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| author | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2015-08-08 10:03:02 -0500 |
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| committer | Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com> | 2015-08-08 10:22:45 -0500 |
| commit | eb9ec00ff857e2788938baa50beb9c92e2b693db (patch) | |
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add more prose about how the digest is generated
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diff --git a/docs/x509/reference.rst b/docs/x509/reference.rst index 61f73e9d..e83a4ace 100644 --- a/docs/x509/reference.rst +++ b/docs/x509/reference.rst @@ -1125,7 +1125,9 @@ X.509 Extensions Creates a new SubjectKeyIdentifier instance using the public key provided to generate the appropriate digest. This should be the public - key that is in the certificate. + key that is in the certificate. The generated digest is the SHA1 hash + of the ``subjectPublicKey`` ASN.1 bit string. This is the first + recommendation in :rfc:`5280` section 4.2.1.2. :param public_key: One of :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.primitives.asymmetric.rsa.RSAPublicKey` |