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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2015-12-31 20:36:43 -0600 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2015-12-31 20:36:43 -0600 |
| commit | d3a17c865f6615c682bebe3be9c566b91b66ceb4 (patch) | |
| tree | 3098970a10b3f8a9523787b74795bd18c3e99f4b /docs | |
| parent | 46f4ab064a4cfcaf330e9cb5a037ed44d9a36818 (diff) | |
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provide a bit more detail about the underlying public key formats
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst index 89028c8e..b94c0e10 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst @@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ all begin with ``-----BEGIN {format}-----`` and end with ``-----END .. versionadded:: 0.6 Deserialize a public key from PEM encoded data to one of the supported - asymmetric public key types. + asymmetric public key types. The PEM encoded data is typically a + ``subjectPublicKeyInfo`` payload as specified in :rfc:`5280`. .. doctest:: @@ -226,7 +227,8 @@ the rest. .. versionadded:: 0.8 Deserialize a public key from DER encoded data to one of the supported - asymmetric public key types. + asymmetric public key types. The DER encoded data is typically a + ``subjectPublicKeyInfo`` payload as specified in :rfc:`5280`. :param bytes data: The DER encoded key data. |