Some PKCS #8 simplifications

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp b/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp
index 35ff7f206..00993223f 100644
--- a/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp
+++ b/src/pubkey/pkcs8.cpp
@@ -133,16 +133,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> PKCS8_decode(DataSource& source, const User_Interface& ui,
 */
 void encode(const Private_Key& key, Pipe& pipe, X509_Encoding encoding)
    {
-   const u32bit PKCS8_VERSION = 0;
-
-   SecureVector<byte> contents =
-      DER_Encoder()
-         .start_cons(SEQUENCE)
-            .encode(PKCS8_VERSION)
-            .encode(key.pkcs8_algorithm_identifier())
-            .encode(key.pkcs8_private_key(), OCTET_STRING)
-         .end_cons()
-      .get_contents();
+   SecureVector<byte> contents = key.PKCS8_BER_encode();
 
    if(encoding == PEM)
       pipe.write(PEM_Code::encode(contents, "PRIVATE KEY"));
@@ -161,11 +152,6 @@ void encrypt_key(const Private_Key& key,
    {
    const std::string DEFAULT_PBE = "PBE-PKCS5v20(SHA-1,AES-128/CBC)";
 
-   Pipe raw_key;
-   raw_key.start_msg();
-   encode(key, raw_key, RAW_BER);
-   raw_key.end_msg();
-
    std::auto_ptr<PBE> pbe(get_pbe(((pbe_algo != "") ? pbe_algo : DEFAULT_PBE)));
 
    pbe->new_params(rng);
@@ -174,7 +160,7 @@ void encrypt_key(const Private_Key& key,
    AlgorithmIdentifier pbe_algid(pbe->get_oid(), pbe->encode_params());
 
    Pipe key_encrytor(pbe.release());
-   key_encrytor.process_msg(raw_key);
+   key_encrytor.process_msg(key.PKCS8_BER_encode());
 
    SecureVector<byte> enc_key =
       DER_Encoder()
@@ -195,11 +181,7 @@ void encrypt_key(const Private_Key& key,
 */
 std::string PEM_encode(const Private_Key& key)
    {
-   Pipe pem;
-   pem.start_msg();
-   encode(key, pem, PEM);
-   pem.end_msg();
-   return pem.read_all_as_string();
+   return PEM_Code::encode(key.PKCS8_BER_encode(), "PRIVATE KEY");
    }
 
 /*