From: Dr S N Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

stephen.henson> Is there some specific reason why the API should
stephen.henson> return a "key" at all and not just the certificate (or
stephen.henson> whatever) it corresponds to?

You might want to store keys alone for different reasons.  Let's
remember that OpenSSL isn't just used by SSL and X.509 applications.

I see this a little like hardware-protected keys, they are also just
keys with no specific certificate tied to them.

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