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instance method

OpenSSL::PKey::EC#public?

key.public? => true or false

ext/openssl/ossl_pkey_ec.c View on GitHub ↗

static VALUE ossl_ec_key_is_public(VALUE self)
{
    EC_KEY *ec;

    GetEC(self, ec);

    return EC_KEY_get0_public_key(ec) ? Qtrue : Qfalse;
}

Returns whether this EC instance has a public key. The public key (EC::Point) can be retrieved with EC#public_key.

See also #private_key? #public_key #private_key= #public_key= also in 4.1 · 4.0 · 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.0