RSA.ExportRSAPrivateKeyPem Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:

RSA.cs

Exports the current key in the PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey format, PEM encoded.

public:
 System::String ^ ExportRSAPrivateKeyPem();

public string ExportRSAPrivateKeyPem ();

member this.ExportRSAPrivateKeyPem : unit -> string

Public Function ExportRSAPrivateKeyPem () As String

Returns

String

A string containing the PEM-encoded PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey.

Exceptions

CryptographicException

The key could not be exported.

Remarks

A PEM-encoded PKCS#1 RSAPrivateKey will begin with -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- and end with -----END RSA 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.