ECAlgorithm.ExportECPrivateKeyPem Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:

ECAlgorithm.cs

Exports the current key in the ECPrivateKey format, PEM encoded.

public:
 System::String ^ ExportECPrivateKeyPem();

public string ExportECPrivateKeyPem ();

member this.ExportECPrivateKeyPem : unit -> string

Public Function ExportECPrivateKeyPem () As String

Returns

String

A string containing the PEM-encoded ECPrivateKey.

Exceptions

CryptographicException

The key could not be exported.

Remarks

A PEM-encoded ECPrivateKey will begin with -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- and end with -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----, with the base64 encoded DER contents of the key between the PEM boundaries.

          The PEM is encoded according to the IETF RFC 7468 "strict"
          encoding rules.