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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2017-09-20 23:42:34 +0800 |
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| committer | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2017-09-20 11:42:34 -0400 |
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docs for what bytes means for DNSName, URI, and RFC822Name (#3904)
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diff --git a/docs/glossary.rst b/docs/glossary.rst index a630878c..3a1280a6 100644 --- a/docs/glossary.rst +++ b/docs/glossary.rst @@ -79,5 +79,11 @@ Glossary but does not allow access to the key itself. Typically an opaque key is loaded from a `hardware security module`_ (HSM). + A-label + The ASCII compatible encoded (ACE) representation of an + internationalized (unicode) domain name. A-labels begin with the + prefix ``xn--``. To create an A-label from a unicode domain string use + a library like `idna`_. .. _`hardware security module`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_security_module +.. _`idna`: https://pypi.org/project/idna/ |