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Diffstat (limited to 'ext/openssl/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb | 55 |
1 files changed, 55 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb b/ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb index 53ee52f98b..569559e1ce 100644 --- a/ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb +++ b/ext/openssl/lib/openssl/pkey.rb @@ -11,6 +11,30 @@ module OpenSSL::PKey include OpenSSL::Marshal # :call-seq: + # dh.public_key -> dhnew + # + # Returns a new DH instance that carries just the \DH parameters. + # + # Contrary to the method name, the returned DH object contains only + # parameters and not the public key. + # + # This method is provided for backwards compatibility. In most cases, there + # is no need to call this method. + # + # For the purpose of re-generating the key pair while keeping the + # parameters, check OpenSSL::PKey.generate_key. + # + # Example: + # # OpenSSL::PKey::DH.generate by default generates a random key pair + # dh1 = OpenSSL::PKey::DH.generate(2048) + # p dh1.priv_key #=> #<OpenSSL::BN 1288347...> + # dhcopy = dh1.public_key + # p dhcopy.priv_key #=> nil + def public_key + DH.new(to_der) + end + + # :call-seq: # dh.compute_key(pub_bn) -> string # # Returns a String containing a shared secret computed from the other @@ -89,6 +113,22 @@ module OpenSSL::PKey class DSA include OpenSSL::Marshal + # :call-seq: + # dsa.public_key -> dsanew + # + # Returns a new DSA instance that carries just the \DSA parameters and the + # public key. + # + # This method is provided for backwards compatibility. In most cases, there + # is no need to call this method. + # + # For the purpose of serializing the public key, to PEM or DER encoding of + # X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format, check PKey#public_to_pem and + # PKey#public_to_der. + def public_key + OpenSSL::PKey.read(public_to_der) + end + class << self # :call-seq: # DSA.generate(size) -> dsa @@ -159,6 +199,21 @@ module OpenSSL::PKey class RSA include OpenSSL::Marshal + # :call-seq: + # rsa.public_key -> rsanew + # + # Returns a new RSA instance that carries just the public key components. + # + # This method is provided for backwards compatibility. In most cases, there + # is no need to call this method. + # + # For the purpose of serializing the public key, to PEM or DER encoding of + # X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format, check PKey#public_to_pem and + # PKey#public_to_der. + def public_key + OpenSSL::PKey.read(public_to_der) + end + class << self # :call-seq: # RSA.generate(size, exponent = 65537) -> RSA |