From 35094a6962f7353cf13ab748dfb4685b769cfce1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:50:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [Bug #1583946] Reword description of server and issuer --- Doc/lib/libsocket.tex | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex index aa75ec9866..ececea4b2c 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsocket.tex @@ -712,14 +712,15 @@ read until EOF. The return value is a string of the bytes read. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{server}{} -Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the -server's certificate. (See below for an example -showing what distinguished names look like.) +Returns a string describing the server's certificate. +Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string +because its format can't be parsed unambiguously. \end{methoddesc} \begin{methoddesc}{issuer}{} -Returns a string containing the ASN.1 distinguished name identifying the -issuer of the server's certificate. +Returns a string describing the issuer of the server's certificate. +Useful for debugging purposes; do not parse the content of this string +because its format can't be parsed unambiguously. \end{methoddesc} \subsection{Example \label{socket-example}} -- 2.50.1