onal</b> option is used then a traditional format private key is written instead.</p>

<p>If <b>-topk8</b> is not used and <b>DER</b> mode is set the output file will be an unencrypted private key in traditional DER format.</p>

<p>If <b>-topk8</b> is used then any supported private key can be used for the input file in a format specified by <b>-inform</b>. The output file will be encrypted PKCS#8 format using the specified encryption parameters unless <b>-nocrypt</b> is included.</p>

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