[tor-commits] [torspec/master] In addition to the content, explain the format too

[nickm at torproject.org]

commit f9e111ead769d48441d99b52039ef0ccbd3f2c62
Author: Sven Herzberg <sven.herzberg at cluepunk.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 13 17:43:53 2016 +0100

    In addition to the content, explain the format too
    
    The term “X509 certificate” actually only describes one part of the
    format. Be more explicit to mean DER encoded certificates (in contrast to
    PEM encoded certifcates).
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 tor-spec.txt |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tor-spec.txt b/tor-spec.txt
index ee0e511..e85634d 100644
--- a/tor-spec.txt
+++ b/tor-spec.txt
@@ -559,7 +559,8 @@ see tor-design.pdf.
         2: RSA1024 Identity certificate
         3: RSA1024 AUTHENTICATE cell link certificate
 
-   The certificate format for the above certificate types is X509.
+   The certificate format for the above certificate types is DER encoded
+   X509.
 
    A CERTS cell may have no more than one certificate of each CertType.