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Diffstat (limited to 'crypto/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | crypto/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod | 17 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod index ff2629d..3187577 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod @@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ certificate was rejected. However the presence of rejection messages does not itself imply that anything is wrong: during the normal verify process several rejections may take place. +=item B<-check_ss_sig> + +Verify the signature on the self-signed root CA. This is disabled by default +because it doesn't add any security. + =item B<-> marks the last option. All arguments following this are assumed to be @@ -166,8 +171,8 @@ the operation was successful. =item B<2 X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT: unable to get issuer certificate> -the issuer certificate could not be found: this occurs if the issuer certificate -of an untrusted certificate cannot be found. +the issuer certificate of a looked up certificate could not be found. This +normally means the list of trusted certificates is not complete. =item B<3 X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_CRL: unable to get certificate CRL> @@ -244,8 +249,8 @@ be found locally. =item B<20 X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY: unable to get local issuer certificate> -the issuer certificate of a locally looked up certificate could not be found. This normally means -the list of trusted certificates is not complete. +the issuer certificate could not be found: this occurs if the issuer +certificate of an untrusted certificate cannot be found. =item B<21 X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE: unable to verify the first certificate> @@ -321,6 +326,10 @@ the certificates in the file will be recognised. Previous versions of OpenSSL assume certificates with matching subject name are identical and mishandled them. +Previous versions of this documentation swapped the meaning of the +B<X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT> and +B<20 X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY> error codes. + =head1 SEE ALSO L<x509(1)|x509(1)> |
