1 /** 2 * @file 3 * X.509 module documentation file. 4 * 5 * Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved 6 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 7 * 8 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may 9 * not use this file except in compliance with the License. 10 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 11 * 12 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 13 * 14 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 15 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 16 * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 17 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 18 * limitations under the License. 19 * 20 * This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org) 21 */ 22 23 /** 24 * @addtogroup x509_module X.509 module 25 * 26 * The X.509 module provides X.509 support for reading, writing and verification 27 * of certificates. 28 * In summary: 29 * - X.509 certificate (CRT) reading (see \c mbedtls_x509_crt_parse(), 30 * \c mbedtls_x509_crt_parse_der(), \c mbedtls_x509_crt_parse_file()). 31 * - X.509 certificate revocation list (CRL) reading (see 32 * \c mbedtls_x509_crl_parse(), \c mbedtls_x509_crl_parse_der(), 33 * and \c mbedtls_x509_crl_parse_file()). 34 * - X.509 certificate signature verification (see \c 35 * mbedtls_x509_crt_verify() and \c mbedtls_x509_crt_verify_with_profile(). 36 * - X.509 certificate writing and certificate request writing (see 37 * \c mbedtls_x509write_crt_der() and \c mbedtls_x509write_csr_der()). 38 * 39 * This module can be used to build a certificate authority (CA) chain and 40 * verify its signature. It is also used to generate Certificate Signing 41 * Requests and X.509 certificates just as a CA would do. 42 */ 43