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6 Crypt::RSA::Key::Private -- RSA Private Key Management.
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10 Identity => 'Lord Banquo <banquo@lochaber.com>',
11 Password => 'The earth hath bubbles',
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25 Crypt::RSA::Key::Private provides basic private key management
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29 new()
30 The constructor. Takes a hash, usually with two arguments:
31 "Filename" and "Password". "Filename" indicates a file from which
32 the private key should be read. More often than not, private keys
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34 before use. When a "Password" argument is provided, the key is also
35 decrypted before it is returned by "new()". Here's a complete list
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39 A string identifying the owner of the key. Canonically, a name
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43 Name of the file that contains the private key.
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46 Password with which the private key is encrypted, or should be
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50 Name of the symmetric cipher in which the private key is
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52 and possible values include DES, IDEA, Twofish and other
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64 Causes the key to be written to a disk file specified by the
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70 Causes the key to be read from a disk file specified by "Filename"
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83 Check the consistency of the key. If the key checks out, it sets
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87 Vipul Ved Prakash, <mail@vipul.net>
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90 Crypt::RSA::Key(3), Crypt::RSA::Public(3)
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