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+Mon Jun 13 05:50:43 2011  Martin Bosslet  <Martin.Bosslet@googlemail.com>
+
+	* NEWS: introduce PKey.read.
+
 Mon Jun 13 05:17:29 2011  Martin Bosslet  <Martin.Bosslet@googlemail.com>
 
 	* ext/openssl/ossl_pkey.c: added PKey.read module function that allows
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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     tagging to be set to :EXPLICIT when tag and/or tag_class are passed
     as parameters. tagging must be set explicitly.
   * Support for infinite length encodings via infinite_length attribute.
+  * OpenSSL::PKey.read( file | string [, pwd] ) allows to read arbitrary
+    public/private keys in DER-/PEM-encoded form with an optional password
+    for encrypted PEM encodings.
 
 * optparse
   * support for bash/zsh completion.