From: "Fa D." Date: 2013-04-15T04:37:31+09:00 Subject: Encrypt data with public key provided as a X509 certificate Hi, I'm struggling with encryption using a x509 certificate. Take a look openssl x509 -in ChavePublicaAT.cer -text -noout Certificate: Data: Version: 3 (0x2) Serial Number: 3b:fd:ef:b6:00:00:00:00:04:97 Signature Algorithm: sha1WithRSAEncryption Issuer: DC=local, DC=ritta, CN=DGITA Issuing CA2 Validity Not Before: Nov 19 15:06:46 2012 GMT Not After : Nov 18 15:06:46 2017 GMT Subject: DC=local, DC=ritta, OU=DGITA, OU=Servicos Centrais-Satelite, OU=DivSeguranca, CN=Chave Cifra Publica AT Subject Public Key Info: Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption Public-Key: (2048 bit) Modulus: 00:a1:08:be:5c:33:3d:38:9f:8a:af:e0:65:6b:19: f7:30:50:44:ed:43:18:2f:b6:df:3c:60:b1:4b:42: .... X509v3 extensions: X509v3 Key Usage: Key Encipherment, Data Encipherment S/MIME Capabilities: ... So, how can I use this certificate to RSA encryption? If I do: @public=OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.new File.read(File.join('./', 'rsa', 'ChavePublicaAT.cer')) Base64::encode64(@public.public_encrypt(data)).rstrip I hit error : Neither PUB key nor PRIV key: nested asn1 error (OpenSSL::PKey::RSAError) So, I would appreciate any help. Regards Fabio -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.