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diff --git a/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod b/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod index 336098f1e..da683004b 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/apps/verify.pod @@ -54,35 +54,37 @@ in PEM format concatenated together. =item B<-untrusted file> A file of untrusted certificates. The file should contain multiple certificates +in PEM format concatenated together. =item B<-purpose purpose> -the intended use for the certificate. Without this option no chain verification -will be done. Currently accepted uses are B<sslclient>, B<sslserver>, -B<nssslserver>, B<smimesign>, B<smimeencrypt>. See the B<VERIFY OPERATION> -section for more information. +The intended use for the certificate. If this option is not specified, +B<verify> will not consider certificate purpose during chain verification. +Currently accepted uses are B<sslclient>, B<sslserver>, B<nssslserver>, +B<smimesign>, B<smimeencrypt>. See the B<VERIFY OPERATION> section for more +information. =item B<-help> -prints out a usage message. +Print out a usage message. =item B<-verbose> -print extra information about the operations being performed. +Print extra information about the operations being performed. =item B<-issuer_checks> -print out diagnostics relating to searches for the issuer certificate -of the current certificate. This shows why each candidate issuer -certificate was rejected. However the presence of rejection messages -does not itself imply that anything is wrong: during the normal -verify process several rejections may take place. +Print out diagnostics relating to searches for the issuer certificate of the +current certificate. This shows why each candidate issuer certificate was +rejected. The presence of rejection messages does not itself imply that +anything is wrong; during the normal verification process, several +rejections may take place. =item B<-policy arg> -Enable policy processing and add B<arg> to the user-initial-policy-set -(see RFC3280 et al). The policy B<arg> can be an object name an OID in numeric -form. This argument can appear more than once. +Enable policy processing and add B<arg> to the user-initial-policy-set (see +RFC5280). The policy B<arg> can be an object name an OID in numeric form. +This argument can appear more than once. =item B<-policy_check> @@ -90,41 +92,40 @@ Enables certificate policy processing. =item B<-explicit_policy> -Set policy variable require-explicit-policy (see RFC3280 et al). +Set policy variable require-explicit-policy (see RFC5280). =item B<-inhibit_any> -Set policy variable inhibit-any-policy (see RFC3280 et al). +Set policy variable inhibit-any-policy (see RFC5280). =item B<-inhibit_map> -Set policy variable inhibit-policy-mapping (see RFC3280 et al). +Set policy variable inhibit-policy-mapping (see RFC5280). =item B<-policy_print> -Print out diagnostics, related to policy checking +Print out diagnostics related to policy processing. =item B<-crl_check> -Checks end entity certificate validity by attempting to lookup a valid CRL. +Checks end entity certificate validity by attempting to look up a valid CRL. If a valid CRL cannot be found an error occurs. =item B<-crl_check_all> Checks the validity of B<all> certificates in the chain by attempting -to lookup valid CRLs. +to look up valid CRLs. =item B<-ignore_critical> Normally if an unhandled critical extension is present which is not -supported by OpenSSL the certificate is rejected (as required by -RFC3280 et al). If this option is set critical extensions are -ignored. +supported by OpenSSL the certificate is rejected (as required by RFC5280). +If this option is set critical extensions are ignored. =item B<-x509_strict> -Disable workarounds for broken certificates which have to be disabled -for strict X.509 compliance. +For strict X.509 compliance, disable non-compliant workarounds for broken +certificates. =item B<-extended_crl> @@ -142,16 +143,15 @@ because it doesn't add any security. =item B<-> -marks the last option. All arguments following this are assumed to be +Indicates the last option. All arguments following this are assumed to be certificate files. This is useful if the first certificate filename begins with a B<->. =item B<certificates> -one or more certificates to verify. If no certificate filenames are included -then an attempt is made to read a certificate from standard input. They should -all be in PEM format. - +One or more certificates to verify. If no certificates are given, B<verify> +will attempt to read a certificate from standard input. Certificates must be +in PEM format. =back |