 PKCS#8 format using both PKCS#5 v1.5 and PKCS#5 v2.0 password based encryption algorithms.</p>

<p>Other than the use of DER as opposed to PEM these functions are identical to the corresponding <b>PEM</b> function as described in <a href="../man3/PEM_read_PrivateKey.html">PEM_read_PrivateKey(3)</a>.</p>

<h1 id="NOTES">NOTES</h1>

<p>These functions are currently the only way to store encrypted private keys using DER format.</p>

<p>Currently all the functions use BIOs or FILE pointers, there are no functi