RSA.ImportRSAPrivateKey(ReadOnlySpan<Byte>, Int32) Method

Definition

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Imports the public/private keypair from a PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey structure after decryption, replacing the keys for this object.

C#
public virtual void ImportRSAPrivateKey(ReadOnlySpan<byte> source, out int bytesRead);

Parameters

source
ReadOnlySpan<Byte>

The bytes of a PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey structure in the ASN.1-BER encoding.

bytesRead
Int32

When this method returns, contains a value that indicates the number of bytes read from source. This parameter is treated as uninitialized.

Exceptions

The contents of source do not represent an ASN.1-BER-encoded PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey structure.

-or-

The key import failed.

Remarks

This method only supports the binary (BER/CER/DER) encoding of RSAPrivateKey. If the value is Base64-encoded or in the PEM text format, the caller must Base64-decode the contents before calling this method.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 3.0, Core 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
.NET Standard 2.1