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@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ OpenSSL  -  Frequently Asked Questions
 * How do I install a CA certificate into a browser?
 * Why is OpenSSL x509 DN output not conformant to RFC2253?
 * What is a "128 bit certificate"? Can I create one with OpenSSL?
+* How can I set up a bundle of commercial root CA certificates?
 
 [BUILD] Questions about building and testing OpenSSL
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ OpenSSL  -  Frequently Asked Questions
 * Which is the current version of OpenSSL?
 
 The current version is available from <URL: http://www.openssl.org>.
-OpenSSL 0.9.8g was released on October 19th, 2007.
+OpenSSL 0.9.8h was released on May 28th, 2008.
 
 In addition to the current stable release, you can also access daily
 snapshots of the OpenSSL development version at <URL:
@@ -426,6 +427,20 @@ The export laws were later changed to allow almost unrestricted use of strong
 encryption so these certificates are now obsolete.
 
 
+* How can I set up a bundle of commercial root CA certificates?
+
+The OpenSSL software is shipped without any root CA certificate as the
+OpenSSL project does not have any policy on including or excluding
+any specific CA and does not intend to set up such a policy. Deciding
+about which CAs to support is up to application developers or
+administrators.
+
+Other projects do have other policies so you can for example extract the CA
+bundle used by Mozilla and/or modssl as described in this article:
+
+  http://www.mail-archive.com/modssl-users@modssl.org/msg16980.html
+
+
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 * Why does the linker complain about undefined symbols?
@@ -823,11 +838,11 @@ code itself (the hex digits after the second colon).
 
 * Why do I get errors about unknown algorithms?
 
-This can happen under several circumstances such as reading in an
-encrypted private key or attempting to decrypt a PKCS#12 file. The cause
-is forgetting to load OpenSSL's table of algorithms with
-OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(). See the manual page for more information.
-
+The cause is forgetting to load OpenSSL's table of algorithms with
+OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms(). See the manual page for more information. This
+can cause several problems such as being unable to read in an encrypted
+PEM file, unable to decrypt a PKCS#12 file or signature failure when
+verifying certificates.
 
 * Why can't the OpenSSH configure script detect OpenSSL?