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Golang and ParseECPrivateKey
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# According to the go src (https://github.com/golang/go/blob/master/src/crypto/x509/sec1_test.go)
# this is how to use openssl to generate an EC private key. Go can't read it
# however.
# openssl ecparam -name secp521r1 -genkey -param_enc explicit -outform PEM -out $@
# e.g:
got asn1: structure error: tags don't match (6 vs {class:0 tag:16 length:450 isCompound:true}) {optional:false ex
plicit:false application:false defaultValue:<nil> tag:<nil> stringType:0 set:false omitEmpty:false} ObjectIdentifier @4
# For debugging the private key
# openssl ecparam -in $@ -text -noout
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joseche commented Nov 11, 2015

I am having a similar problem, certificates generated with Go can be parsed by openssl but not by Go's x509.ParseCertificate func.
Did you find a solution ?

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