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authorBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>1999-05-16 12:17:20 +0000
committerBodo Möller <bodo@openssl.org>1999-05-16 12:17:20 +0000
commite186bf96b433b85fc3a87b3ca2fd6c1929212d72 (patch)
tree004359b58d4e84a2cd2d135ee2ef015b45402f3b /apps/openssl.cnf
parentee86c3f53d205582aae2f3cd320b16d011c355a7 (diff)
Added a comment pointing out the behaviour of "openssl x509 -conf ...",
which cost me some time to find out about.
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diff --git a/apps/openssl.cnf b/apps/openssl.cnf
index ac442a732b..5ecc21571a 100644
--- a/apps/openssl.cnf
+++ b/apps/openssl.cnf
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ RANDFILE = $ENV::HOME/.rnd
oid_file = $ENV::HOME/.oid
oid_section = new_oids
+# To use this configuration file with the "-config" option of the
+# "openssl x509" utility, name here the section containing the
+# X.509v3 extensions to use:
+# extensions =
+# (Alternatively, use a configuration file that has only
+# X.509v3 extensions in its main [= default] section.)
+
[ new_oids ]
# We can add new OIDs in here for use by 'ca' and 'req'.