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-rw-r--r--lib/public_key/doc/src/cert_records.xml5
-rw-r--r--lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key.xml2
-rw-r--r--lib/public_key/doc/src/public_key_records.xml68
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>