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doc: crypto: document SPKAC additions

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Document the SPKAC functionality that was added in commit 7bf46ba.
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Usage is otherwise identical to `crypto.randomBytes`.
## Class: Certificate
The class used for working with signed public key & challenges. The most
common usage for this series of functions is when dealing with the `<keygen>`
element. http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/spkac.html
Returned by `crypto.Certificate`.
### Certificate.verifySpkac(spkac)
Returns true of false based on the validity of the SPKAC.
### Certificate.exportChallenge(spkac)
Exports the encoded public key from the supplied SPKAC.
### Certificate.exportPublicKey(spkac)
Exports the encoded challenge associated with the SPKAC.
## crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING
The default encoding to use for functions that can take either strings