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| author | Jean-Paul Calderone <exarkun@twistedmatrix.com> | 2015-01-18 15:49:15 -0500 |
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| committer | Stephen Holsapple <sholsapp@gmail.com> | 2015-01-30 17:49:38 -0800 |
| commit | 13a816887abfcf4e1b7ea4bf8478f625f428cb36 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d621761b56db4f98e51c352e750c26774397e3b | |
| parent | 06e01b9d8f8e3ccbfd1820ff3f24fffe001e7b4f (diff) | |
| download | pyopenssl-13a816887abfcf4e1b7ea4bf8478f625f428cb36.tar.gz | |
A little bit more explanation of what "context" means here.
| -rw-r--r-- | OpenSSL/crypto.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/OpenSSL/crypto.py b/OpenSSL/crypto.py index fbccb6d..b6951c0 100644 --- a/OpenSSL/crypto.py +++ b/OpenSSL/crypto.py @@ -1392,10 +1392,12 @@ class X509StoreContext(object): """ An X.509 store context. - An :py:class:`X509StoreContext` is used to verify a certificate in some - context in conjunction with :py:func:`verify_cert`. The information - encapsulated in this object includes, but is not limited to, a set of - trusted certificates, verification parameters and revoked certificates. + An :py:class:`X509StoreContext` is used to define some of the criteria for + certificate verification. The information encapsulated in this object + includes, but is not limited to, a set of trusted certificates, + verification parameters, and revoked certificates. + + Of these, only the set of trusted certificates is currently exposed. :ivar _store_ctx: The underlying X509_STORE_CTX structure used by this instance. It is dynamically allocated and automatically garbage |