Question: I am working on signing and verification in java using public and private keys and ssh. I have the following example public key file: -----BEGIN

I am working on signing and verification in java using public and private keys and ssh. I have the following example public key file:

-----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY----- MIIBCgKCAQEA+xGZ/wcz9ugFpP07Nspo6U17l0YhFiFpxxU4pTk3Lifz9R3zsIsu ERwta7+fWIfxOo208ett/jhskiVodSEt3QBGh4XBipyWopKwZ93HHaDVZAALi/2A +xTBtWdEo7XGUujKDvC2/aZKukfjpOiUI8AhLAfjmlcD/UZ1QPh0mHsglRNCmpCw mwSXA9VNmhz+PiB+Dml4WWnKW/VHo2ujTXxq7+efMU4H2fny3Se3KYOsFPFGZ1TN QSYlFuShWrHPtiLmUdPoP6CV2mML1tk+l7DIIqXrQhLUKDACeM5roMx0kLhUWB8P +0uj1CNlNN4JRZlC7xFfqiMbFRU9Z4N6YwIDAQAB -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----

This is converted to binary as:

7f 9c 09 8e 8d 39 9e cc d5 03 29 8b c4 78 84 5f d9 89 f0 33 df ee 50 6d 5d d0 16 2c 73 cf ed 46 dc 7e 44 68 bb 37 69 54 6e 9e f6 f0 c5 c6 c1 d9 cb f6 87 78 70 8b 73 93 2f f3 55 d2 d9 13 67 32 70 e6 b5 f3 10 4a f5 c3 96 99 c2 92 d0 0f 05 60 1c 44 41 62 7f ab d6 15 52 06 5b 14 a7 d8 19 a1 90 c6 c1 11 f8 0d 30 fd f5 fc 00 bb a4 ef c9 2d 3f 7d 4a eb d2 dc 42 0c 48 b2 5e eb 37 3c 6c a0 e4 0a 27 f0 88 c4 e1 8c 33 17 33 61 38 84 a0 bb d0 85 aa 45 40 cb 37 14 bf 7a 76 27 4a af f4 1b ad f0 75 59 3e ac df cd fc 48 46 97 7e 06 6f 2d e7 f5 60 1d b1 99 f8 5b 4f d3 97 14 4d c5 5e f8 76 50 f0 5f 37 e7 df 13 b8 a2 6b 24 1f ff 65 d1 fb c8 f8 37 86 d6 df 40 e2 3e d3 90 2c 65 2b 1f 5c b9 5f fa e9 35 93 65 59 6d be 8c 62 31 a9 9b 60 5a 0e e5 4f 2d e6 5f 2e 71 f3 7e 92 8f fe 8b

The website I am using as a reference says:

00 00 00 07: four byte length prefix (7 bytes)

73 73 68 2d 72 73 61: "ssh-rsa"

00 00 00 01: four byte length prefix (1 byte)

25: RSA Exponent (e): 25

00 00 01 00: four byte length prefix (256 bytes)

RSA Modulus (n):

My question is what piece of data is the actual key. When initiating a RSAPublicKey I need to provide an actual key and I'm not sure what the key is. Another resource says the key is a 4 byte length followed by binary data. I would appreciate it if someone could show me how to find the key.

Thanks

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