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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2015-01-30 20:05:55 -0600 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2015-01-30 20:05:55 -0600 |
| commit | 5b0a8d63ab9215d9d5877df1d1c99a32d98bf8e2 (patch) | |
| tree | 3772790929895bbae214f4778daa09d6fbce06b7 /docs | |
| parent | d5852cb6605ae4270b4fe2f8b783e25e019b147d (diff) | |
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add some prose trying to explain Attribute and ObjectIdentifier
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diff --git a/docs/x509.rst b/docs/x509.rst index 19a62bed..42b95a11 100644 --- a/docs/x509.rst +++ b/docs/x509.rst @@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ X.509 Certificate Object .. versionadded:: 0.8 + An X.509 name consists of a list of Attribute objects. + .. attribute:: oid :type: :class:`ObjectIdentifier` @@ -201,6 +203,9 @@ X.509 Certificate Object .. versionadded:: 0.8 + Object identifiers (frequently seen abbreviated as OID) identify the type + of a value (see: :class:`Attribute`). + .. attribute:: value :type: :class:`str` |