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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/ssl')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod index b8868f18bf..ea2faba3ec 100644 --- a/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod +++ b/doc/ssl/SSL_CTX_use_certificate.pod @@ -68,7 +68,9 @@ should be preferred. SSL_CTX_use_certificate_chain_file() loads a certificate chain from B<file> into B<ctx>. The certificates must be in PEM format and must -be sorted starting with the certificate to the highest level (root CA). +be sorted starting with the subject's certificate (actual client or server +certificate), followed by intermediate CA certificates if applicable, and +ending at the highest level (root) CA. There is no corresponding function working on a single SSL object. SSL_CTX_use_PrivateKey() adds B<pkey> as private key to B<ctx>. |