docs/design/auth-framework.rst

167    also specifies the authentication methods and the parsing method used for
183 #. Export functions to verify an image which uses an authentication method that
351 the same CoT. The number and type of parameters are method specific. These
432 The parsing method refers to the format of a particular image. For example, an
437 single parsing method. There has to be one IPL for every method used by the
440 #. Raw format: This format is effectively a nop as an image using this method
442    TF-A. This method should only be used by data images.
444 #. X509V3 method: This method uses industry standards like X.509 to represent
447    by this method. Such libraries can be used to write the corresponding IPL
450 #. Platform defined method: This method caters for platform specific
494 that the image is in the format corresponding to the parsing method and has not
503 Each image in the CoT will specify the parsing method it uses. This information
506 Describing the authentication method(s)
522 The AM defines the type of each parameter used by an authentication method. It
566 For each method, the AM defines a structure with the parameters required to
589 The AM defines the following structure to describe an authentication method for
595      * Authentication method descriptor
605 Using the method type specified in the ``type`` field, the AM finds out what field
656 #. A parsing method which is used by the AM to find the appropriate IPM.
745    authenticated. Each method consists of a type and a list of parameter
749    cookie will point to the extension OID). Depending on the method type, a
926 four parameter descriptors must be specified with the authentication method:
948 parameter in the signature authentication method. The key is stored in the
953 certificate. In the image descriptor, we specify a single authentication method
961 We specify the authentication method using ``soc_fw_content_pk`` as public key.
968 a single authentication method by hash. The parameters to the hash method are