam -genkey -name secp384r1 -noout -out ecKey.pem
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</pre>
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Verify the content of the key:
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<pre>
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openssl ec -in ecKey.pem -text
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read EC key
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Private-Key: (384 bit)
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priv:
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    3c:75:17:c3:97:0b:b4:28:42:8c:b6:f5:56:57:32:
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    2b:c1:ff:e2:ee:62:25:38:04:b1:6a:f5:23:48:e1:
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    ba:79:ff:56:64:88:74:92:b7:c2:49:ab:8c:ff:b2:
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    7c:6c:b3
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pub:
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    04:f2:cd:ca:ae:37:38:8d:98:e0:1c:f4:26:59:af:
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    41:4d:fb:4f:d1:20:10:fb:88:b3:4a:b3:9b:a7:69:
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    dc:0b:5c:ef:06:22:6b:8e:08:c3:c2:74:1b:36:12:
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    8b:ee:45:c5:f8:3b:73:6f:0a:a4:c9:7c:e1:e9:a8:
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    e2:c9:7c:6f:f1:69:b4:45:ab:d3:45:89:41:6e:68:
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    9d:9a:d2:ee:fd:1a:a1:e6:ca:3f:4a:6b:0d:db:a5:
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    ef:93:95:4f:8c:4c:31
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ASN1 OID: secp384r1
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writing EC key
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-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
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MIGkAgEBBDA8dRfDlwu0KEKMtvVWVzIrwf/i7mIlOASxavUjSOG6ef9WZIh0krfC
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SauM/7J8bLOgBwYFK4EEACKhZANiAATyzcquNziNmOAc9CZZr0FN+0/RIBD7iLNK
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s5unadwLXO8GImuOCMPCdBs2EovuRcX4O3NvCqTJfOHpqOLJfG/xabRFq9NFiUFu
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aJ2a0u79GqHmyj9Kaw3bpe+TlU+MTDE=
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-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
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