Aki, I just used the "EC key" instructions from the Dovecot MailCrypt wiki: https://wiki.dovecot.org/Plugins/MailCrypt
" In order to generate an EC key, you must first choose a curve from the output of this command:
openssl ecparam -list_curves
If you choose the curve prime256v1, generate and EC key with the command:
openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey | openssl pkey -out ecprivkey.pem
Then generate a public key out of your private EC key
openssl pkey -in ecprivkey.pem -pubout -out ecpubkey.pem "
-Dave I'm going on a limb and guess that there is something strange happening with ruby and openssl versions here.
The main point of the script is to show how the data can be decrypted, and can be used for small-scale data recovery as well.
Aki
Copy that. I would agree that it seems to be something weird between OpenSSL and Ruby in this case. Since I'm able to get it to work in my specific instance, and since it doesn't seem systemic outside of my situation, I'd say -- specific problem solved! :) Thanks for your help. -Dave