From d3a17c865f6615c682bebe3be9c566b91b66ceb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:36:43 -0600 Subject: provide a bit more detail about the underlying public key formats --- docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric/serialization.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/hazmat/primitives/asymmetric') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3