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@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ OpenSSL  -  Frequently Asked Questions
 * Why is OpenSSL x509 DN output not conformant to RFC2253?
 * What is a "128 bit certificate"? Can I create one with OpenSSL?
 * Why does OpenSSL set the authority key identifier extension incorrectly?
+* How can I set up a bundle of commercial root CA certificates?
 
 [BUILD] Questions about building and testing OpenSSL
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ 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 0.9.8i was released on Sep 15th, 2008.
 
 In addition to the current stable release, you can also access daily
 snapshots of the OpenSSL development version at <URL:
@@ -447,6 +448,20 @@ did this would be redundant information because it would duplicate the issuer
 name of C.
 
 
+* 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?
@@ -702,10 +717,10 @@ file.
 
 Multi-threaded applications must provide two callback functions to
 OpenSSL by calling CRYPTO_set_locking_callback() and
-CRYPTO_set_id_callback().  (For OpenSSL 0.9.9 or later, the new
-function CRYPTO_set_idptr_callback() may be used in place of
-CRYPTO_set_id_callback().)  This is described in the threads(3)
-manpage.
+CRYPTO_set_id_callback(), for all versions of OpenSSL up to and
+including 0.9.8[abc...]. As of version 0.9.9, CRYPTO_set_id_callback()
+and associated APIs are deprecated by CRYPTO_THREADID_set_callback()
+and friends. This is described in the threads(3) manpage.
 
 * I've compiled a program under Windows and it crashes: why?
 
@@ -846,11 +861,11 @@ 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?
 
@@ -950,4 +965,3 @@ See the manual pages for more details.
 
 
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