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shhh/pkg/pki/key.go
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package pki
import (
"crypto/ecdsa"
"crypto/elliptic"
"crypto/rand"
"crypto/x509"
"encoding/pem"
"fmt"
)
// GenerateKey generates a secure ecdsa private key,
// or panics if it can't.
func GenerateKey() *ecdsa.PrivateKey {
key, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(elliptic.P256(), rand.Reader)
if err != nil {
panic(fmt.Errorf("Generating key: %w", err))
}
return key
}
// MarshalKeyToPEM returns the bytes of a single encoded PEM block containing
// the given private key. Panics if it can't encode the key.
func MarshalKeyToPEM(key *ecdsa.PrivateKey) []byte {
der, err := x509.MarshalPKCS8PrivateKey(key)
if err != nil {
panic(fmt.Errorf("Encoding key: %w", err))
}
return pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{
Type: PEMTypePrivateKey,
Bytes: der,
})
}