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authorDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2020-11-27 14:09:22 +0100
committerDr. David von Oheimb <dev@ddvo.net>2021-02-04 07:25:14 +0100
commitacfccbd5ee09e453ac5e8f39744540907b0cac2b (patch)
tree6cdaf91875d9d107d7735a51e097ee541dd4a9b8
parent8549b97214ce1b4ba61eae893c80d9b0ed7e35f0 (diff)
openssl.pod: Add documentation for using the loader_attic engine
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/13551)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl.pod b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
index 16b7769ae3..3176c19eee 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
@@ -615,6 +615,12 @@ L<config(5)/Engine Configuration>.
The engine will be used for key ids specified with B<-key> and similar
options when an option like B<-keyform engine> is given.
+A special case is the C<loader_attic> engine, which
+is meant just for internal OpenSSL testing purposes and
+supports loading keys, parameters, certificates, and CRLs from files.
+When this engine is used, files with such credentials are read via this engine.
+Using the C<file:> schema is optional; a plain file (path) name will do.
+
=back
Options specifying keys, like B<-key> and similar, can use the generic