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| author | Jason Gerfen <jason.gerfen@gmail.com> | 2013-10-15 08:31:14 -0600 |
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| committer | Ben Noordhuis <info@bnoordhuis.nl> | 2013-10-15 21:12:47 +0200 |
| commit | aa94450b31a28d6251df3b88fdd652ddd1e67a69 (patch) | |
| tree | a2f3889bcf62ce0fa52b2f80c909486c6fe92cc1 /doc | |
| parent | 7f66e44dc1e90e7abda2a9ed02d7e8163e1f6358 (diff) | |
| download | node-new-aa94450b31a28d6251df3b88fdd652ddd1e67a69.tar.gz | |
doc: crypto: document SPKAC additions
Document the SPKAC functionality that was added in commit 7f66e44.
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diff --git a/doc/api/crypto.markdown b/doc/api/crypto.markdown index 27b03622e8..925eb58933 100644 --- a/doc/api/crypto.markdown +++ b/doc/api/crypto.markdown @@ -474,6 +474,26 @@ such as in the generation of encryption keys. Usage is otherwise identical to `crypto.randomBytes`. +## Class: Certificate + +The class used for working with signed public key & challenges. The most +common usage for this series of functions is when dealing with the `<keygen>` +element. http://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/spkac.html + +Returned by `crypto.Certificate`. + +### Certificate.verifySpkac(spkac) + +Returns true of false based on the validity of the SPKAC. + +### Certificate.exportChallenge(spkac) + +Exports the encoded public key from the supplied SPKAC. + +### Certificate.exportPublicKey(spkac) + +Exports the encoded challenge associated with the SPKAC. + ## crypto.DEFAULT_ENCODING The default encoding to use for functions that can take either strings |