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authorPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2015-10-27 11:35:37 +0900
committerPaul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>2015-10-27 11:35:37 +0900
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update comment to include a bit more detail
-rw-r--r--src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
index db7022e5..775430d4 100644
--- a/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
+++ b/src/cryptography/hazmat/backends/openssl/backend.py
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ def _encode_name(backend, attributes):
value = attribute.value.encode('utf8')
obj = _txt2obj_gc(backend, attribute.oid.dotted_string)
if attribute.oid == NameOID.COUNTRY_NAME:
- # Per RFC5280 countryName should be encoded as PrintableString,
- # not UTF8String
+ # Per RFC5280 Appendix A.1 countryName should be encoded as
+ # PrintableString, not UTF8String
type = backend._lib.MBSTRING_ASC
else:
type = backend._lib.MBSTRING_UTF8