[erlang-questions] rsa encryption/decryption example code doesn't work

[Richard Andrews]

On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 7:52 AM, Chad DePue<chad@REDACTED> wrote:
> I have written this sample rsa encryption code and it doesn't decrypt
> properly.  I generated the test private key using ssh-keygen. any ideas?
> thanks in advance...
>
> chad
>
>
> -module(crypttest).
> -include_lib("public_key/include/public_key.hrl").
> -export([testcase/0]).
>
> testcase() ->
>  {ok,[Entry]} = public_key:pem_to_der("./test_private_key"),
>  {ok,{'RSAPrivateKey', 'two-prime', N , E, D, _P, _Q, _E1, _E2, _C, _Other}}
> =  public_key:decode_private_key(Entry),
>  PrivKey = [crypto:mpint(E), crypto:mpint(N), crypto:mpint(D)] ,
>  Foo = crypto:rsa_private_encrypt("now is the time for all good men to come
> to the aid of their country",PrivKey,rsa_pkcs1_padding),
>  Bar = crypto:rsa_private_decrypt(Foo,PrivKey,rsa_pkcs1_padding),
>  Foo == Bar.

For asymmetric encryption, one generally encrypts with one key and
decrypts with the other. In this case you are encrypting with PrivKey
so you will need to decrypt with PubKey.

--
  Rich