<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/02/xpath-functions"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../doc/otp_doc.css" type="text/css"> <title>Erlang -- Introduction</title> </head> <body bgcolor="white" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#ff00ff" alink="#ff0000"><div id="container"> <script id="js" type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="../../../../doc/js/flipmenu/flipmenu.js"></script><script id="js2" type="text/javascript" src="../../../../doc/js/erlresolvelinks.js"></script><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> <!-- function getWinHeight() { var myHeight = 0; if( typeof( window.innerHeight ) == 'number' ) { //Non-IE myHeight = window.innerHeight; } else if( document.documentElement && ( document.documentElement.clientWidth || document.documentElement.clientHeight ) ) { //IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode' myHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight; } else if( document.body && ( document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight ) ) { //IE 4 compatible myHeight = document.body.clientHeight; } return myHeight; } function setscrollpos() { var objf=document.getElementById('loadscrollpos'); document.getElementById("leftnav").scrollTop = objf.offsetTop - getWinHeight()/2; } function addEvent(obj, evType, fn){ if (obj.addEventListener){ obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, true); return true; } else if (obj.attachEvent){ var r = obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn); return r; } else { return false; } } addEvent(window, 'load', setscrollpos); //--></script><div id="leftnav"><div class="innertube"> <img alt="Erlang logo" src="../../../../doc/erlang-logo.png"><br><small><a href="users_guide.html">User's Guide</a><br><a href="index.html">Reference Manual</a><br><a href="release_notes.html">Release Notes</a><br><a href="../pdf/public_key-0.5.pdf">PDF</a><br><a href="../../../../doc/index.html">Top</a></small><p><strong>public_key</strong><br><strong>User's Guide</strong><br><small>Version 0.5</small></p> <br><a href="javascript:openAllFlips()">Expand All</a><br><a href="javascript:closeAllFlips()">Contract All</a><p><small><strong>Chapters</strong></small></p> <ul class="flipMenu" imagepath="../../../../doc/js/flipmenu"> <li id="loadscrollpos" title="Introduction" expanded="true">Introduction<ul> <li><a href="introduction.html"> Top of chapter </a></li> <li title="Purpose"><a href="introduction.html#id2260020">Purpose</a></li> <li title="Prerequisites"><a href="introduction.html#id2252226">Prerequisites</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="no" title="Public key records" expanded="false">Public key records<ul> <li><a href="public_key_records.html"> Top of chapter </a></li> <li title="RSA as defined by the PKCS-1 standard and RFC 3447."><a href="public_key_records.html#id2257412">RSA as defined by the PKCS-1 standard and RFC 3447.</a></li> <li title="DSA as defined by Digital Signature Standard (NIST FIPS PUB 186-2) "><a href="public_key_records.html#id2259369">DSA as defined by Digital Signature Standard (NIST FIPS PUB 186-2) </a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="no" title="Certificate records" expanded="false">Certificate records<ul> <li><a href="cert_records.html"> Top of chapter </a></li> <li title="Common Data Types"><a href="cert_records.html#id2259515">Common Data Types</a></li> <li title=" PKIX Certificates"><a href="cert_records.html#id2259543"> PKIX Certificates</a></li> <li title="Standard certificate extensions"><a href="cert_records.html#id2260098">Standard certificate extensions</a></li> <li title="Private Internet Extensions"><a href="cert_records.html#id2258551">Private Internet Extensions</a></li> <li title=" CRL and CRL Extensions Profile"><a href="cert_records.html#id2259007"> CRL and CRL Extensions Profile</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div></div> <div id="content"> <div class="innertube"> <h1>1 Introduction</h1> <h3><a name="id2260020">1.1 Purpose</a></h3> <p> This application provides an API to public key infrastructure from RFC 3280 (X.509 certificates) and public key formats defined by the PKCS-standard.</p> <h3><a name="id2252226">1.2 Prerequisites</a></h3> <p>It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the Erlang programming language, concepts of OTP and has a basic understanding of the concepts of using public keys.</p> </div> <div class="footer"> <hr> <p>Copyright © 2008-2010 Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</p> </div> </div> </div></body> </html>