Commit 3469eb95 authored by Ben Noordhuis's avatar Ben Noordhuis Committed by James M Snell
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doc: public keys don't accept passphrases

Since `crypto.publicDecrypt()` and `crypto.publicEncrypt()` accept both
public and private keys, make it clear that the `passphrase` option only
applies to private keys.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16087
Ref: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/16038


Reviewed-By: default avatarColin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: default avatarAnna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: default avatarNikolai Vavilov <vvnicholas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: default avatarTobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de>
Reviewed-By: default avatarDaniel Bevenius <daniel.bevenius@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: default avatarJames M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: default avatarRuben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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