[B<-name section>]
[B<-gencrl>]
[B<-revoke file>]
+[B<-status serial>]
+[B<-updatedb>]
[B<-crl_reason reason>]
[B<-crl_hold instruction>]
[B<-crl_compromise time>]
[B<-crl_CA_compromise time>]
-[B<-subj arg>]
[B<-crldays days>]
[B<-crlhours hours>]
[B<-crlexts section>]
[B<-md arg>]
[B<-policy arg>]
[B<-keyfile arg>]
+[B<-keyform PEM|DER>]
[B<-key arg>]
[B<-passin arg>]
[B<-cert file>]
[B<-extensions section>]
[B<-extfile section>]
[B<-engine id>]
+[B<-subj arg>]
+[B<-utf8>]
+[B<-multivalue-rdn>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
a file containing a single Netscape signed public key and challenge
and additional field values to be signed by the CA. See the B<SPKAC FORMAT>
-section for information on the required format.
+section for information on the required input and output format.
=item B<-infiles>
the output file to output certificates to. The default is standard
output. The certificate details will also be printed out to this
-file.
+file in PEM format (except that B<-spkac> outputs DER format).
=item B<-outdir directory>
the private key to sign requests with.
+=item B<-keyform PEM|DER>
+
+the format of the data in the private key file.
+The default is PEM.
+
=item B<-key password>
the password used to encrypt the private key. Since on some
indicates the issued certificates are to be signed with the key
the certificate requests were signed with (given with B<-keyfile>).
-Cerificate requests signed with a different key are ignored. If
+Certificate requests signed with a different key are ignored. If
B<-spkac>, B<-ss_cert> or B<-gencrl> are given, B<-selfsign> is
ignored.
=item B<-passin arg>
the key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
-see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
+see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)>.
=item B<-verbose>
=item B<-md alg>
-the message digest to use. Possible values include md5, sha1 and mdc2.
+the message digest to use.
+Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used.
This option also applies to CRLs.
=item B<-policy arg>
to be added when a certificate is issued (defaults to B<x509_extensions>
unless the B<-extfile> option is used). If no extension section is
present then, a V1 certificate is created. If the extension section
-is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created.
+is present (even if it is empty), then a V3 certificate is created. See the:w
+L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
+extension section format.
=item B<-extfile file>
=item B<-engine id>
-specifying an engine (by it's unique B<id> string) will cause B<req>
+specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<ca>
to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms.
+=item B<-subj arg>
+
+supersedes subject name given in the request.
+The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>,
+characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped.
+
+=item B<-utf8>
+
+this option causes field values to be interpreted as UTF8 strings, by
+default they are interpreted as ASCII. This means that the field
+values, whether prompted from a terminal or obtained from a
+configuration file, must be valid UTF8 strings.
+
+=item B<-multivalue-rdn>
+
+This option causes the -subj argument to be interpreted with full
+support for multivalued RDNs. Example:
+
+I</DC=org/DC=OpenSSL/DC=users/UID=123456+CN=John Doe>
+
+If -multi-rdn is not used then the UID value is I<123456+CN=John Doe>.
+
=back
=head1 CRL OPTIONS
a filename containing a certificate to revoke.
+=item B<-status serial>
+
+displays the revocation status of the certificate with the specified
+serial number and exits.
+
+=item B<-updatedb>
+
+Updates the database index to purge expired certificates.
+
=item B<-crl_reason reason>
revocation reason, where B<reason> is one of: B<unspecified>, B<keyCompromise>,
B<certificateHold> or B<removeFromCRL>. The matching of B<reason> is case
insensitive. Setting any revocation reason will make the CRL v2.
-In practive B<removeFromCRL> is not particularly useful because it is only used
+In practice B<removeFromCRL> is not particularly useful because it is only used
in delta CRLs which are not currently implemented.
=item B<-crl_hold instruction>
This is the same as B<crl_compromise> except the revocation reason is set to
B<CACompromise>.
-=item B<-subj arg>
-
-supersedes subject name given in the request.
-The arg must be formatted as I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>,
-characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped.
-
=item B<-crlexts section>
the section of the configuration file containing CRL extensions to
created, if the CRL extension section is present (even if it is
empty) then a V2 CRL is created. The CRL extensions specified are
CRL extensions and B<not> CRL entry extensions. It should be noted
-that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs.
+that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs. See
+L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
+extension section format.
=back
=item B<RANDFILE>
a file used to read and write random number seed information, or
-an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)>).
=item B<default_days>
=item B<default_md>
-the same as the B<-md> option. The message digest to use. Mandatory.
+the same as the B<-md> option. Mandatory.
=item B<database>
the same as B<-policy>. Mandatory. See the B<POLICY FORMAT> section
for more information.
-=item B<nameopt>, B<certopt>
+=item B<name_opt>, B<cert_opt>
these options allow the format used to display the certificate details
when asking the user to confirm signing. All the options supported by
If you need to include the same component twice then it can be
preceded by a number and a '.'.
+When processing SPKAC format, the output is DER if the B<-out>
+flag is used, but PEM format if sending to stdout or the B<-outdir>
+flag is used.
+
=head1 EXAMPLES
Note: these examples assume that the B<ca> directory structure is
policy = policy_any # default policy
email_in_dn = no # Don't add the email into cert DN
- nameopt = ca_default # Subject name display option
- certopt = ca_default # Certificate display option
+ name_opt = ca_default # Subject name display option
+ cert_opt = ca_default # Certificate display option
copy_extensions = none # Don't copy extensions from request
[ policy_any ]
to rebuild the index file from all the issued certificates and a current
CRL: however there is no option to do this.
-V2 CRL features like delta CRL support and CRL numbers are not currently
-supported.
+V2 CRL features like delta CRLs are not currently supported.
Although several requests can be input and handled at once it is only
possible to include one SPKAC or self signed certificate.
numbers of certificates are present because, as the name implies
the database has to be kept in memory.
-It is not possible to certify two certificates with the same DN: this
-is a side effect of how the text database is indexed and it cannot easily
-be fixed without introducing other problems. Some S/MIME clients can use
-two certificates with the same DN for separate signing and encryption
-keys.
-
The B<ca> command really needs rewriting or the required functionality
exposed at either a command or interface level so a more friendly utility
-(perl script or GUI) can handle things properly. The scripts B<CA.sh> and
-B<CA.pl> help a little but not very much.
+(perl script or GUI) can handle things properly. The script
+B<CA.pl> helps a little but not very much.
Any fields in a request that are not present in a policy are silently
deleted. This does not happen if the B<-preserveDN> option is used. To
option can be used. The behaviour should be more friendly and
configurable.
-Cancelling some commands by refusing to certify a certificate can
+Canceling some commands by refusing to certify a certificate can
create an empty file.
=head1 WARNINGS
not taken then it can be a security risk. For example if a certificate
request contains a basicConstraints extension with CA:TRUE and the
B<copy_extensions> value is set to B<copyall> and the user does not spot
-this when the certificate is displayed then this will hand the requestor
+this when the certificate is displayed then this will hand the requester
a valid CA certificate.
This situation can be avoided by setting B<copy_extensions> to B<copy>
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<req(1)|req(1)>, L<spkac(1)|spkac(1)>, L<x509(1)|x509(1)>, L<CA.pl(1)|CA.pl(1)>,
-L<config(5)|config(5)>
+L<req(1)>, L<spkac(1)>, L<x509(1)>, L<CA.pl(1)>,
+L<config(5)>, L<x509v3_config(5)>
=cut
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