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NAME
       public_key - Provides functions to handle public-key infrastructure.


DESCRIPTION
       Provides  encode/decode  of  different  file  formats  (PEM, OpenSSH), digital signature and verification
       functions, validation of certificate paths and certificate revocation lists (CRLs)  and  other  functions
       for handling of certificates, keys and CRLs.

         * Supports  RFC 5280  - Internet X.509 Public-Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation
           List (CRL) Profile. Certificate policies are currently not supported.

         * Supports  PKCS-1  - RSA Cryptography Standard

         * Supports  DSS - Digital Signature Standard (DSA - Digital Signature Algorithm)

         * Supports  PKCS-3  - Diffie-Hellman Key Agreement Standard

         * Supports  PKCS-5 - Password-Based Cryptography Standard

         * Supports  PKCS-8 - Private-Key Information Syntax Standard

         * Supports  PKCS-10 - Certification Request Syntax Standard


DEPENDENCIES
       The public_key application uses the Crypto application to perform cryptographic operations and the  ASN-1
       application  to  handle  PKIX-ASN-1  specifications,  hence  these  applications  must  be loaded for the
       public_key application to work. In  an  embedded  environment  this  means  they  must  be  started  with
       application:start/[1,2] before the public_key application is started.


ERROR LOGGER AND EVENT HANDLERS
       The public_key application is a library application and does not use the error logger. The functions will
       either succeed or fail with a runtime error.


SEE ALSO
       application(3erl)