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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2017-05-24 19:24:54 -0700 |
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| committer | Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> | 2017-05-24 21:24:54 -0500 |
| commit | 136b3242148abc1059661284196c772471ff9ca5 (patch) | |
| tree | 60692ede5c5349c83552e84c5252d2ae097b433a /docs/x509/tutorial.rst | |
| parent | 9bab8bd3c0ca26a83151c12fd2fb7f5fb0929b4a (diff) | |
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add some explicit instructions on determining key type in a cert (#3596)
* add some explicit instructions on determining key type in a cert
* can't call it a CSR
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diff --git a/docs/x509/tutorial.rst b/docs/x509/tutorial.rst index 372d78a4..d34b3504 100644 --- a/docs/x509/tutorial.rst +++ b/docs/x509/tutorial.rst @@ -152,3 +152,20 @@ Then we generate the certificate itself: And now we have a private key and certificate that can be used for local testing. + +Determining Certificate or Certificate Signing Request Key Type +--------------------------------------------------------------- + +Certificates and certificate signing requests can be issued with multiple +key types. You can determine what the key type is by using ``isinstance`` +checks: + +.. code-block:: pycon + + >>> public_key = cert.public_key() + >>> if isinstance(public_key, rsa.RSAPublicKey): + ... # Do something RSA specific + ... elif isinstance(public_key, ec.EllipticCurvePublicKey): + ... # Do something EC specific + ... else: + ... # Remember to handle this case |