.pem文件包含私钥和公钥吗？

Question

我想知道PEM文件是否同时包含私钥和公钥？"PEM"代表什么？

- user705414

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相关：将pem密钥转换为ssh-rsa格式 - ryenus

Answer 1

一个PEM文件可以包含几乎任何东西，包括公钥、私钥或两者，因为PEM文件不是一个标准。实际上，PEM只是意味着文件包含了一段base64编码的数据。它被称为PEM文件，是因为它暗指了旧的“P rivacy-Enhanced M ail”标准，这个标准在S/MIME成为邮件安全标准之前存在。这些标准规定了各种密钥和消息的格式，采用了特定的base64格式。例如，请参阅RFC 1421。

通常，PEM文件包含了一个带有头部和尾部行的base64编码的密钥或证书，形式如-----BEGIN <whatever>-----和-----END <whatever>----。随着时间的推移，出现了许多可能的<whatever>，包括私钥、公钥、X509证书、PKCS7数据、包含多个证书的文件、同时包含私钥和X509证书的文件、PKCS#10证书签名请求等等。

RFC 7468已被编写为记录此事实格式。

- President James K. Polk

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感谢您解释这个缩写的含义。 - hek2mgl

Answer 2

您可以使用以下命令解码您的PEM格式的x509 证书：

openssl x509 -in cert.pem -text -noout

PEM证书包含公钥或私钥或两者皆有。

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以下是example的示例：

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

你将获得：

Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 0 (0x0)
    Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
        Issuer: C = BE, O = GnuTLS, OU = GnuTLS certificate authority, ST = Leuven, CN = GnuTLS certificate authority
        Validity
            Not Before: May 23 20:38:21 2011 GMT
            Not After : Dec 22 07:41:51 2012 GMT
        Subject: C = BE, O = GnuTLS, OU = GnuTLS certificate authority, ST = Leuven, CN = GnuTLS certificate authority
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: id-ecPublicKey
                Public-Key: (256 bit)
                pub:
                    04:52:d8:8d:23:8a:e3:67:d7:86:36:b1:20:0b:09:
                    7d:c8:c9:ba:a2:20:95:2f:c5:4a:63:fa:83:5f:ce:
                    78:2f:8f:f3:62:ca:fd:b7:f7:80:56:9d:6e:17:b9:
                    0e:11:4c:48:b2:c0:af:3b:59:17:16:30:68:09:07:
                    99:17:fe:dd:a7
                ASN1 OID: prime256v1
                NIST CURVE: P-256
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
                CA:TRUE
            X509v3 Key Usage: critical
                Certificate Sign, CRL Sign
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier: 
                F0:B4:81:FE:98:12:BF:B5:28:B9:64:40:03:CB:CC:1F:66:4E:28:03
    Signature Algorithm: ecdsa-with-SHA256
         30:45:02:20:31:ae:c0:3d:4a:3f:21:be:85:17:fc:f0:c7:b2:
         31:07:2a:38:56:43:d1:36:d5:95:e1:7e:52:c0:06:43:87:a7:
         02:21:00:97:8c:0e:b8:3c:0a:41:af:ae:a5:cf:06:7e:d5:c4:
         d8:2f:ff:e2:62:80:34:10:ba:22:dd:35:81:46:93:22:9a

要了解 公钥算法 和 签名算法 部分之间的区别，请阅读此处（两者都是公共的）。

- patryk.beza