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        PKey
Base class for public keys.
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 Compare this key to another. Returns 0 if this key is equivalent to the given key, or non-0 if they are different. Only the public parts of the key are compared, so a public key will compare equal to its corresponding private key. 
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 Create a new instance of this public key type.  If  
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 Return a string of an SSH Message made up of the public part(s) of this key. This string is suitable for passing to __init__ to re-create the key object later. 
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 Create a key object by reading a private key from a file (or 
  file-like) object.  If the private key is encrypted and 
   
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 Create a key object by reading a private key file.  If the private key
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 Return a base64 string containing the public part of this key. Nothing secret is revealed. This format is compatible with that used to store public key files or recognized host keys. 
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 Return the number of significant bits in this key. This is useful for judging the relative security of a key. 
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 Return an MD5 fingerprint of the public part of this key. Nothing secret is revealed. 
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 Return the name of this private key implementation. 
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 Sign a blob of data with this private key, and return a Message representing an SSH signature message. 
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 Given a blob of data, and an SSH message representing a signature of that data, verify that it was signed with this key. 
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 Write private key contents into a file (or file-like) object.  If the 
  password is not  
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 Write private key contents into a file.  If the password is not 
   
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