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How to read DER DSA private key to AsymmetricKeyParameter in bouncy castle (Java)

How to read DER file with private DSA key (4096 bit) into AsymmetricKeyParameter for usage in DSASigner ?

The following code I tried:

 byte[] privateKeyBytes = FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(new File(
                    "sign-key-private.der"));
 AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey = PrivateKeyFactory
                    .createKey(privateKeyBytes);

Result is an exception:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown object in getInstance: org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Integer
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.ASN1Sequence.getInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.x509.AlgorithmIdentifier.getInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.pkcs.PrivateKeyInfo.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at org.bouncycastle.asn1.pkcs.PrivateKeyInfo.getInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.bouncycastle.crypto.util.PrivateKeyFactory.createKey(Unknown Source)
    at test.security.core.Program.main(Program.java:41)
Solution

  • The workaround solution I have finally used was to convert key to PEM format and use the following:

     @Cleanup
 FileReader privateKeyReader = new FileReader(new File("key.pem"));
 @Cleanup
 PEMParser parser = new PEMParser(privateKeyReader);

 PEMKeyPair keyPair = (PEMKeyPair) parser.readObject();
 AsymmetricKeyParameter privateKey = PrivateKeyFactory
     .createKey(keyPair.getPrivateKeyInfo());
 AsymmetricKeyParameter publicKey = PublicKeyFactory
     .createKey(keyPair.getPublicKeyInfo());