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  AES  - Use of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)  Algorithm  in  Cryptographic  Message
           Syntax (CMS)

         * 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)