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Jean-Paul Calderone2aa2b332008-03-06 21:43:14 -0500[diff] [blame]52The PKey object has the following methods:
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Jean-Paul Calderone78caacc2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400[diff] [blame^]55<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-82'><tt class='method'>bits</tt></a></b>()
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57Return the number of bits of the key.
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Jean-Paul Calderone78caacc2011-04-07 15:41:56 -0400[diff] [blame^]61<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-83'><tt class='method'>generate_key</tt></a></b>(<var>type, bits</var>)
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63Generate a public/private key pair of the type <var>type</var> (one of
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70Return the type of the key.
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