cosmetic & rename str into string

[sfa.git] / sfa / trust / certificate.py

diff --git a/sfa/trust/certificate.py b/sfa/trust/certificate.py
index 5ad616a..ac64366 100644 (file)
--- a/sfa/trust/certificate.py
+++ b/sfa/trust/certificate.py
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@
 ##
 #
 
+# Notes on using the openssl command line
+#
+# for verifying the chain in a gid, assuming it is split into pieces p1.pem p2.pem p3.pem
+# you can use openssl to verify the chain using this command
+# openssl verify -verbose -CAfile <(cat p2.pem p3.pem) p1.pem
+# also you can use sfax509 to invoke openssl x509 on all parts of the gid
+#
+
+
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import functools
@@ -684,13 +693,13 @@ class Certificate:
     # the X509 subject_alt_name extension. Set_data can only be called once, due
     # to limitations in the underlying library.
 
-    def set_data(self, str, field='subjectAltName'):
+    def set_data(self, string, field='subjectAltName'):
         # pyOpenSSL only allows us to add extensions, so if we try to set the
         # same extension more than once, it will not work
         if field in self.data:
             raise Exception("Cannot set {} more than once".format(field))
-        self.data[field] = str
-        self.add_extension(field, 0, str)
+        self.data[field] = string
+        self.add_extension(field, 0, string)
 
     ##
     # Return the data string that was previously set with set_data