generateKeys

Purpose

Generates the RSA encryption keys. This method is a prerequisite for the remaining methods.

Both the publicKey and privateKey are generated using either the DER or the PEM encoding.

For details on certificate encoding standards, please refer to the SSL Knowledgebase.

encryption.RSA.generateKeys ( keySize, keyFormat, callback)

This method does not return anything.

Name	Description	Type	Use
keySize	Defines the size of the resulting key (i.e. encryption strength), expressed in bits. A valid value must be the multiple of 1024.	`integer`	required
keyFormat	Defines the format of the encryption key: DER_FORMAT denotes that the DER (Base-64 encoded) format should be used PEM_FORMAT denotes that the PEM format should be used	`string`	required
callback	Passed to inform of the results the key generation process.	`object`	required

The callback may be structured as follows:

{
	onFailure: function(error) { ... },
	onSuccess: function({publicKey, privateKey}) { ... }
}

Name	Description	Return type
onFailure	Indicates that the encryption key generation failed.	`undefined`
onSuccess	Indicates that the generation process succesfully completed. Passes the two RSA keys: `publicKey` and `privateKey` encrypted using either the DER or the PEM encoding.	`undefined`