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| 3.1.5 PKey objects |
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| <EM><EM><EM>The PKey object has the following methods: |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-64'><tt class='method'>bits</tt></a></b>() |
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| Return the number of bits of the key. |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-65'><tt class='method'>generate_key</tt></a></b>(<var>type, bits</var>) |
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| Generate a public/private key pair of the type <var>type</var> (one of |
| <tt class="constant">TYPE_RSA</tt> and <tt class="constant">TYPE_DSA</tt>) with the size <var>bits</var>. |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-66'><tt class='method'>type</tt></a></b>() |
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| Return the type of the key. |
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