PKCS 8

In cryptography, PKCS #8 is a standard syntax for storing private key information. PKCS #8 is one of the family of standards called Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) created by RSA Laboratories. The latest version, 1.2, is available as RFC 5208.[1]

The PKCS #8 private key may be encrypted with a passphrase using one of the PKCS #5 standards defined in RFC 2898,[2] which supports multiple encryption schemes.

A new version 2 was proposed by S. Turner in 2010 as RFC 5958 [3] and might obsolete RFC 5208 someday in the future.

PKCS #8 private keys are typically exchanged in the PEM base64-encoded format, for example:

References

Kaliski, B. (May 2008). Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #8: Private-Key Information Syntax Specification Version 1.2. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC5208. RFC 5208.
Kaliski, B. (September 2000). PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.0. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC2898. RFC 2898.
RFC 5958 - Asymmetric Key Packages

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[1] Kaliski, B. (May 2008). Public-Key Cryptography Standards (PKCS) #8: Private-Key Information Syntax Specification Version 1.2. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC5208. RFC 5208.

[2] Kaliski, B. (September 2000). PKCS #5: Password-Based Cryptography Specification Version 2.0. IETF. doi:10.17487/RFC2898. RFC 2898.

[3] RFC 5958 - Asymmetric Key Packages