Module authcert

Parsing implementation for Tor authority certificates

An “authority certificate” is a short signed document that binds a directory authority’s permanent “identity key” to its medium-term “signing key”. Using separate keys here enables the authorities to keep their identity keys securely offline, while using the signing keys to sign votes and consensuses.

Structs

AuthCert

A single authority certificate.

AuthCertBuilderbuild_docs

A builder object used to construct an authority certificate.

AuthCertKeyIds

A pair of key identities that identifies a certificate.

UncheckedAuthCert

An authority certificate whose signature and validity time we haven’t checked.