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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-23 01:11:01 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2000-02-23 01:11:01 +0000
commit3142c86d65a7da76d60622dcf1c177479d1bc9de (patch)
tree9c2f6932de1df175c32cbeb55d52da011fde96ed /doc/apps/pkcs7.pod
parent4b42658082a3d6224d25f10de8fdb605d30015a9 (diff)
Allow ADH to be used but not present in the default cipher
list. Allow CERTIFICATE to be used in PEM headers for PKCS#7 structures: some CAs do this.
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@@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ Output all certificates in a file:
openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -print_certs -out certs.pem
+=head1 NOTES
+
+The PEM PKCS#7 format uses the header and footer lines:
+
+ -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
+ -----END PKCS7-----
+
+For compatability with some CAs it will also accept:
+
+ -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
+ -----END CERTIFICATE-----
+
=head1 RESTRICTIONS
There is no option to print out all the fields of a PKCS#7 file.