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crypto/x509: better document Verify's behaviour.

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This change expands the documentation for Verify to mention the name
constraints and EKU behaviour.

Change-Id: Ifc80faa6077c26fcc1d2a261ad1d14c00fd13b23
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/87300
Reviewed-by: Brad Fitzpatrick <bradfitz@golang.org>
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Adam Langley 2018-01-10 14:26:33 -08:00 committed by Russ Cox
parent 67fdf587dc
commit 4dc1c491b0
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src/crypto/x509/verify.go
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@ -781,7 +781,17 @@ func (c *Certificate) isValid(certType int, currentChain []*Certificate, opts *V
// If opts.Roots is nil and system roots are unavailable the returned error
// will be of type SystemRootsError.
//
// WARNING: this doesn't do any revocation checking.
// Name constraints in the intermediates will be applied to all names claimed
// in the chain, not just opts.DNSName. Thus it is invalid for a leaf to claim
// example.com if an intermediate doesn't permit it, even if example.com is not
// the name being validated. Note that DirectoryName constraints are not
// supported.
//
// Extended Key Usage values are enforced down a chain, so an intermediate or
// root that enumerates EKUs prevents a leaf from asserting an EKU not in that
// list.
//
// WARNING: this function doesn't do any revocation checking.
func (c *Certificate) Verify(opts VerifyOptions) (chains [][]*Certificate, err error) {
// Platform-specific verification needs the ASN.1 contents so
// this makes the behavior consistent across platforms.