Question

I stored private key in a file using keystore

 ks.setKeyEntry("kk1", pr, pass, cert1);
 //ks is obj of keystore,
 //kk1 is alias,
 //pr-->is private key,
 //pass->is the password to protect that key,
 //cert1-->is the certificate chain..

I printed “pr”(private key) while storing to the file.
I another program I opened the file and read the contents using method isKeyentry and printing Private key using getkey….

I am not getting the both(private key) values same…(password is fine because if it is wrong the file will not open)..What’s wrong????
Does it need to be same???

Answer 1

It is not possible to verify 2 key values with any parameter like hashcode,toStirng etc.
This is the method I followed:
I tried to encrypt some data using both the keys and verified if I am getting same data or not.Whle comparing use Array.equals() since we get byte array after encrypting.

I did this just to know whether I am retrieving the same key that I kept in a file using keystore.

Thank you….