Serializes the private key to DER-encoded PKCS #8 format. If called without arguments, unencrypted PKCS #8 PrivateKeyInfo format is used. If called with a cipher name and a password, PKCS #8 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo format with PBES2 encryption scheme is used.
Serializes the private key to PEM-encoded PKCS #8 format. See private_to_der for more details.
Serializes the public key to DER-encoded X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format.
Serializes the public key to PEM-encoded X.509 SubjectPublicKeyInfo format.
Gets the initial Negotiate token. Returns it as a base64 encoded string suitable for use in HTTP. Can be easily decoded, however.
Adds name with permissions mode to the tar, yielding io for writing the file. The digest_algorithm is written to a read-only name.sum file following the given file contents containing the digest name and hexdigest separated by a tab.
The created digest object is returned.
Looks up the latest specification for dependency and adds it to the always_install list.