[openssl-users] X25519: how to generate public key?

[Olivier Meunier]

Thank you for your quick answer.
Olivier

Le 14/03/2017 à 13:43, Dr. Stephen Henson a écrit :
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017, Olivier Meunier wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> using openSSL 1.1.0e, I generate my private key using:
>> openssl genpkey -algorithm x25519 -out x25519.key.pem
>>
>> But I cannot find how to generate the public key. I tried:
>> openssl ec -in x25519.key.pem -pubout -out x25519.key.pub.pem
>> but got the errors:
>> read EC key
>> unable to load Key
>> 16084:error:0608308E:digital envelope
>> routines:EVP_PKEY_get0_EC_KEY:expecting a ec
>> key:crypto\evp\p_lib.c:319:
>>
>> What is the right command to get the public key?
>> Thanks,
>>
> X25519 is trteated as a distinct algorithm, not as an EC curve.
>
> You don't actually "generate" the public key you can extract or calculate the
> public key corresponding to a private key though.
>
> The pkey command can do this for any supported algorithm:
>
> openssl pkey -in privkey.pem -pubout -out pubkey.pem
>
> Steve.
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