What is contained in a RSA key file?

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Consider a RSA key file like this:

How does that tell a program how to encrypt? Can I decode this key and see the its components?

this might help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1193529/how-to-store-retreieve-rsa-public-private-key/13104466#13104466 — Mints97, Jan 25 '15 at 10:14
This isn't how it works. We try to avoid duplicate questions and answer. @Mints97 provided a reference to a very useful answer. If after you read the link you don't understand something, you ask it here. — cygnusv, Jan 26 '15 at 09:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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An RSA public key contains the modulus ($n$) and the public exponent ($e$, usually $65537$). It is formatted differently in different implementations, most commonly, it is a dump of the data and its length, encoded with base64. For an example, see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1193529/how-to-store-retreieve-rsa-public-private-key/13104466#13104466

edited May 23 '17 at 12:41

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answered Jan 25 '15 at 10:22

Mints97

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