C# RSA Public Key Output Not Correct
Solution 1:
Unfortunately, the code in the answer you referenced isn't really correct - it exports a private key PEM format, but with only the public key fields correctly set, this is not the same as exporting an RSA public key in standard format.
I actually wrote the code in the other answer to that question, and at the time wrote a mode for exporting the public key in the standard format, but didn't include it in that answer as it wasn't required. Here it is:
private static void ExportPublicKey(RSACryptoServiceProvider csp, TextWriter outputStream)
{
var parameters = csp.ExportParameters(false);
using (var stream = new MemoryStream())
{
var writer = new BinaryWriter(stream);
writer.Write((byte)0x30); // SEQUENCE
using (var innerStream = new MemoryStream())
{
var innerWriter = new BinaryWriter(innerStream);
innerWriter.Write((byte)0x30); // SEQUENCE
EncodeLength(innerWriter, 13);
innerWriter.Write((byte)0x06); // OBJECT IDENTIFIER
var rsaEncryptionOid = new byte[] { 0x2a, 0x86, 0x48, 0x86, 0xf7, 0x0d, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01 };
EncodeLength(innerWriter, rsaEncryptionOid.Length);
innerWriter.Write(rsaEncryptionOid);
innerWriter.Write((byte)0x05); // NULL
EncodeLength(innerWriter, 0);
innerWriter.Write((byte)0x03); // BIT STRING
using (var bitStringStream = new MemoryStream())
{
var bitStringWriter = new BinaryWriter(bitStringStream);
bitStringWriter.Write((byte)0x00); // # of unused bits
bitStringWriter.Write((byte)0x30); // SEQUENCE
using (var paramsStream = new MemoryStream())
{
var paramsWriter = new BinaryWriter(paramsStream);
EncodeIntegerBigEndian(paramsWriter, parameters.Modulus); // Modulus
EncodeIntegerBigEndian(paramsWriter, parameters.Exponent); // Exponent
var paramsLength = (int)paramsStream.Length;
EncodeLength(bitStringWriter, paramsLength);
bitStringWriter.Write(paramsStream.GetBuffer(), 0, paramsLength);
}
var bitStringLength = (int)bitStringStream.Length;
EncodeLength(innerWriter, bitStringLength);
innerWriter.Write(bitStringStream.GetBuffer(), 0, bitStringLength);
}
var length = (int)innerStream.Length;
EncodeLength(writer, length);
writer.Write(innerStream.GetBuffer(), 0, length);
}
var base64 = Convert.ToBase64String(stream.GetBuffer(), 0, (int)stream.Length).ToCharArray();
outputStream.WriteLine("-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----");
for (var i = 0; i < base64.Length; i += 64)
{
outputStream.WriteLine(base64, i, Math.Min(64, base64.Length - i));
}
outputStream.WriteLine("-----END PUBLIC KEY-----");
}
}
private static void EncodeLength(BinaryWriter stream, int length)
{
if (length < 0) throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("length", "Length must be non-negative");
if (length < 0x80)
{
// Short form
stream.Write((byte)length);
}
else
{
// Long form
var temp = length;
var bytesRequired = 0;
while (temp > 0)
{
temp >>= 8;
bytesRequired++;
}
stream.Write((byte)(bytesRequired | 0x80));
for (var i = bytesRequired - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
stream.Write((byte)(length >> (8 * i) & 0xff));
}
}
}
private static void EncodeIntegerBigEndian(BinaryWriter stream, byte[] value, bool forceUnsigned = true)
{
stream.Write((byte)0x02); // INTEGER
var prefixZeros = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < value.Length; i++)
{
if (value[i] != 0) break;
prefixZeros++;
}
if (value.Length - prefixZeros == 0)
{
EncodeLength(stream, 1);
stream.Write((byte)0);
}
else
{
if (forceUnsigned && value[prefixZeros] > 0x7f)
{
// Add a prefix zero to force unsigned if the MSB is 1
EncodeLength(stream, value.Length - prefixZeros + 1);
stream.Write((byte)0);
}
else
{
EncodeLength(stream, value.Length - prefixZeros);
}
for (var i = prefixZeros; i < value.Length; i++)
{
stream.Write(value[i]);
}
}
}