AsymmetricAlgorithm.ExportPkcs8PrivateKeyPem Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Security.Cryptography

Assembly:

System.Security.Cryptography.dll

Source:

AsymmetricAlgorithm.cs

Exports the current key in the PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo format, PEM encoded.

public:
 System::String ^ ExportPkcs8PrivateKeyPem();

public string ExportPkcs8PrivateKeyPem ();

member this.ExportPkcs8PrivateKeyPem : unit -> string

Public Function ExportPkcs8PrivateKeyPem () As String

Returns

String

A string containing the PEM-encoded PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo.

Exceptions

NotImplementedException

An implementation for ExportPkcs8PrivateKey() or TryExportPkcs8PrivateKey(Span<Byte>, Int32) has not been provided.

CryptographicException

The key could not be exported.

Remarks

A PEM-encoded PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo will begin with -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY----- and end with -----END 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.