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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 23:40:56 -0400 |
| commit | 3aba132d61baeecffb9a6f8da7d0809352cbfb2d (patch) | |
| tree | a12fdf241765c9d551e473b9b5dacca023a51c98 /doc | |
| parent | 9fc8dc5469f3825a88d28c0762f12a66e80da935 (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -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 ad538ca0b2..eb840be87f 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> |