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authorRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2016-08-13 10:47:50 -0400
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2016-08-19 11:45:45 -0400
commitff5537c25565ad288ef00d67120b479c615bc6d3 (patch)
tree2a060ec6769287eb4f74c4adba7c3ebdafdddcb1 /doc
parenta03f81f4ead24c234dc26e388d86a352685f3948 (diff)
RT3940: For now, just document the issue.
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (cherry picked from commit 2a9afa4046592d44af84644cd89fe1a0d6d46889)
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-rw-r--r--doc/apps/cms.pod3
-rw-r--r--doc/apps/smime.pod3
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diff --git a/doc/apps/cms.pod b/doc/apps/cms.pod
index 4eaedbcd34..ac69804228 100644
--- a/doc/apps/cms.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/cms.pod
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format. The
actual CMS type is <B>EnvelopedData<B>.
+Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that
+key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text.
+
=item B<-decrypt>
decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an
diff --git a/doc/apps/smime.pod b/doc/apps/smime.pod
index d5618c8ff0..04a83ca8e4 100644
--- a/doc/apps/smime.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/smime.pod
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ The meaning of the other options varies according to the operation type.
encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format.
+Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that
+key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text.
+
=item B<-decrypt>
decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an