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| 3.1.1 X509 objects |
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| X509 objects have the following methods: |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-34'><tt class='method'>get_issuer</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return an X509Name object representing the issuer of the certificate. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-35'><tt class='method'>get_pubkey</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return a PKey object representing the public key of the certificate. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-36'><tt class='method'>get_serial_number</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return the certificate serial number. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-37'><tt class='method'>get_subject</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return an X509Name object representing the subject of the certificate. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-38'><tt class='method'>get_version</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return the certificate version. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-39'><tt class='method'>get_notBefore</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return a string giving the time before which the certificate is not valid. The |
| string is formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME: |
| <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm |
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| If no value exists for this field, <code>None</code> is returned. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-40'><tt class='method'>get_notAfter</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return a string giving the time after which the certificate is not valid. The |
| string is formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME: |
| <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm |
| </pre></dl> |
| If no value exists for this field, <code>None</code> is returned. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-41'><tt class='method'>set_notBefore</tt></a></b>(<var>when</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Change the time before which the certificate is not valid. <var>when</var> is a |
| string formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME: |
| <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm |
| </pre></dl> |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-42'><tt class='method'>set_notAfter</tt></a></b>(<var>when</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Change the time after which the certificate is not valid. <var>when</var> is a |
| string formatted as an ASN1 GENERALIZEDTIME: |
| <dl><dd><pre class="verbatim"> |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmssZ |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss+hhmm |
| YYYYMMDDhhmmss-hhmm |
| </pre></dl> |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-43'><tt class='method'>gmtime_adj_notBefore</tt></a></b>(<var>time</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Adjust the timestamp (in GMT) when the certificate starts being valid. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-44'><tt class='method'>gmtime_adj_notAfter</tt></a></b>(<var>time</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Adjust the timestamp (in GMT) when the certificate stops being valid. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-45'><tt class='method'>has_expired</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Checks the certificate's time stamp against current time. Returns true if the |
| certificate has expired and false otherwise. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-46'><tt class='method'>set_issuer</tt></a></b>(<var>issuer</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Set the issuer of the certificate to <var>issuer</var>. |
| </dl> |
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| <P> |
| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-47'><tt class='method'>set_pubkey</tt></a></b>(<var>pkey</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Set the public key of the certificate to <var>pkey</var>. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-48'><tt class='method'>set_serial_number</tt></a></b>(<var>serialno</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Set the serial number of the certificate to <var>serialno</var>. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-49'><tt class='method'>set_subject</tt></a></b>(<var>subject</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Set the subject of the certificate to <var>subject</var>. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-50'><tt class='method'>set_version</tt></a></b>(<var>version</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Set the certificate version to <var>version</var>. |
| </dl> |
| |
| <P> |
| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-51'><tt class='method'>sign</tt></a></b>(<var>pkey, digest</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Sign the certificate, using the key <var>pkey</var> and the message digest algorithm |
| identified by the string <var>digest</var>. |
| </dl> |
| |
| <P> |
| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-52'><tt class='method'>subject_name_hash</tt></a></b>() |
| <dd> |
| Return the hash of the certificate subject. |
| </dl> |
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| <P> |
| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-53'><tt class='method'>digest</tt></a></b>(<var>digest_name</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Return a digest of the certificate, using the <var>digest_name</var> method. |
| <var>digest_name</var> must be a string describing a digest algorithm supported |
| by OpenSSL (by EVP_get_digestbyname, specifically). For example, |
| <tt class="constant">"md5"</tt> or <tt class="constant">"sha1"</tt>. |
| </dl> |
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| <dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-54'><tt class='method'>add_extensions</tt></a></b>(<var>extensions</var>) |
| <dd> |
| Add the extensions in the sequence <var>extensions</var> to the certificate. |
| </dl> |
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