X-Git-Url: http://www.git.cypherpunks.ru/?p=pyderasn.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Findex.rst;fp=doc%2Findex.rst;h=d1fca187f664e72ec1aa1d6da4bad8f2ddd0b357;hp=0197abd30efb6c9dfd4a572e4ea178b7cb3a85b6;hb=2d45a224943c79e95cbd4913b44420788bc6c17d;hpb=ce2545512540b451e07753a247a78fccfae699df diff --git a/doc/index.rst b/doc/index.rst index 0197abd..d1fca18 100644 --- a/doc/index.rst +++ b/doc/index.rst @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -======================================== -PyDERASN -- ASN.1 DER library for Python -======================================== +============================================ +PyDERASN -- ASN.1 DER/BER library for Python +============================================ .. @@ -8,11 +8,10 @@ PyDERASN -- ASN.1 DER library for Python (C) PyDERASN's author `ASN.1 `__ (Abstract Syntax -Notation One) is a standard for abstract data serialization. -`DER `__ -(Distinguished Encoding Rules) is a subset of encoding rules suitable -and widely used in cryptography-related stuff. PyDERASN is yet another -library for dealing with the data encoded that way. Although ASN.1 is +Notation One) is a standard for abstract data serialization. PyDERASN is +yet another library for dealing with ASN.1 structures, decoding them in +`BER/CER/DER `__ formats and +encoding to DER (Distinguished Encoding Rules). Although ASN.1 is written more than 30 years ago by wise Ancients (taken from ``pyasn1``'s README), it is still often can be seen anywhere in our life.