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authorJohannes Bauer <joe@johannes-bauer.com>2017-08-11 19:00:21 -0400
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-08-11 19:00:21 -0400
commitbbe9c3d51afa33d883abed3700d33c256afff46b (patch)
tree6863d2da4e709f55b76e34801fc826f9f036587f /doc
parent44e699515568abcae0e77d7315f9b5e393daa6d9 (diff)
downloadopenssl-bbe9c3d51afa33d883abed3700d33c256afff46b.tar.gz
Clarify CLI OCSP documentation
This fixes issue #3043, which ultimately was reported because documentation was not clear on the meaning of the "-ignore_err" option. Update both command line documentation and add this option to manpage. Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4143)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/ocsp.pod b/doc/man1/ocsp.pod
index 058462f318..42621df336 100644
--- a/doc/man1/ocsp.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/ocsp.pod
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ B<openssl> B<ocsp>
[B<-no_cert_checks>]
[B<-no_explicit>]
[B<-port num>]
+[B<-ignore_err>]
[B<-index file>]
[B<-CA file>]
[B<-rsigner file>]
@@ -343,6 +344,12 @@ specified in the B<rsigner> option is used.
Port to listen for OCSP requests on. The port may also be specified
using the B<url> option.
+=item B<-ignore_err>
+
+Ignore malformed requests or responses: When acting as an OCSP client, retry if
+a malformed response is received. When acting as an OCSP responder, continue
+running instead of terminating upon receiving a malformed request.
+
=item B<-nrequest number>
The OCSP server will exit after receiving B<number> requests, default unlimited.