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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 29 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index 9b780b14ce..217eb791d0 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml @@ -347,39 +347,17 @@ </desc> </func> <func> - <name>peercert(Socket) -> </name> - <name>peercert(Socket, Opts) -> {ok, Cert} | {ok, Subject} | {error, Reason}</name> + <name>peercert(Socket) -> {ok, Cert} | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Return the peer certificate.</fsummary> <type> <v>Socket = sslsocket()</v> - <v>Opts = [pkix | ssl | subject]()</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 options <c>pkix</c> and <c>ssl</c> implies that the - certificate is returned as a parsed ASN.1 structure in the - form of an Erlang term. - </p> - <p>The <c>ssl</c> option gives a more elaborate return - structure, with more explicit information. In particular - object identifiers are replaced by atoms. - </p> - <p>The options <c>pkix</c>, and <c>ssl</c> are mutually - exclusive. - </p> - <p>The option <c>subject</c> implies that only the subject's - distinguished name part of the peer certificate is returned. - It can only be used together with the option <c>pkix</c> or - the option <c>ssl</c>.</p> + <p>Returns the DER encoded peer certificate, the certificate can be decoded with + <c>public_key:pkix_decode_cert/2</c>. + </p> </desc> </func> <func> @@ -719,8 +697,7 @@ <section> <title>SEE ALSO</title> - <p>gen_tcp(3), inet(3) - </p> + <p>gen_tcp(3), inet(3) public_key(3) </p> </section> </erlref> |