Interface IPrivateKey
- Namespace
- Yubico.YubiKey.Cryptography
- Assembly
- Yubico.YubiKey.dll
Defines the contract for cryptographic private keys.
public interface IPrivateKey : IKeyBase- Inherited Members
- Extension Methods
Remarks
This interface extends IKeyBase to include private key-specific operations for PKCS#8 export and secure memory cleanup. Known implementations include ECPrivateKey, RSAPrivateKey and Curve25519PrivateKey,.
Methods
Clear()
Clears the buffers containing private key data.
void Clear()ExportPkcs8PrivateKey()
Exports the current key in the PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo format.
byte[] ExportPkcs8PrivateKey()Returns
- byte[]
A byte array containing the PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo representation of this key.