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author | Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> | 2014-08-31 18:22:09 -0400 |
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committer | Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> | 2014-08-31 23:41:51 -0400 |
commit | 157c345175bd4b579918fb2942857ff033b08b41 (patch) | |
tree | 1f6ba37a4cf851cea23050a10a589d50b9939228 /doc/apps/req.pod | |
parent | 770b98d02ebb693f181294a17c411e631f8d2f5c (diff) |
RT3511: doc fix; req default serial is random
RT842, closed back in 2004, changed the default serial number
to be a random number rather than zero. Finally time to update
the doc
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
(cherry picked from commit 3aba132d61baeecffb9a6f8da7d0809352cbfb2d)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps/req.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/req.pod | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod index 0730d117b3..df68cb0921 100644 --- a/doc/apps/req.pod +++ b/doc/apps/req.pod @@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ this option outputs a self signed certificate instead of a certificate request. This is typically used to generate a test certificate or a self signed root CA. The extensions added to the certificate (if any) are specified in the configuration file. Unless specified -using the B<set_serial> option B<0> will be used for the serial -number. +using the B<set_serial> option, a large random number will be used for +the serial number. =item B<-days n> |