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webpki is a library that validates Web PKI (TLS/SSL) certificates. It's
used by [Rustls](https://github.com/rustls/rustls) to handle certificate-related
tasks required for implementing TLS clients and servers.
webpki is written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) and uses
[*ring*](https://github.com/briansmith/ring) for cryptographic operations and
low-level parsing.
This is a fork of the [original webpki project](https://github.com/briansmith/webpki)
which adds a number of features required by the rustls project. This fork is
released as the `rustls-webpki` crate, with versions starting 0.100.0 so as to
not confusingly overlap with `webpki` versions.
Features
===============
* Representing trust anchors - webpki requires the caller to bootstrap trust by
explicitly specifying a set of trust anchors using the `TrustAnchor` type.
* Parsing certificates - webpki can convert from the raw encoded form of
a certificate into something that can be used for making trust decisions.
* Path building - webpki can determine if a certificate for an end entity like
a website or client identity was issued by a trust anchor, or a series of
intermediate certificates the trust anchor has endorsed.
* Name/usage validation - webpki can determine if a certificate is valid for
a given DNS name or IP address by considering the allowed usage of the
certificate and additional constraints.
Limitations
===============
webpki offers a minimal feature set tailored to the needs of Rustls. Notably it
does not offer:
* Support for self-signed certificates
* Certificate or keypair generation
* Access to arbitrary certificate extensions
* Parsing/representation of certificate subjects, or human-friendly display of
these fields
For these tasks you may prefer using webpki in combination with libraries like
[x509-parser](https://github.com/rusticata/x509-parser) and
[rcgen](https://github.com/est31/rcgen).
Changelog
=========
Release history can be found [on GitHub](https://github.com/rustls/webpki/releases).
Demo
====
See https://github.com/rustls/rustls#example-code for an example of using
webpki.
License
=======
See [LICENSE](LICENSE). This project happily accepts pull requests without any
formal copyright/contributor license agreement.
Bug Reporting
=============
Please refer to the [SECURITY](SECURITY.md) policy for security issues. All
other bugs should be reported as [GitHub issues](https://github.com/rustls/webpki/issues/new).