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473.1.9 NetscapeSPKI objects
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Jean-Paul Calderone897bc252008-02-18 20:50:23 -050050<P>
Jean-Paul Calderone2aa2b332008-03-06 21:43:14 -050051NetscapeSPKI objects have the following methods:
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Jean-Paul Calderone215d51b2009-11-13 09:19:21 -050054<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-92'><tt class='method'>b64_encode</tt></a></b>()
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56Return a base64-encoded string representation of the object.
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Jean-Paul Calderone215d51b2009-11-13 09:19:21 -050060<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-93'><tt class='method'>get_pubkey</tt></a></b>()
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62Return the public key of object.
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Jean-Paul Calderone215d51b2009-11-13 09:19:21 -050066<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-94'><tt class='method'>set_pubkey</tt></a></b>(<var>key</var>)
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68Set the public key of the object to <var>key</var>.
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Jean-Paul Calderone215d51b2009-11-13 09:19:21 -050072<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-95'><tt class='method'>sign</tt></a></b>(<var>key, digest_name</var>)
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Jean-Paul Calderone6c1d4f92009-03-07 09:10:30 -050074Sign the NetscapeSPKI object using the given <var>key</var> and
75<var>digest_name</var>. <var>digest_name</var> must be a string describing a digest
76algorithm supported by OpenSSL (by EVP_get_digestbyname, specifically). For
77example, <tt class="constant">"md5"</tt> or <tt class="constant">"sha1"</tt>.
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Jean-Paul Calderone215d51b2009-11-13 09:19:21 -050081<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-96'><tt class='method'>verify</tt></a></b>(<var>key</var>)
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83Verify the NetscapeSPKI object using the given <var>key</var>.
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