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doc: update crypo Certficate class.
Update the dead link to <keygen> documentation. Add a link to mozilla developper documentation because W3C deleted the reference to this element. Add a note to inform <keygen> element is deprecated since HTML 5.2. PR-URL: #18721 Fixes: #18662 Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <tniessen@tnie.de> Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
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SPKAC is a Certificate Signing Request mechanism originally implemented by
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Netscape and now specified formally as part of [HTML5's `keygen` element][].
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Netscape and was specified formally as part of [HTML5's `keygen` element][].
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Note that `<keygen>` is deprecated since [HTML 5.2][] and new projects
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should not use this element anymore.
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The `crypto` module provides the `Certificate` class for working with SPKAC
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data. The most common usage is handling output generated by the HTML5
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[`verify.verify()`]: #crypto_verify_verify_object_signature_signatureformat
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[Caveats]: #crypto_support_for_weak_or_compromised_algorithms
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[Crypto Constants]: #crypto_crypto_constants_1
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[HTML5's `keygen` element]: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#the-keygen-element
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[HTML 5.2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/changes.html#features-removed
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[HTML5's `keygen` element]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/keygen
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[NIST SP 800-131A]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-131Ar1.pdf
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[NIST SP 800-132]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-132.pdf
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[NIST SP 800-38D]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf

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