Method: OpenSSL::PKey::RSA.generate

Defined in:
ossl_pkey_rsa.c

.generate(size) ⇒ Object .generate(size, exponent) ⇒ Object

Generates an RSA keypair. size is an integer representing the desired key size. Keys smaller than 1024 should be considered insecure. exponent is an odd number normally 3, 17, or 65537.



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# File 'ossl_pkey_rsa.c', line 161

static VALUE
ossl_rsa_s_generate(int argc, VALUE *argv, VALUE klass)
{
/* why does this method exist?  why can't initialize take an optional exponent? */
    RSA *rsa;
    VALUE size, exp;
    VALUE obj;

    rb_scan_args(argc, argv, "11", &size, &exp);

    rsa = rsa_generate(NUM2INT(size), NIL_P(exp) ? RSA_F4 : NUM2ULONG(exp)); /* err handled by rsa_instance */
    obj = rsa_instance(klass, rsa);

    if (obj == Qfalse) {
	RSA_free(rsa);
	ossl_raise(eRSAError, NULL);
    }

    return obj;
}