package sshutil import ( "crypto/rand" "crypto/rsa" "crypto/x509" "encoding/pem" "code.google.com/p/go.crypto/ssh" ) const ( RSA_BITS = 2048 // Default number of bits in an RSA key RSA_BITS_MIN = 768 // Minimum number of bits in an RSA key ) // helper function to generate an RSA Private Key. func GeneratePrivateKey() (*rsa.PrivateKey, error) { return rsa.GenerateKey(rand.Reader, RSA_BITS) } // helper function that marshalls an RSA Public Key to an SSH // .authorized_keys format func MarshalPublicKey(pubkey *rsa.PublicKey) []byte { pk, err := ssh.NewPublicKey(pubkey) if err != nil { return []byte{} } return ssh.MarshalAuthorizedKey(pk) } // helper function that marshalls an RSA Private Key to // a PEM encoded file. func MarshalPrivateKey(privkey *rsa.PrivateKey) []byte { privateKeyMarshaled := x509.MarshalPKCS1PrivateKey(privkey) privateKeyPEM := pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: "RSA PRIVATE KEY", Headers: nil, Bytes: privateKeyMarshaled}) return privateKeyPEM }