QCA::CertificateAuthority Class Reference

A Certificate Authority is used to generate Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). More...

#include <QtCrypto>

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Public Member Functions
	CertificateAuthority (const Certificate &cert, const PrivateKey &key, const QString &provider)
	CertificateAuthority (const CertificateAuthority &from)
CertificateAuthority &	operator= (const CertificateAuthority &from)
Certificate	certificate () const
Certificate	signRequest (const CertificateRequest &req, const QDateTime &notValidAfter) const
Certificate	createCertificate (const PublicKey &key, const CertificateOptions &opts) const
CRL	createCRL (const QDateTime &nextUpdate) const
CRL	updateCRL (const CRL &crl, const QList< CRLEntry > &entries, const QDateTime &nextUpdate) const

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Detailed Description

A Certificate Authority is used to generate Certificates and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs).

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

QCA::CertificateAuthority::CertificateAuthority (  const Certificate &  cert, const PrivateKey &  key, const QString &  provider )

Create a new Certificate Authority. Parameters: cert  the CA certificate key  the private key associated with the CA certificate provider  the provider to use, if a specific provider is required

QCA::CertificateAuthority::CertificateAuthority (  const CertificateAuthority &  from  )

Copy constructor. Parameters: from  the CertificateAuthority to copy from

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Member Function Documentation

CertificateAuthority& QCA::CertificateAuthority::operator= (  const CertificateAuthority &  from  )

Standard assignment operator. Parameters: from  the CertificateAuthority to copy from

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::certificate (   )  const

The Certificate belonging to the CertificateAuthority. This is the Certificate that was passed as an argument to the constructor

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::signRequest (  const CertificateRequest &  req, const QDateTime &  notValidAfter )  const

Create a new Certificate by signing the provider CertificateRequest. Parameters: req  the CertificateRequest to sign notValidAfter  the last date that the Certificate will be valid

Certificate QCA::CertificateAuthority::createCertificate (  const PublicKey &  key, const CertificateOptions &  opts )  const

Create a new Certificate. Parameters: key  the Public Key to use to create the Certificate opts  the options to use for the new Certificate

CRL QCA::CertificateAuthority::createCRL (  const QDateTime &  nextUpdate  )  const

Create a new Certificate Revocation List (CRL). Parameters: nextUpdate  the date that the CRL will be updated Returns: an empty CRL

CRL QCA::CertificateAuthority::updateCRL (  const CRL &  crl, const QList< CRLEntry > &  entries, const QDateTime &  nextUpdate )  const

Update the CRL to include new entries. Parameters: crl  the CRL to update entries  the entries to add to the CRL nextUpdate  the date that this CRL will be updated Returns: the update CRL

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• qca_cert.h

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