NAME
    Convert::PEM - Read/write encrypted ASN.1 PEM files
SYNOPSIS
        use Convert::PEM;
        my $pem = Convert::PEM->new(
                       Name => "DSA PRIVATE KEY",
                       Macro => "DSAPrivateKey",
                       ASN => qq(
                           DSAPrivateKey SEQUENCE {
                               version INTEGER,
                               p INTEGER,
                               q INTEGER,
                               g INTEGER,
                               pub_key INTEGER,
                               priv_key INTEGER
                           }
                      ));
        my $keyfile = 'private-key.pem';
        my $pwd = 'foobar';
        my $pkey = $pem->read(
                       Filename => $keyfile,
                       Password => $pwd
                 );
        $pem->write(
                       Content  => $pkey,
                       Password => $pwd,
                       Filename => $keyfile
                 );
DESCRIPTION
    *Convert::PEM* reads and writes PEM files containing ASN.1-encoded
    objects. The files can optionally be encrypted using a symmetric cipher
    algorithm, such as 3DES. An unencrypted PEM file might look something
    like this:
        -----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
        MB4CGQDUoLoCULb9LsYm5+/WN992xxbiLQlEuIsCAQM=
        -----END DH PARAMETERS-----
    The string beginning "MB4C..." is the Base64-encoded, ASN.1-encoded
    "object."
    An encrypted file would have headers describing the type of encryption
    used, and the initialization vector:
        -----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
        Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
        DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,C814158661DC1449
        AFAZFbnQNrGjZJ/ZemdVSoZa3HWujxZuvBHzHNoesxeyqqidFvnydA==
        -----END DH PARAMETERS-----
    The two headers ("Proc-Type" and "DEK-Info") indicate information about
    the type of encryption used, and the string starting with "AFAZ..." is
    the Base64-encoded, encrypted, ASN.1-encoded contents of this "object."
    The initialization vector ("C814158661DC1449") is chosen randomly.
USAGE
  $pem = Convert::PEM->new( %arg )
    Constructs a new *Convert::PEM* object designed to read/write an object
    of a specific type (given in *%arg*, see below). Returns the new object
    on success, "undef" on failure (see *ERROR HANDLING* for details).
    *%arg* can contain:
    *   Name
        The name of the object; when decoding a PEM-encoded stream, the name
        in the encoding will be checked against the value of *Name*.
        Similarly, when encoding an object, the value of *Name* will be used
        as the name of the object in the PEM-encoded content. For example,
        given the string "FOO BAR", the output from *encode* will start with
        a header like:
            -----BEGIN FOO BAR-----
        *Name* is a required argument.
    *   ASN
        An ASN.1 description of the content to be either encoded or decoded.
        *ASN* is an optional argument.
    *   Macro
        If your ASN.1 description (in the *ASN* parameter) includes more
        than one ASN.1 macro definition, you will want to use the *Macro*
        parameter to specify which definition to use when encoding/decoding
        objects. For example, if your ASN.1 description looks like this:
            Foo ::= SEQUENCE {
                x INTEGER,
                bar Bar
            }
            Bar ::= INTEGER
        If you want to encode/decode a "Foo" object, you will need to tell
        *Convert::PEM* to use the "Foo" macro definition by using the
        *Macro* parameter and setting the value to "Foo".
        *Macro* is an optional argument when an ASN.1 description is
        provided.
    *   InForm
        Specify what type of file to expect when using the *read* method.
        Value may be either PEM or DER. Default is "PEM".
        If "DER" is specified, encryption options are ignored when using the
        *read* method and file is read as an unencrypted blob. This option
        does not affect the *decode* behavior.
        *InForm* is an optional argument.
    *   OutForm
        Specify what type of file the *write* method should output. Value
        may be either PEM or DER. Default is "PEM".
        If "DER" is specified, encryption options are ignored when using the
        *write* method and the file is written as an uncrypted blob. This
        option does not affect the *encode* behavior.
        *OutForm* is an optional argument.
  $obj = $pem->decode(%args)
    Decodes, and, optionally, decrypts a PEM file, returning the object as
    decoded by *Convert::ASN1*. The difference between this method and
    *read* is that *read* reads the contents of a PEM file on disk; this
    method expects you to pass the PEM contents as an argument.
    If an error occurs while reading the file or decrypting/decoding the
    contents, the function returns *undef*, and you should check the error
    message using the *errstr* method (below).
    *%args* can contain:
    *   Content
        The PEM contents.
    *   Password
        The password with which the file contents were encrypted.
        If the file is encrypted, this is a mandatory argument (well, it's
        not strictly mandatory, but decryption isn't going to work without
        it). Otherwise it's not necessary.
  $blob = $pem->encode(%args)
    Constructs the contents for the PEM file from an object: ASN.1-encodes
    the object, optionally encrypts those contents.
    Returns *undef* on failure (encryption failure, file-writing failure,
    etc.); in this case you should check the error message using the
    *errstr* method (below). On success returns the constructed PEM string.
    *%args* can contain:
    *   Content
        This method requires either Content or DER. An error will be
        generated if one of these arguments are not present.
        A hash reference that will be passed to *Convert::ASN1::encode*, and
        which should correspond to the ASN.1 description you gave to the
        *new* method. The hash reference should have the exact same format
        as that returned from the *read* method.
        This is required unless DER is specified.
    *   DER
        A string containing actual binary of the contents to be encoded.
        This bypasses ASN.1 encoding.
        May be used in lieu of Content. If specified, will override Content.
    *   Password
        A password used to encrypt the contents of the PEM file. This is an
        optional argument; if not provided the contents will be unencrypted.
    *   Cipher
        The Cipher to use if a password is provided. This is an optional
        argument; if not provided, the default of DES-EDE3-CBC will be used
        or the cipher configured is $Convert::PEM::DefaultCipher. See below
        for a list of supported ciphers.
  $obj = $pem->read(%args)
    Reads, decodes, and, optionally, decrypts a PEM file, returning the
    object as decoded by *Convert::ASN1* (or binary blob if ASN.1
    description was not provided). This is implemented as a wrapper around
    *decode*, with the bonus of reading the PEM file from disk for you.
    If an error occurs while reading the file or decrypting/decoding the
    contents, the function returns *undef*, and you should check the error
    message using the *errstr* method (below).
    In addition to the arguments that can be passed to the *decode* method
    (minus the *Content* argument), *%args* can contain:
    *   Filename
        The location of the PEM file that you wish to read.
    *   InForm
        Specify what file type to read. Description can be found under *new*
        method. If specified, will override InForm provided in *new* method.
  $pem->write(%args)
    Constructs the contents for the PEM file from an object: ASN.1-encodes
    the object, optionally encrypts those contents; then writes the file to
    disk. This is implemented as a wrapper around *encode*, with the bonus
    of writing the file to disk for you.
    Returns *undef* on failure (encryption failure, file-writing failure,
    etc.); in this case you should check the error message using the
    *errstr* method (below). On success returns the constructed PEM string.
    In addition to the arguments for *encode*, *%args* can contain:
    *   Filename
        The location on disk where you'd like the PEM file written.
    *   OutForm
        Specify format to write out. Description can be found under *new*
        method. If specified, will override OutForm provided in *new*
        method.
  $pem->from_der(%args)
    Method used internally, but may be accessed directly decode an ASN.1
    string into a perl structure object. If the Convert::PEM object has no
    ASN.1 definition, this method has no effect.
    *   DER
        Binary string to convert to an object.
        This option is required.
    *   Macro
        If the object has an ASN definition, a Macro may be specified. If
        specified, it will override the object's Macro if one exists.
        Macro is an optional argument.
  $pem->to_der(%args)
    Method used internally, but may be accessed directly to encode Content
    into binary data. If the Convert::PEM object has no ASN.1 definition,
    this method has no effect.
    *   Content
        An object to be ASN.1 encoded to a binary string.
    *   Macro
        If the object has an ASN definition, a Macro may be specified. If
        specified, it will override the object's Macro if one exists.
        Macro is an optional argument.
  $pem->errstr
    Returns the value of the last error that occurred. This should only be
    considered meaningful when you've received *undef* from one of the
    functions above; in all other cases its relevance is undefined.
  $pem->asn
    Returns the *Convert::ASN1* object used internally to decode and encode
    ASN.1 representations. This is useful when you wish to interact directly
    with that object; for example, if you need to call *configure* on that
    object to set the type of big-integer class to be used when
    decoding/encoding big integers:
        $pem->asn->configure( decode => { bigint => 'Math::Pari' },
                              encode => { bigint => 'Math::Pari' } );
CONFIGURATION
    To support any encryption/decryption, the appropriate cipher module
    needs to be installed.
    Some settings may be viewed or configured through variables or methods.
    Configuration settings are global to the package. If a setting is
    changed, it affects all Convert::PEM objects.
  $Convert::PEM::DefaultCipher *or* $OBJ->DefaultCipher(*[NEW_CIPHER]*)
    Used to configure a default cipher when writing to the disk. When using
    the method form " $OBJ-"DefaultCipher([NEW_CIPHER]) >, if NEW_CIPHER is
    not specified, will return the current setting. If the specified cipher
    is not recognized/valid, an error will be raised.
    To list supported ciphers, use "Convert::PEM::list_ciphers". Here is a
    list of supported Ciphers:
    *   DES-CBC
    *   DES-EDE3-CBC
    *   AES-128-CBC
    *   AES-192-CBC
    *   AES-256-CBC
    *   CAMELLIA-128-CBC
    *   CAMELLIA-192-CBC
    *   CAMELLIA-256-CBC
    *   IDEA-CBC
    *   SEED-CBC
  Convert::PEM->has_cipher(*$cipher_name*)
    Will see if the cipher is supported and is configured with an encryption
    module.
  Convert::PEM->has_cipher_module(*$cipher_name*)
    Will see if the cipher is supported and if the configured encryption
    module is usable. If it is not usable, will return "undef". If it is
    usable, will return the name of the cipher module.
  Convert::PEM->set_cipher_module($cipher,$module[,$all])
    This function/method is used to specify a module name for a supported
    cipher. It accepts 2 or 3 arguments.
            Convert::PEM->set_cipher_module(<cipher_name>, <module_name>[,0])
            or
            $OBJ->set_cipher_module(<cipher_name>, <module_name>[,0])
    "cipher_name"
        A supported cipher name. Use Convert::PEM::list_ciphers() to
        retrieve a list of supported ciphers.
    "module_name"
        A cipher module. The module must support the following methods:
                $cipher_object = Cipher->new($key)
                $cipher_object->encrypt($plaintext)
                $cipher_object->decrypt($ciphertext)
                $cipher_object->blocksize()
    "all"
        An optional boolean argument. If true will replace the modules for
        all supported ciphers matching the cipher being set. Default is
        true. If setting a cipher, only set this to false if it is desired
        to use a separate cipher for different key lengths of the same
        algorithm.
  Convert::PEM->list_cipher_modules([$cipher_name])
    If a *cipher_name* is provided, will return the module configured for
    the matching cipher name or "undef" if cipher is not supported. If
    *cipher_name* is not provided, will return a list of modules names
    configured as an array in array context or as a colon separated list in
    scalar context.
    Here is a list of the cipher modules used by default.
    *   Crypt::DES
    *   Crypt::DES_EDE3
    *   Crypt::Rijndael - "AES-128-CBC, AES-192-CBC and AES-256-CBC"
    *   Crypt::Camellia - "CAMELLIA-128-CBC, CAMELLIA-192-CBC and
        CAMELLIA-256-CBC"
    *   Crypt::IDEA
    *   Crypt::SEED
ERROR HANDLING
    If an error occurs in any of the above methods, the method will return
    "undef". You should then call the method *errstr* to determine the
    source of the error:
        $pem->errstr
    In the case that you do not yet have a *Convert::PEM* object (that is,
    if an error occurs while creating a *Convert::PEM* object), the error
    can be obtained as a class method:
        Convert::PEM->errstr
    For example, if you try to decode an encrypted object, and you do not
    give a passphrase to decrypt the object:
        my $obj = $pem->read( Filename => "encrypted.pem" )
            or die "Decryption failed: ", $pem->errstr;
LICENSE
    Convert::PEM is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.
AUTHOR & COPYRIGHTS
    Except where otherwise noted, Convert::PEM is Copyright Benjamin Trott,
    cpan@stupidfool.org. All rights reserved.