Index: sdk/lib/io/secure_socket.dart |
diff --git a/sdk/lib/io/secure_socket.dart b/sdk/lib/io/secure_socket.dart |
index 08912cc8c199858274ba26d53904a25aa9012e48..0db4e46d828b8361aa3a46aa123b5feca8dafc6b 100644 |
--- a/sdk/lib/io/secure_socket.dart |
+++ b/sdk/lib/io/secure_socket.dart |
@@ -149,23 +149,30 @@ abstract class SecureSocket implements Socket { |
* arguments. |
* |
* The optional argument [database] is the path to a certificate database |
- * containing root certificates for verifying certificate paths on |
+ * directory containing root certificates for verifying certificate paths on |
* client connections, and server certificates to provide on server |
* connections. The argument [password] should be used when creating |
* secure server sockets, to allow the private key of the server |
* certificate to be fetched. If [useBuiltinRoots] is true (the default), |
* then a built-in set of root certificates for trusted certificate |
* authorities is merged with the certificates in the database. |
+ * The list of built-in root certificates, and documentation about this |
+ * default database, is available at |
+ * http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/included/ . |
+ * |
+ * If the [database] argument is omitted, then only the |
+ * builtin root certificates are used. If [useBuiltinRoots] is also false, |
+ * then no certificates are available. |
* |
* Examples: |
* 1) Use only the builtin root certificates: |
* SecureSocket.initialize(); or |
* |
- * 2) Use a specified database and the builtin roots: |
+ * 2) Use a specified database directory and the builtin roots: |
* SecureSocket.initialize(database: 'path/to/my/database', |
* password: 'my_password'); |
* |
- * 3) Use a specified database, without builtin roots: |
+ * 3) Use a specified database directory, without builtin roots: |
* SecureSocket.initialize(database: 'path/to/my/database', |
* password: 'my_password'. |
* useBuiltinRoots: false); |