[openssl-users] genpkey for ed25519

[Tomas Mraz]

On Fri, 2018-07-27 at 09:44 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Here we go again with figuring out what to put in the command
> lines.  
> Dr. Google is not giving up enough answers.
> 
> For ecdsa I started with:
> 
> openssl genpkey -aes256 -algorithm ec\
>   -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1\
>   -outform pem -pkeyopt ec_param_enc:named_curve\
>   -out $dir/private/ca.key.pem
> 
> I found one reference that I should use -algorithm ed25519 (though
> the 
> example used caps: ED25519)

Yes, it is case insensitive.

> But I have not found recommendation for ec_parmgen_curve or
> ec_param_enc
> 
> Can someone point me to the information on values for these (and I 
> suspect I will be hitting others as I go).

Just do not use these options.

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Tomáš Mráz
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