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diff --git a/contrib/sendmail/doc/op/op.me b/contrib/sendmail/doc/op/op.me
index 74c2d66..be07810 100644
--- a/contrib/sendmail/doc/op/op.me
+++ b/contrib/sendmail/doc/op/op.me
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
.\" the sendmail distribution.
.\"
.\"
-.\" $Id: op.me,v 8.741 2007/06/22 23:08:59 ca Exp $
+.\" $Id: op.me,v 8.745 2009/12/13 04:12:46 ca Exp $
.\"
.\" eqn op.me | pic | troff -me
.\"
@@ -90,13 +90,14 @@ Sendmail, Inc.
.de Ve
Version \\$2
..
-.Ve $Revision: 8.741 $
+.Ve $Revision: 8.745 $
.rm Ve
.sp
For Sendmail Version 8.14
.)l
.(f
Sendmail is a trademark of Sendmail, Inc.
+US Patent Numbers 6865671, 6986037.
.)f
.sp 2
.pp
@@ -4952,9 +4953,21 @@ as "(may be forged)".
.ip ${cn_issuer}
The CN (common name) of the CA that signed the presented certificate
(STARTTLS only).
+Note: if the CN cannot be extracted properly it will be replaced by
+one of these strings based on the encountered error:
+.(b
+.ta 25n
+BadCertificateContainsNUL CN contains a NUL character
+BadCertificateTooLong CN is too long
+BadCertificateUnknown CN could not be extracted
+.)b
+In the last case, some other (unspecific) error occurred.
.ip ${cn_subject}
The CN (common name) of the presented certificate
(STARTTLS only).
+See
+.b ${cn_issuer}
+for possible replacements.
.ip ${currHeader}
Header value as quoted string
(possibly truncated to
@@ -5130,7 +5143,7 @@ The total number of incoming connections over the time interval specified
by ConnectionRateWindowSize.
.ip ${verify}
The result of the verification of the presented cert;
-only defined after STARTTLS has been used.
+only defined after STARTTLS has been used (or attempted).
Possible values are:
.(b
.ta 13n
@@ -6710,10 +6723,25 @@ CRL checking requires at least OpenSSL version 0.9.7.
Note: if a CRLFile is specified but the file is unusable,
STARTTLS is disabled.
.ip DHParameters
-File with DH parameters for STARTTLS.
+Possible values are:
+.(b
+.ta 1i
+5 use 512 bit prime
+1 use 1024 bit prime
+none do not use Diffie-Hellman
+NAME load prime from file
+.)b
This is only required if a ciphersuite containing DSA/DH is used.
-This is only for people with a good knowledge of TLS, all others
-can ignore this option.
+If ``5'' is selected, then precomputed, fixed primes are used.
+This is the default for the client side.
+If ``1'' is selected, then prime values are computed during startup.
+This is the default for the server side.
+Note: this operation can take a significant amount of time on a
+slow machine (several seconds), but it is only done once at startup.
+If ``none'' is selected, then TLS ciphersuites containing DSA/DH
+cannot be used.
+If a file name is specified (which must be an absolute path),
+then the primes are read from it.
.ip DaemonPortOptions=\fIoptions\fP
[O]
Set server SMTP options.
@@ -11435,7 +11463,7 @@ replace it with a blank sheet for double-sided output.
.\".sz 10
.\"Eric Allman
.\".sp
-.\"Version $Revision: 8.741 $
+.\"Version $Revision: 8.745 $
.\".ce 0
.bp 3
.ce
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