--- a/ui/certificate.cpp	Wed Mar 19 18:04:14 2014 +0000
+++ b/ui/certificate.cpp	Thu Mar 20 16:20:44 2014 +0000
@@ -2,17 +2,17 @@
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QObject>
 
-const QString& Certificate::shortDescription() const {
-    return mShortDescription;
-}
-
-Certificate::Certificate(const QByteArray& asn1data) :
+Certificate::Certificate(const QString& b64Line) :
     mValid(false),
     mShortDescription(QObject::tr("Invalid Certificate"))
 {
     int ret = -1;
     char buf[2000];
 
+    /* Cut of the first two chars (e.g. I: and decode) */
+    QByteArray asn1data = QByteArray::fromBase64(
+            b64Line.right(b64Line.size() - 2).toLatin1());
+
     x509_crt_init(&mX509Cert);
     ret = x509_crt_parse(&mX509Cert,
                          (const unsigned char*) asn1data.constData(),
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@
 
     /* In case of success the return value is the size of the information
      * written into buf
-     *
-     * TODO: This is currently not short description but all x509 information
      * */
-    mShortDescription = QString::fromUtf8(buf, ret);
+
+    mDetails = QString::fromUtf8(buf, ret);
+
+    mShortDescription = mDetails; /* TODO */
 
     mValid = true;
+
+    mBaseLine = b64Line;
 }
 
 Certificate::~Certificate()

--- a/ui/certificate.h	Wed Mar 19 18:04:14 2014 +0000
+++ b/ui/certificate.h	Thu Mar 20 16:20:44 2014 +0000
@@ -19,9 +19,14 @@
 class Certificate
 {
 public:
-    /** @brief construct a certificate from an X509 ASN1 encoded byte array.
+    /** @brief construct a certificate from a line of a certificate list.
+     *
+     * The first two characters of the string are expected to be
+     * the command. I: or R:
+     *
+     *  @param[in] b64Line The line from the certificate list.
      **/
-    Certificate(const QByteArray& asn1data);
+    Certificate(const QString& b64Line);
 
     ~Certificate();
 
@@ -34,11 +39,30 @@
      *  for this certificate
      *
      **/
-    const QString& shortDescription() const;
+    const QString& shortDescription() const {return mShortDescription;}
+
+    /** @brief get details for the certificate
+     *
+     * Get the X509 information that is returned by x509_crt_info
+     *
+     **/
+    const QString& details() const {return mDetails;}
+
+    /** @brief get the line from which this certificate was constructed
+     *
+     * The resulting line includes the instruction e.g.
+     *
+     * I:BASE64ENCODEDATA...
+     *
+     **/
+    const QString& base64Line() const {return mBaseLine;}
 
 private:
     bool mValid;
+
+    QString mDetails;
     QString mShortDescription;
+    QString mBaseLine;
 
     x509_crt mX509Cert;
 };