From 016e08abddf9fdc507da4f6c6f548c3dfee1b389 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 09:41:18 -1000 Subject: move x509 to top level, add more docs --- docs/x509.rst | 97 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 97 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/x509.rst (limited to 'docs/x509.rst') diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5d18297a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/x509.rst @@ -0,0 +1,97 @@ +.. hazmat:: + +X.509 +===== + +.. currentmodule:: cryptography.hazmat.primitives.x509 + +X.509 is an ITU-T standard for a `public key infrastructure`_. X.509v3 is +defined in :rfc:`5280` (which obsoletes :rfc:`2459` and :rfc:`3280`). + +Loading +~~~~~~~ + +.. function:: load_pem_x509_certificate(data, backend) + + .. versionadded:: 0.7 + + Deserialize a certificate from PEM encoded data. + + :param bytes data: The PEM encoded certificate data. + + :param backend: A backend supporting the + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.X509Backend` + interface. + + :returns: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.X509Certificate`. + +.. function:: load_der_x509_certificate(data, backend) + + .. versionadded:: 0.7 + + Deserialize a certificate from DER encoded data. + + :param bytes data: The DER encoded certificate data. + + :param backend: A backend supporting the + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.X509Backend` + interface. + + :returns: An instance of + :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.interfaces.X509Certificate`. + +.. testsetup:: + + pem_data = b""" + -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- + MIIDfDCCAmSgAwIBAgIBAjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBFMQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEf + MB0GA1UEChMWVGVzdCBDZXJ0aWZpY2F0ZXMgMjAxMTEVMBMGA1UEAxMMVHJ1c3Qg + QW5jaG9yMB4XDTEwMDEwMTA4MzAwMFoXDTMwMTIzMTA4MzAwMFowQDELMAkGA1UE + BhMCVVMxHzAdBgNVBAoTFlRlc3QgQ2VydGlmaWNhdGVzIDIwMTExEDAOBgNVBAMT + B0dvb2QgQ0EwggEiMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4IBDwAwggEKAoIBAQCQWJpHYo37 + Xfb7oJSPe+WvfTlzIG21WQ7MyMbGtK/m8mejCzR6c+f/pJhEH/OcDSMsXq8h5kXa + BGqWK+vSwD/Pzp5OYGptXmGPcthDtAwlrafkGOS4GqIJ8+k9XGKs+vQUXJKsOk47 + RuzD6PZupq4s16xaLVqYbUC26UcY08GpnoLNHJZS/EmXw1ZZ3d4YZjNlpIpWFNHn + UGmdiGKXUPX/9H0fVjIAaQwjnGAbpgyCumWgzIwPpX+ElFOUr3z7BoVnFKhIXze+ + VmQGSWxZxvWDUN90Ul0tLEpLgk3OVxUB4VUGuf15OJOpgo1xibINPmWt14Vda2N9 + yrNKloJGZNqLAgMBAAGjfDB6MB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFOR9X9FclYYILAWuvnW2ZafZ + XahmMB0GA1UdDgQWBBRYAYQkG7wrUpRKPaUQchRR9a86yTAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMC + AQYwFwYDVR0gBBAwDjAMBgpghkgBZQMCATABMA8GA1UdEwEB/wQFMAMBAf8wDQYJ + KoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBADWHlxbmdTXNwBL/llwhQqwnazK7CC2WsXBBqgNPWj7m + tvQ+aLG8/50Qc2Sun7o2VnwF9D18UUe8Gj3uPUYH+oSI1vDdyKcjmMbKRU4rk0eo + 3UHNDXwqIVc9CQS9smyV+x1HCwL4TTrq+LXLKx/qVij0Yqk+UJfAtrg2jnYKXsCu + FMBQQnWCGrwa1g1TphRp/RmYHnMynYFmZrXtzFz+U9XEA7C+gPq4kqDI/iVfIT1s + 6lBtdB50lrDVwl2oYfAvW/6sC2se2QleZidUmrziVNP4oEeXINokU6T6p//HM1FG + QYw2jOvpKcKtWCSAnegEbgsGYzATKjmPJPJ0npHFqzM= + -----END CERTIFICATE----- + """.strip() + +.. doctest:: + + >>> from cryptography.x509 import load_pem_x509_certificate + >>> from cryptography.hazmat.backends import default_backend + >>> cert = load_pem_x509_certificate(pem_data, default_backend()) + >>> cert.serial + 2 + +Support Classes +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +.. class:: X509Version + + .. versionadded:: 0.7 + + An enumeration for X.509 versions. + + .. attribute:: v1 + + For version 1 X.509 certificates. + + .. attribute:: v3 + + For version 3 X.509 certificates. + + + +.. _`public key infrastructure`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_key_infrastructure -- cgit v1.2.3