Manual pages for EVP_Open* and EVP_Seal*

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / pkcs7.pod

diff --git a/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod b/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod
index 0514c5d667c2328d1176a5903c9ad0a31d3cf8db..4e9bd6e46bf10fe2b82fb3a2cf83970d6d9f29be 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/pkcs7.pod
@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ Output all certificates in a file:
 
  openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -print_certs -out certs.pem
 
 
  openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -print_certs -out certs.pem
 

+=head1 NOTES
+
+The PEM PKCS#7 format uses the header and footer lines:
+
+ -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
+ -----END PKCS7-----
+
+For compatability with some CAs it will also accept:
+
+ -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+ -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+

 =head1 RESTRICTIONS
 
 There is no option to print out all the fields of a PKCS#7 file.
 =head1 RESTRICTIONS
 
 There is no option to print out all the fields of a PKCS#7 file.


@@ -80,6 +92,6 @@ cannot currently parse, for example, the new CMS as described in RFC2630.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 

-crl2pkcs7(1)
+L<crl2pkcs7(1)|crl2pkcs7(1)>

 
 =cut
 
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