public_key: Updated User Guide with ECC records

3 files changed, 65 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/public_key/doc/src/cert_records.xml b/lib/public_key/doc/src/cert_records.xml
index 397c13b463..d1293d12b8 100644
--- a/lib/public_key/doc/src/cert_records.xml
+++ b/lib/public_key/doc/src/cert_records.xml
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@
 
   <p>This chapter briefly describes erlang records derived from ASN1
   specifications used to handle <c> X509 certificates</c> and <c>CertificationRequest</c>.
-  The intent is to describe the data types and not to specify the meaning of each
-  component for this we refer you to <url
+ The intent is to describe the data types
+and not to specify the semantics of each component. For information on the
+semantics, please see <url
   href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5280.txt">RFC 5280</url> and
   <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5967.txt">PKCS-10</url>.
   </p>
diff --git a/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key.xml b/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key.xml
index 8e93f562d4..f8011cd5c0 100644
--- a/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key.xml
+++ b/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
     <p><em>Data Types </em></p>
     
-    <p><code>oid() - a tuple of integers as generated by the ASN1 compiler.</code></p>
+    <p><code>oid() - Object Identifier, a tuple of integers as generated by the ASN1 compiler.</code></p>
 
     <p><code>boolean() = true | false</code></p>
 
diff --git a/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml b/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml
index 13bb996f7f..d3534846fa 100644
--- a/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml
+++ b/lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <header>
     <copyright>
       <year>2008</year>
-      <year>2013</year>
+      <year>2014</year>
       <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
     </copyright>
     <legalnotice>
@@ -35,17 +35,27 @@
   </header>
     
   <p>This chapter briefly describes Erlang records derived from ASN1
-  specifications used to handle public and private keys. The intent
-  is to describe the data types and not to specify the meaning of
-  each component for this we refer you to the relevant standards and RFCs.</p>
+  specifications used to handle public and private keys.
+  The intent is to describe the data types
+  and not to specify the semantics of each component. For information on the
+  semantics, please see the relevant standards and RFCs.</p>
 
   <p>Use the following include directive to get access to the
-  records and constant macros used in the following sections.</p>
+  records and constant macros described in the following sections.</p>
   
   <code> -include_lib("public_key/include/public_key.hrl"). </code>
 
+   <section>
+     <title>Common Data Types</title>   
+
+    <p>Common non-standard Erlang
+    data types used to described the record fields in the
+    below sections are defined in <seealso
+    marker="public_key">public key reference manual </seealso></p>
+  </section>
+
   <section>
-    <title>RSA as defined by the PKCS-1 standard and RFC 3447.</title>
+    <title>RSA as defined by the PKCS-1 standard and  <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt"> RFC 3447 </url></title>
     
     <code>
 #'RSAPublicKey'{
@@ -76,7 +86,8 @@
   </section>
 
   <section>
-    <title>DSA as defined by Digital Signature Standard (NIST FIPS PUB 186-2)
+    <title>DSA as defined by
+    <url href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips186-3/fips_186-3.pdf">  Digital Signature Standard (NIST FIPS PUB 186-2) </url>
     </title>
     
     <code>	 
@@ -96,4 +107,47 @@
 	 }. 
     </code>
   </section>
+
+  <section>
+       <title>ECC (Elliptic Curve) <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3447.txt"> RFC 5480 </url> 
+    </title>
+    
+    <code>	 
+#'ECPrivateKey'{
+          version,       % integer()
+	  privateKey,    % octet_string()  
+	  parameters,    % der_encoded() - {'EcpkParameters', #'ECParameters'{}} |
+	                                   {'EcpkParameters', {namedCurve, oid()}} |
+	                                   {'EcpkParameters', 'NULL'} % Inherited by CA
+	  publicKey      % bitstring()
+	  }.
+	  
+#'ECParameters'{
+      version,    % integer()
+      fieldID,    % #'FieldID'{}
+      curve,      % #'Curve'{}
+      base,       % octet_string()       
+      order,      % integer()        
+      cofactor    % integer()
+      }.
+      
+#'Curve'{
+	a,        % octet_string()
+	b,        % octet_string() 
+	seed      % bitstring() - optional
+
+	}.
+
+#'FieldID'{
+	fieldType,    % oid()
+	parameters    % Depending on fieldType
+	}.
+
+#'ECPoint'{
+      point %  octet_string() - the public key
+      }.
+
+    </code>
+  </section>
+
 </chapter>