Add a bytes method to get the DER ASN.1 encoding of an X509 name. (#3236)
* Add a bytes method to get the DER ASN.1 encoding of an X509 name.
This is useful for creating an OpenSSL style subject_name_hash (#3011)
* add to backend interface and update multibackend
* bytes -> public_bytes
diff --git a/docs/x509/reference.rst b/docs/x509/reference.rst
index bc408ae..d3e72c0 100644
--- a/docs/x509/reference.rst
+++ b/docs/x509/reference.rst
@@ -1142,6 +1142,16 @@
>>> cert.subject.get_attributes_for_oid(NameOID.COMMON_NAME)
[<NameAttribute(oid=<ObjectIdentifier(oid=2.5.4.3, name=commonName)>, value=u'Good CA')>]
+ .. method:: public_bytes(backend)
+
+ .. versionadded:: 1.6
+
+ :param backend: A backend supporting the
+ :class:`~cryptography.hazmat.backends.interfaces.X509Backend`
+ interface.
+
+ :return bytes: The DER encoded name.
+
.. class:: Version
.. versionadded:: 0.7