Module: packet/public_key

packet/public_key

Implementation of the Key Material Packet (Tag 5,6,7,14)

RFC4480 5.5: A key material packet contains all the information about a public or private key. There are four variants of this packet type, and two major versions. Consequently, this section is complex.

new (require("packet/public_key"))()

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Members

algorithm :module:enums.publicKey

Public key algorithm
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created :Date

Key creation date.
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  • Date
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mpi :module:type/mpi

A list of multiprecision integers
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Methods

getFingerprint() → {String}

Calculates the fingerprint of the key
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Returns:
A string containing the fingerprint
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String

getKeyId() → {String}

Calculates the key id of the key
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Returns:
A 8 byte key id
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String

read(input) → {Object}

Internal Parser for public keys as specified in RFC 4880 section 5.5.2 Public-Key Packet Formats called by read_tag<num>
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input String Input string to read the packet from
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Returns:
This object with attributes set by the parser
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Object

readPublicKey()

Alias of read()
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write() → {Object}

Same as write_private_key, but has less information because of public key.
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Returns:
{body: [string]OpenPGP packet body contents, header: [string] OpenPGP packet header, string: [string] header+body}
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Object

writeOld()

Write an old version packet - it's used by some of the internal routines.
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writePublicKey()

Alias of write()
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