X509 {PKI} | R Documentation |
PKI.load.cert
creates a certificate obejct from a string,
connection or file.
PKI.verifyCA
verifies a certificate against a given chain of
trust.
PKI.pubkey
extracts public key from a certificate.
PKI.get.subject
extracts the subject name from the certificate.
PKI.load.cert(what, format = c("PEM", "DER"), file) PKI.verifyCA(certificate, ca) PKI.pubkey(certificate) PKI.get.subject(certificate)
what |
string, raw vector or connection to load the certificate from |
format |
format used to encode the certificate |
file |
filename to load the certificate from - |
certificate |
a certificate object (as returned by
|
ca |
a certificate object of the Certificate Authority (CA) or a list of such objects if multiple CAs are involved |
PKI.load.code
: a certificate object
PKI.verifyCA
: TRUE
is the certificate can be trusted,
FALSE
otherwise
PKI.pubkey
: public key object
PKI.get.subject
: string containing the subject information in
one-line RFC2253 format but in UTF8 encoding instead of MBS escapes.
NOTE: this is experimantal, we may choose to parse the contents and
return it in native R form as a named vector instead.
Simon Urbanek
ca <- PKI.load.cert(file=system.file("certs", "RForge-ca.crt", package="PKI")) my.cert <- PKI.load.cert(readLines(system.file("certs", "demo.crt", package="PKI"))) PKI.verifyCA(my.cert, ca) PKI.pubkey(my.cert) PKI.get.subject(my.cert)