PEM, RSA and SSH keys are something we use everyday, both as developers and security professionals. There are plenty of tools out there that will decode a PEM key for you, but very few resources on what is actually going on. In building my own PEM decoder I learnt a lot about how some of the most important numbers in digital cryptography are transported across the web.
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Decoding PEM Keys
Currently working as a full-stack developer, lecturing on Java and completing his MSc in Computer Science, Joe also manages to find time to pursue his real passion, security research!
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