Ed25519 Private Key (PEM)
An Ed25519 private key in PKCS#8 PEM, derived from a fixed seed — a published, sample-only modern elliptic-curve key for testing PEM parsers and Ed25519 tooling. Never use it for real.
-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
MC4CAQAwBQYDK2VwBCIEIAABAgMEBQYHCAkKCwwNDg8QERITFBUWFxgZGhscHR4f
-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
Specifications
- Format
- PKCS#8 (PEM)
- Algorithm
- Ed25519
- Encrypted
- false
- Sample Only
- true
- Warning
- published sample key — never use in production
What is a .key file?
A .key file holds a private key, usually PEM-encoded in PKCS#8 (BEGIN PRIVATE KEY) or a key-type-specific format. It is the secret half of a TLS or SSH identity and must normally be protected — the examples here are published, sample-only keys that must never be used in production.
How to use this file
Use an example .key to test PEM key parsers, PKCS#8 decoders, and key-format converters (for example PEM to DER or OpenSSH). These are deliberately published sample keys — for parser testing only, never for real use.
How to use this file for testing
“Ed25519 Private Key (PEM)” is a deterministic Novus Examples fixture for Certificate & key testing, Editor testing. Self-signed X.509 certificates (PEM, CRT, DER), a CSR, RSA and Ed25519 keys, an SSH public key, a PKCS#12 bundle, and an htpasswd file — all published sample-only material, for testing certificate parsers, TLS tooling, keystore importers, and PEM/DER decoders.
Documented properties for this file: Ed25519 · PKCS#8 (PEM). Compare results against paired or grouped companions on this page when present (clean↔damaged, searchable↔scanned, or format twins) so scores stay reproducible across runs.
Download the file once, keep the path stable in CI or local scripts, and treat the spec table as the contract: dimensions, seeds, field lists, and roles are intentional. Corrupt or invalid samples are labelled as such — expect parsers to fail loudly rather than silently accept them.
Data fixtures document their exact quirks — delimiters, encodings, null handling, schema, and row counts — in the spec table. Point your parser or importer at the file and assert it handles the documented edge cases; clean and deliberately-messy siblings make before/after diffs straightforward.
This is a published, sample-only certificate/key. Parse it, verify the chain or signature, and test PEM↔DER conversion — never deploy it anywhere real.
Related files
- csrCertificate Signing Request (CSR)A PKCS#10 certificate signing request (PEM) with the subject and SAN, self-signed by the RSA key to prove key possession — for testing CSR parsers and certificate-authority intake flows.
- htpasswdhtpasswd (HTTP Basic Auth)An Apache/nginx .htpasswd file with two users hashed using the {SHA} scheme (Base64 SHA-1) — the sample passwords are documented in the file, for testing Basic-Auth credential parsers and hash identification.
- keyRSA 2048 Private Key (PEM)A 2048-bit RSA private key in unencrypted PKCS#8 PEM — a deliberately PUBLISHED, sample-only key for testing PEM key parsers and PKCS#8 decoders. Never use it for anything real.
- pubSSH Public Key (Ed25519)An OpenSSH-format Ed25519 public key (the shareable half of the key pair) — a single line of algorithm, Base64 key blob, and comment, for testing SSH public-key parsers and authorized_keys tooling.
- crtX.509 Certificate (.crt)The same self-signed certificate under the conventional .crt extension (PEM-encoded) — for testing trust-store importers and tools that key off the .crt extension. Sample only.
- derX.509 Certificate (DER)The binary DER encoding of the same certificate — for testing ASN.1/DER parsers, Java keystores, and DER-to-PEM converters. Published sample certificate, not a real identity.
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