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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index aa75ec9866..f510fd40c0 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ If you want to know the current machine's IP address, you may want to use This operation assumes that there is a valid address-to-host mapping for the host, and the assumption does not always hold. Note: \function{gethostname()} doesn't always return the fully qualified -domain name; use \code{gethostbyaddr(gethostname())} -(see below). +domain name; use \code{getfqdn()} +(see above). \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{gethostbyaddr}{ip_address} @@ -712,14 +712,15 @@ read until EOF. The return value is a string of the bytes read. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{server}{} -Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the -server's certificate. (See below for an example -showing what distinguished names look like.) +Returns a string describing the server's certificate. +Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string +because its format can't be parsed unambiguously. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{issuer}{} -Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the -issuer of the server's certificate. +Returns a string describing the issuer of the server's certificate. +Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string +because its format can't be parsed unambiguously. \end{methoddesc} \subsection{Example \label{socket-example}} |