From: Dr. Stephen Henson Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2006 12:51:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add documentetion for noCheck extension and add a few cross references to X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_8k^2~1083 X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=137de5b157d2909faae4cc88a22a58bbaf43792c;ds=sidebyside Add documentetion for noCheck extension and add a few cross references to the extension documentation. --- diff --git a/doc/apps/ca.pod b/doc/apps/ca.pod index 5618c2dc9d..d97133ad37 100644 --- a/doc/apps/ca.pod +++ b/doc/apps/ca.pod @@ -205,7 +205,9 @@ the section of the configuration file containing certificate extensions to be added when a certificate is issued (defaults to B 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 manual page for details of the +extension section format. =item B<-extfile file> @@ -299,7 +301,9 @@ include. If no CRL extension section is present then a V1 CRL is 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 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 manual page for details of the +extension section format. =back diff --git a/doc/apps/openssl.pod b/doc/apps/openssl.pod index 7f2504bbbc..42533dd6e6 100644 --- a/doc/apps/openssl.pod +++ b/doc/apps/openssl.pod @@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, -L, L +L, L, L =head1 HISTORY diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod index 65584d1de2..2ba16b45d6 100644 --- a/doc/apps/req.pod +++ b/doc/apps/req.pod @@ -356,7 +356,9 @@ problems with BMPStrings and UTF8Strings: in particular Netscape. this specifies the configuration file section containing a list of extensions to add to the certificate request. It can be overridden -by the B<-reqexts> command line switch. +by the B<-reqexts> command line switch. See the +L manual page for details of the +extension section format. =item B @@ -618,6 +620,7 @@ address in subjectAltName should be input by the user. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, -L, L +L, L, +L =cut diff --git a/doc/apps/x509.pod b/doc/apps/x509.pod index a46378f0ba..dfed9bcd53 100644 --- a/doc/apps/x509.pod +++ b/doc/apps/x509.pod @@ -376,7 +376,9 @@ no extensions are added to the certificate. the section to add certificate extensions from. If this option is not specified then the extensions should either be contained in the unnamed (default) section or the default section should contain a variable called -"extensions" which contains the section to use. +"extensions" which contains the section to use. See the +L manual page for details of the +extension section format. =back diff --git a/doc/apps/x509v3_config.pod b/doc/apps/x509v3_config.pod index 22bb62436b..ac735d6f19 100644 --- a/doc/apps/x509v3_config.pod +++ b/doc/apps/x509v3_config.pod @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ preceeding the name with a B<+> character. otherName can include arbitrary data associated with an OID: the value should be the OID followed by a semicolon and the content in standard -ASN1_generate_nconf() format. +L format. Examples: @@ -392,6 +392,14 @@ Examples: nameConstraints=excluded;email:.com issuingDistributionPoint = idp_section +=head2 OCSP No Check + +The OCSP No Check extension is a string extension but its value is ignored. + +Example: + + noCheck = ignored + =head1 DEPRECATED EXTENSIONS @@ -513,7 +521,8 @@ for arbitrary extensions was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8 =head1 SEE ALSO -L, L, L +L, L, L, +L =cut