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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/ssl/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml index e019654685..28bf82b406 100644 --- a/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml +++ b/lib/ssl/doc/src/ssl.xml @@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ </item> <tag>{depth, integer()}</tag> - <item>Specifies the maximum - verification depth, i.e. how far in a chain of certificates the - verification process can proceed before the verification is - considered to fail. Peer certificate = 0, CA certificate = 1, - higher level CA certificate = 2, etc. The value 2 thus means - that a chain can at most contain peer cert, CA cert, next CA - cert, and an additional CA cert. The default value is 1. + <item> + The depth is the maximum number of non-self-issued + intermediate certificates that may follow the peer certificate + in a valid certification path. So if depth is 0 the PEER must + be signed by the trusted ROOT-CA directly, if 1 the path can + be PEER, CA, ROOT-CA, if it is 2 PEER, CA, CA, ROOT-CA and so + on. The default value is 1. </item> <tag>{verify_fun, {Verifyfun :: fun(), InitialUserState :: term()}}</tag> |