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authorChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2016-03-21 01:45:53 +0100
committerChristian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>2016-03-21 01:45:53 +0100
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implementing #3987
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diff --git a/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h b/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h
index c3ecba968..cb1bd12aa 100644
--- a/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h
+++ b/src/include/taler_exchange_service.h
@@ -208,19 +208,19 @@ struct TALER_EXCHANGE_DenomPublicKey
struct TALER_EXCHANGE_AuditorInformation
{
/**
- * Public key of the auditing institution.
+ * Public key of the auditing institution. Wallets and merchants
+ * are expected to be configured with a set of public keys of
+ * auditors that they deem acceptable. These public keys are
+ * the roots of the Taler PKI.
*/
struct TALER_AuditorPublicKeyP auditor_pub;
/**
- * URL of the auditing institution. The application must check that
- * this is an acceptable auditor for its purpose and also verify
- * that the @a auditor_pub matches the auditor's public key given at
- * that website. We expect that in practice software is going to
- * often ship with an initial list of accepted auditors, just like
- * browsers ship with a CA root store.
- *
- * This field may be NULL. (#3987).
+ * URL of the auditing institution. Signed by the auditor's public
+ * key, this URL is a place where applications can direct users for
+ * additional information about the auditor. In the future, there
+ * should also be an auditor API for automated submission about
+ * claims of misbehaving exchange providers.
*/
const char *auditor_url;
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct TALER_EXCHANGE_AuditorInformation
unsigned int num_denom_keys;
/**
- * Array of length @a denom_keys with the denomination
+ * Array of length @a num_denom_keys with the denomination
* keys audited by this auditor. Note that the array
* elements point to the same locations as the entries
* in the key's main `denom_keys` array.