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Add openssl command line examples for creation of EC keys

Add openssl command line examples for creation of EC keys for EVM and IMA
CA and signing key.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>
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Stefan Berger 2023-04-26 18:35:58 -04:00 committed by Mimi Zohar
parent 9f669a6b38
commit ce9bfdd091

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@ -217,6 +217,18 @@ asymmetric keys support:
-x509 -config x509_evm.genkey \
-outform DER -out x509_evm.der -keyout privkey_evm.pem
Create an elliptic curve (EC) key (supported since Linux v5.13)
openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -out privkey_evm.pem
Generate self-signed x509 EC public key certificate and private key for using
kernel asymmetric key support (supported since Linux v5.13):
openssl req -new -nodes -utf8 -sha1 -days 36500 -batch \
-x509 -config x509_evm.genkey \
-outform DER -out x509_evm.der -keyout privkey_evm.pem \
-newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1
Configuration file x509_evm.genkey:
# Beginning of the file
@ -245,6 +257,9 @@ Generate public key for using RSA key format:
openssl rsa -pubout -in privkey_evm.pem -out pubkey_evm.pem
Similarly generate public EC key:
openssl ec -pubout -in privkey_evm.pem -out pubkey_evm.pem
Copy keys to /etc/keys:
@ -291,6 +306,12 @@ Configuration file ima-local-ca.genkey:
keyUsage = cRLSign, keyCertSign
# EOF
Note: To generated elliptic curve keys add the following parameters to
the 'req' commands below (supported since Linux v5.13):
-newkey ec -pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:prime256v1
Generate private key and X509 public key certificate:
openssl req -new -x509 -utf8 -sha256 -days 3650 -batch -config $GENKEY \