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| author | Rich Salz <rsalz@akamai.com> | 2015-08-27 12:28:08 -0400 |
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| committer | Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> | 2015-08-27 14:27:28 -0400 |
| commit | c03726ca4153fca8d66185837008aa078969d386 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a3c88f2041fe4f33677c0500c33226c203e1ce7 /doc/apps/req.pod | |
| parent | ad775e04f6dab51b7f929b54f5aa3c2393f957c5 (diff) | |
Various doc fixes.
Make all mention of digest algorithm use "any supported algorithm"
RT2071, some new manpages from Victor B. Wagner <vitus@cryptocom.ru>:
X509_LOOKUP_hash_dir.pod
X509_check_ca.pod
X509_check_issued.pod
RT 1600:
Remove references to non-existant objects(3)
Add RETURN VALUES to BIO_do_accept page.
RT1818:
RSA_sign Can return values other than 0 on failure.
RT3634:
Fix AES CBC aliases (Steffen Nurpmeso <sdaoden@yandex.com>)
RT3678:
Some clarifications to BIO_new_pair
(Devchandra L Meetei <dlmeetei@gmail.com>)
RT3787:
Fix some EVP_ function return values
(Laetitia Baudoin <lbaudoin@google.com>)
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps/req.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/req.pod | 19 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod index 3cbabb7c30..46bbfe614e 100644 --- a/doc/apps/req.pod +++ b/doc/apps/req.pod @@ -127,13 +127,6 @@ in the configuration file and any requested extensions. If the B<-key> option is not used it will generate a new RSA private key using information specified in the configuration file. -=item B<-subj arg> - -Replaces subject field of input request with specified data and outputs -modified request. The arg must be formatted as -I</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>, -characters may be escaped by \ (backslash), no spaces are skipped. - =item B<-rand file(s)> a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number @@ -198,8 +191,9 @@ will not be encrypted. =item B<-[digest]> -this specifies the message digest to sign the request with (such as -B<-md5>, B<-sha1>). This overrides the digest algorithm specified in +this specifies the message digest to sign the request. +Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used. +This overrides the digest algorithm specified in the configuration file. Some public key algorithms may override this choice. For instance, DSA @@ -385,9 +379,10 @@ option. For compatibility B<encrypt_rsa_key> is an equivalent option. =item B<default_md> -This option specifies the digest algorithm to use. Possible values -include B<md5 sha1 mdc2>. If not present then MD5 is used. This -option can be overridden on the command line. +This option specifies the digest algorithm to use. +Any digest supported by the OpenSSL B<dgst> command can be used. +If not present then MD5 is used. +This option can be overridden on the command line. =item B<string_mask> |