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authorDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2022-08-01 20:34:19 +0200
committerDr. David von Oheimb <dev@ddvo.net>2022-08-24 11:29:40 +0200
commit7af110f9f5fb9b039cc09b63768a0b989a7bf5ad (patch)
tree3d5ee51498f2e93b4cc7b040a3540930e969abdb /doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in
parentaeadd2981b214d5e2a8f578179c17b0dccc77042 (diff)
CMP: correct handling of fallback subject in OSSL_CMP_CTX_setup_CRM() and its doc
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: David von Oheimb <david.von.oheimb@siemens.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/18929)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in
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--- a/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in
@@ -268,11 +268,11 @@ L<openssl-passphrase-options(1)>.
X509 Distinguished Name (DN) of subject to use in the requested certificate
template.
-For KUR, it defaults to the public key
-in the PKCS#10 CSR given with the B<-csr> option, if provided,
-or of the reference certificate (see B<-oldcert>) if provided.
-This default is used for IR and CR only if no SANs are set.
If the NULL-DN (C<"/">) is given then no subject is placed in the template.
+Default is the subject DN of any PKCS#10 CSR given with the B<-csr> option.
+For KUR, a further fallback is the subject DN
+of the reference certificate (see B<-oldcert>) if provided.
+This fallback is used for IR and CR only if no SANs are set.
If provided and neither of B<-cert>, B<-oldcert>, or B<-csr> is given,
the subject DN is used as fallback sender of outgoing CMP messages.
@@ -357,8 +357,9 @@ is provided via the B<-newkey> or B<-key> options.
PKCS#10 CSR in PEM or DER format containing a certificate request.
With B<-cmd> I<p10cr> it is used directly in a legacy P10CR message.
-When used with B<-cmd> I<ir>, I<cr>, or I<kur>, it is transformed into the
-respective regular CMP request.
+When used with B<-cmd> I<ir>, I<cr>, or I<kur>,
+it is transformed into the respective regular CMP request,
+while its public key is ignored if I<-newkey> is given.
It may also be used with B<-cmd> I<rr> to specify the certificate to be revoked
via the included subject name and public key.
Its subject is used as fallback sender in CMP message headers