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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 delete the reference to this element.

add a note to inform <keygen> element is deprecated since HTML 5.2.

Fixes: #18662
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antoine-amara authored and Antoine AMARA committed Feb 14, 2018
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SPKAC is a Certificate Signing Request mechanism originally implemented by
Netscape and now specified formally as part of [HTML5's `keygen` element][].
Netscape and was specified formally as part of [HTML5's `keygen` element][].

Note that `<keygen>` is deprecated since [HTML 5.2][] and new projects
should not use this element anymore.

The `crypto` module provides the `Certificate` class for working with SPKAC
data. The most common usage is handling output generated by the HTML5
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[`verify.verify()`]: #crypto_verify_verify_object_signature_signatureformat
[Caveats]: #crypto_support_for_weak_or_compromised_algorithms
[Crypto Constants]: #crypto_crypto_constants_1
[HTML5's `keygen` element]: https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#the-keygen-element
[HTML 5.2]: https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/changes.html#features-removed
[HTML5's `keygen` element]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/keygen
[NIST SP 800-131A]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.800-131Ar1.pdf
[NIST SP 800-132]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-132.pdf
[NIST SP 800-38D]: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-38d.pdf
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