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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml | 23 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml index f50f714fe6..a11919eb51 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/new_ssl.xml @@ -437,30 +437,17 @@ end </func> <func> - <name>peercert(Socket) -> </name> - <name>peercert(Socket, Opts) -> {ok, Cert} | {error, Reason}</name> + <name>peercert(Socket) -> {ok, Cert} | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Return the peer certificate.</fsummary> <type> <v>Socket = sslsocket()</v> - <v>Opts = [] | [otp] | [plain] </v> - <v>Cert = term()</v> + <v>Cert = binary()</v> <v>Subject = term()</v> </type> <desc> - <p><c>peercert(Cert)</c> is equivalent to <c>peercert(Cert, [])</c>. - </p> - <p>The form of the returned certificate depends on the - options. - </p> - <p>If the options list is empty the certificate is returned as - a DER encoded binary. - </p> - <p>The option <c>otp</c> or <c>plain</c> implies that the - certificate will be returned as a parsed ASN.1 structure in the - form of an Erlang term. For detail see the public_key application. - Currently only plain is officially supported see the public_key users - guide. - </p> + <p>The peer certificate is returned as a DER encoded binary. + The certificate can be decoded with <c>public_key:pkix_decode_cert/2</c>. + </p> </desc> </func> <func> |