lego/crypto.go

package main

import (
	"crypto"
	"crypto/ecdsa"
	"crypto/elliptic"
	"crypto/rand"
	"crypto/x509"
	"encoding/pem"
	"errors"
	"io/ioutil"
	"os"
)

func generatePrivateKey(file string) (crypto.PrivateKey, error) {
	privateKey, err := ecdsa.GenerateKey(elliptic.P384(), rand.Reader)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	keyBytes, err := x509.MarshalECPrivateKey(privateKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	pemKey := pem.Block{Type: "EC PRIVATE KEY", Bytes: keyBytes}

	certOut, err := os.Create(file)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	defer certOut.Close()

	err = pem.Encode(certOut, &pemKey)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	return privateKey, nil
}

func loadPrivateKey(file string) (crypto.PrivateKey, error) {
	keyBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile(file)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	keyBlock, _ := pem.Decode(keyBytes)

	switch keyBlock.Type {
	case "RSA PRIVATE KEY":
		return x509.ParsePKCS1PrivateKey(keyBlock.Bytes)
	case "EC PRIVATE KEY":
		return x509.ParseECPrivateKey(keyBlock.Bytes)
	}

	return nil, errors.New("unknown private key type")
}