n text form only the public key components (also for private keys). This cannot be combined with encoded output in DER format.</p>

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<dt id="ec_conv_form-arg"><b>-ec_conv_form</b> <i>arg</i></dt>
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<p>This option only applies to elliptic-curve based keys.</p>

<p>This specifies how the points on the elliptic curve are converted into octet strings. Possible values are: <b>compressed</b> (the default value), <b>uncompressed</b> and <b>hybrid</b>. For more information regarding the point conversion fo