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> Are we to the point yet that a group with clout can just go write "the standard" representation I mean, isn't that `-----BEGIN .* PRIVATE KEY-----`? Also obl
by sScTE9qEMCxEk34 3y ago
> Are we to the point yet that a group with clout can just go write "the standard" representation
I mean, isn't that `-----BEGIN .* PRIVATE KEY-----`? Also obligatory XKCD https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
- oakwhiz 3y agoPKCS 1 and 8 are both DER encoded which uses ASN.1, which the parent post was looking to avoid.
- sScTE9qEMCxEk34 3y agoExcept the parent post explicitly only cares about the type of key, which you don't need to parse the ASN.1 to know. > a key use tag? Then each algorithm standard specifies it's own format for a blob of bytes that developers not doing serialization don't have to worry about? As a developer passing blobs around, you already don't need to care that they're ASN.1, but you can care that you see a private key sitting around. PS: and more than just X.509 uses those style of headers, too...