From 2d8e574e9dd1510783f12b7632b05622a16e82ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 09:27:55 -0400 Subject: add some notes about when to use these classmethods --- docs/x509/reference.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/x509') diff --git a/docs/x509/reference.rst b/docs/x509/reference.rst index 1e8aebad..399d693a 100644 --- a/docs/x509/reference.rst +++ b/docs/x509/reference.rst @@ -1541,6 +1541,13 @@ X.509 Extensions .. versionadded:: 1.0 + .. note:: + + This method should be used if the issuer certificate does not + contain a :class:`~cryptography.x509.SubjectKeyIdentifier`. + Otherwise, use + :meth:`~cryptography.x509.AuthorityKeyIdentifier.from_issuer_subject_key_identifier`. + Creates a new AuthorityKeyIdentifier instance using the public key provided to generate the appropriate digest. This should be the **issuer's public key**. The resulting object will contain @@ -1572,6 +1579,11 @@ X.509 Extensions .. versionadded:: 1.3 + .. note:: + This method should be used if the issuer certificate contains a + :class:`~cryptography.x509.SubjectKeyIdentifier`. Otherwise, use + :meth:`~cryptography.x509.AuthorityKeyIdentifier.from_issuer_public_key`. + Creates a new AuthorityKeyIdentifier instance using the SubjectKeyIdentifier from the issuer certificate. The resulting object will contain -- cgit v1.2.3