Allow configuation of the number of TLSv1.3 session tickets via SSL_CONF

[openssl.git] / doc / man1 / ca.pod

diff --git a/doc/man1/ca.pod b/doc/man1/ca.pod
index a985631531e2e3af8a1e21ecdfe6874950221935..9b25345859684feb9864e0c4526d91b6ad8f9643 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man1/ca.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ca.pod
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
+openssl-ca,
 ca - sample minimal CA application
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ B<openssl> B<ca>
 [B<-subj arg>]
 [B<-utf8>]
 [B<-create_serial>]
+[B<-rand_serial>]
 [B<-multivalue-rdn>]
 [B<-rand file...>]
 [B<-writerand file>]
@@ -262,6 +264,13 @@ configuration file, must be valid UTF8 strings.
 If reading serial from the text file as specified in the configuration
 fails, specifying this option creates a new random serial to be used as next
 serial number.
+To get random serial numbers, use the B<-rand_serial> flag instead; this
+should only be used for simple error-recovery.
+
+=item B<-rand_serial>
+
+Generate a large random number to use as the serial number.
+This overrides any option or configuration to use a serial number file.
 
 =item B<-multivalue-rdn>
 
@@ -460,6 +469,10 @@ versions of OpenSSL.  However, to make CA certificate roll-over easier,
 it's recommended to use the value B<no>, especially if combined with
 the B<-selfsign> command line option.
 
+Note that it is valid in some circumstances for certificates to be created
+without any subject. In the case where there are multiple certificates without
+subjects this does not count as a duplicate. 
+
 =item B<serial>
 
 A text file containing the next serial number to use in hex. Mandatory.
@@ -614,6 +627,7 @@ A sample configuration file with the relevant sections for B<ca>:
 
  certificate    = $dir/cacert.pem       # The CA cert
  serial         = $dir/serial           # serial no file
+ #rand_serial    = yes                  # for random serial#'s
  private_key    = $dir/private/cakey.pem# CA private key
  RANDFILE       = $dir/private/.rand    # random number file
 
@@ -735,7 +749,7 @@ L<config(5)>, L<x509v3_config(5)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
 Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy