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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey.pod | 4 |
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diff --git a/doc/man3/PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey.pod b/doc/man3/PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey.pod index 9df61892fd..4ed1b8c703 100644 --- a/doc/man3/PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey.pod +++ b/doc/man3/PEM_read_bio_PrivateKey.pod @@ -358,6 +358,10 @@ will be used. =head1 NOTES +The PEM reading functions will skip any extraneous content or PEM data of +a different type than they expect. This allows for example having a certificate +(or multiple certificates) and a key in the PEM format in a single file. + The old B<PrivateKey> write routines are retained for compatibility. New applications should write private keys using the PEM_write_bio_PKCS8PrivateKey() or PEM_write_PKCS8PrivateKey() routines |