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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/x509/x509_write.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/x509/x509_write.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/x509/x509_write.c b/lib/x509/x509_write.c index 33008ca330..db1fff8b2a 100644 --- a/lib/x509/x509_write.c +++ b/lib/x509/x509_write.c @@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ static void disable_optional_stuff( gnutls_x509_crt cert); * @oid: holds an Object Identifier in a null terminated string * @raw_flag: must be 0, or 1 if the data are DER encoded * @name: a pointer to the name - * @sizeof_name: holds the size of 'name' + * @sizeof_name: holds the size of @name * * This function will set the part of the name of the Certificate subject, specified - * by the given OID. + * by the given OID. The input string should be ASCII or UTF-8 encoded. * * Some helper macros with popular OIDs can be found in gnutls/x509.h * With this function you can only set the known OIDs. You can test @@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ int gnutls_x509_crt_set_dn_by_oid(gnutls_x509_crt crt, const char* oid, * @oid: holds an Object Identifier in a null terminated string * @raw_flag: must be 0, or 1 if the data are DER encoded * @name: a pointer to the name - * @sizeof_name: holds the size of 'name' + * @sizeof_name: holds the size of @name * * This function will set the part of the name of the Certificate issuer, specified - * by the given OID. + * by the given OID. The input string should be ASCII or UTF-8 encoded. * * Some helper macros with popular OIDs can be found in gnutls/x509.h * With this function you can only set the known OIDs. You can test @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ int gnutls_x509_crt_set_dn_by_oid(gnutls_x509_crt crt, const char* oid, * not known (by gnutls) you should properly DER encode your data, and * call this function with raw_flag set. * + * Normally you do not need to call this function, since the signing + * operation will copy the signer's name as the issuer of the certificate. + * * Returns 0 on success. * **/ |