Add additional docs to clarify key generation and format for config file

[wgoulet]

This is a documentation enhancement to help folks understand how to convert the log public/private keys into the correct format in the ctfe config file. It took a lot of trial and error for me to figure out how to do this and I finally dug up this comment in an older open issue: #780.

Checklist

• I have updated the CHANGELOG.
  • Adjust the draft version number according to semantic versioning rules.
• I have updated documentation accordingly.

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[phbnf]

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[phbnf]

Agreed with you that this is how to convert the keys to a hex format that can be specified in the config. It should be possible to pass the keys directly with the pem file though, without having to go through the whole conversion: https://github.com/wgoulet/certificate-transparency-go/blob/551ff912277a60b5fef9f4c6379084ac7aa27b5b/trillian/docs/ManualDeployment.md#ctfe-configuration

Is the hex hex key required anywhere else?

[wgoulet]

@phbnf At least for the Trillian deployment I was able to deploy using these instructions, I only needed to put the hex hex keys in the proto config file for ctfe to get the service running. I didn't have to deviate from instructions to get the log signer or server running.

[phbnf]

Yes indeed, I tried to use the file directly.. and it did not work. I could not get the public key in, and eventually ran into https://github.com/google/trillian/blob/master/crypto/keys/pem/pem.go#L35 for the private key. Many thanks for flagging this.

For the record, here is the matching command for the public key, it's ever so slightly different:

openssl ec -pubin -inform pem -in pubkey.pem -outform der -out pubkey.der

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[5perrozzz]

Esta es una mejora de documentación para ayudar a la gente a entender cómo convertir las claves públicas/privadas del registro al formato correcto en el archivo de configuración ctfe. Me costó mucho probar y equivocarme para averiguar cómo hacerlo y finalmente encontré este comentario en un número abierto antiguo: #780.

Lista de comprobación

• He actualizado el CHANGELOG.
  • Ajusta el número de versión del borrador según las reglas semánticas de versionado.
• He actualizado la documentación en consecuencia.

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