package utils import ( "crypto/rand" "crypto/rsa" "crypto/x509" "encoding/pem" "errors" "io/ioutil" ) const ( // InvalidPrivateKeyFileError is a library error, thrown when the given key file fials to load InvalidPrivateKeyFileError = Error("InvalidPrivateKeyFileError") // RicochetKeySize - tor onion services currently use rsa key sizes of 1024 bits RicochetKeySize = 1024 ) // GeneratePrivateKey generates a new private key for use func GeneratePrivateKey() (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { privateKey, err := rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, RicochetKeySize) if err != nil { return nil, errors.New("Could not generate key: " + err.Error()) } privateKeyDer := x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(privateKey) return x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(privateKeyDer) } // LoadPrivateKeyFromFile loads a private key from a file... func LoadPrivateKeyFromFile(filename string) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { pemData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename) if err != nil { return nil, err } return ParsePrivateKey(pemData) } // ParsePrivateKey Convert a private key string to a usable private key func ParsePrivateKey(pemData []byte) (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { block, _ := pem.Decode(pemData) if block == nil || block.Type != "RSA PRIVATE KEY" { return nil, InvalidPrivateKeyFileError } return x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(block.Bytes) } // PrivateKeyToString turns a private key into storable string func PrivateKeyToString(privateKey *rsa.PrivateKey) string { privateKeyBlock := pem.Block{ Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Headers: nil, Bytes: x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(privateKey), } return string(pem.EncodeToMemory(&privateKeyBlock)) }