GenerateKeyPair

This function creates a new public key and private key for encrypting data

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Syntax

string, string GenerateKeyPair ( string algorithm, table options [, function callback ] )

Required Arguments

• algorithm: The algorithm to use:
  • RSA: use the RSA public-key algorithm
• options: table with options for the hashing algorithm, as detailed below.

Optional Arguments

• callback: providing a callback will run this function asynchronously, the arguments to the callback are the same as the returned values below.

Options for each hashing algorithm

• RSA:
  • size (int), default: 0 . Size of a key.

Returns

Returns 2 strings if successful: private key and public key. Otherwise returns false