openssl (version 0.5)

keygen: Generate Key pair

Description

The keygen functions generate a random private key. Use as.list(key)$pubkey to derive the corresponding public key.

Usage

rsa_keygen(bits = 2048)
dsa_keygen(bits = 1024)
ec_keygen(curve = c("P-256", "P-384", "P-521"))

Arguments

bits

bitsize of the generated RSA/DSA key

curve

which NIST curve to use

Examples

key <- rsa_keygen()
pubkey <- as.list(key)$pubkey