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| -rw-r--r-- | apps/s_client.c | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man1/s_client.pod | 8 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/apps/s_client.c b/apps/s_client.c index 89cddb30f8..9d463f6d81 100644 --- a/apps/s_client.c +++ b/apps/s_client.c @@ -637,7 +637,8 @@ const OPTIONS s_client_options[] = { "Disable name checks when matching DANE-EE(3) TLSA records"}, {"reconnect", OPT_RECONNECT, '-', "Drop and re-make the connection with the same Session-ID"}, - {"showcerts", OPT_SHOWCERTS, '-', "Show all certificates in the chain"}, + {"showcerts", OPT_SHOWCERTS, '-', + "Show all certificates sent by the server"}, {"debug", OPT_DEBUG, '-', "Extra output"}, {"msg", OPT_MSG, '-', "Show protocol messages"}, {"msgfile", OPT_MSGFILE, '>', diff --git a/doc/man1/s_client.pod b/doc/man1/s_client.pod index a06d3a6291..5d33e1c993 100644 --- a/doc/man1/s_client.pod +++ b/doc/man1/s_client.pod @@ -333,8 +333,9 @@ be used as a test that session caching is working. =item B<-showcerts> -Display the whole server certificate chain: normally only the server -certificate itself is displayed. +Displays the server certificate list as sent by the server: it only consists of +certificates the server has sent (in the order the server has sent them). It is +B<not> a verified chain. =item B<-prexit> @@ -695,7 +696,8 @@ a client certificate. Therefor merely including a client certificate on the command line is no guarantee that the certificate works. If there are problems verifying a server certificate then the -B<-showcerts> option can be used to show the whole chain. +B<-showcerts> option can be used to show all the certificates sent by the +server. The B<s_client> utility is a test tool and is designed to continue the handshake after any certificate verification errors. As a result it will |