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* doc/man7/proxy-certificates.pod: New guide for proxy certificatesRichard Levitte2019-11-271-319/+0
| | | | | | | This replaces doc/HOWTO/proxy_certificates.txt Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10507)
* Fix errors found by new find-doc-nitsRich Salz2019-10-031-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | Also patch find-doc-nits to ignore a Microsoft trademark and not flag it as a spelling error. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10023)
* Fix TyposAntoine Cœur2019-07-011-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | CLA: trivial Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9275)
* Remove unnecessary trailing whitespaceSam Roberts2019-02-052-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | Trim trailing whitespace. It doesn't match OpenSSL coding standards, AFAICT, and it can cause problems with git tooling. Trailing whitespace remains in test data and external source. Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com> Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/8092)
* Update some documentation for X448/Ed448Matt Caswell2018-03-021-1/+1
| | | | | | Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5481)
* Add EC key generation paragraph in doc/HOWTO/keys.txtPaul Yang2017-08-011-13/+46
| | | | | | | | Seems this documentation is not dead, so add this missing part Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4037)
* Various doc fixes.Xiaoyin Liu2017-07-262-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix typo in NOTES.WIN: this -> these Fix wrong capital letter in certificates.txt Make number of characters in each line more even Remove redundant empty line Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3986)
* Update the example in proxy_certificates.txtRichard Levitte2016-07-261-105/+118
| | | | Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
* Fixed a bunch of typos in the docsAlex Gaynor2016-03-191-1/+1
| | | | | Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
* Various doc fixes from GH pull requestsRich Salz2015-07-311-3/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Thanks folks: 348 Benjamin Kaduk 317 Christian Brueffer 254 Erik Tews 253 Erik Tews 219 Carl Mehner 155 (ghost) 95 mancha 51 DominikNeubauer Reviewed-by: Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
* Improves certificates HOWTOAlok Menghrajani2014-12-221-35/+40
| | | | | | | | | * adds links to various related documents. * fixes a few typos. * rewords a few sentences. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
* Small typoRichard Levitte2014-12-221-1/+1
| | | | Reviewed-by: Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
* Correct some layout issues, convert all remaining tabs to appropriate ↵Richard Levitte2014-11-281-9/+8
| | | | | | amounts of spaces. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
* Improves the proxy certificates howto doc.Alok Menghrajani2014-11-281-106/+91
| | | | | | | | | The current documentation contains a bunch of spelling and grammar mistakes. I also found it hard to understand some paragraphs, so here is my attempt to improve its readability. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
* Correct environment variable is OPENSSL_ALLOW_PROXY_CERTS.Richard Levitte2012-05-041-1/+1
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* EVP_CIPHER_CTX_init is a void function + fix typoNils Larsch2005-04-151-3/+3
| | | | PR: 1044 + 1045
* Added restrictions on the use of proxy certificates, as they may poseRichard Levitte2005-04-091-2/+44
| | | | a security threat on unexpecting applications. Document and test.
* Added HOWTO about proxy certificates.Richard Levitte2005-03-141-0/+280
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* Implement self-signing in 'openssl ca'. This makes it easier to haveRichard Levitte2003-04-031-6/+5
| | | | | | the CA certificate part of the CA database, and combined with 'unique_subject=no', it should make operations like CA certificate roll-over easier.
* It's recommended to use req rather than x509 to create self-signed certificatesRichard Levitte2003-04-031-6/+4
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* Typo correctionRichard Levitte2003-04-031-1/+1
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* Extend the HOWTO on creating certificates, and add a HOWTO in creating keys.Richard Levitte2003-01-142-16/+112
| | | | PR: 422
* Make all configuration macros available for application by makingRichard Levitte2001-02-191-4/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | sure they are available in opensslconf.h, by giving them names starting with "OPENSSL_" to avoid conflicts with other packages and by making sure e_os2.h will cover all platform-specific cases together with opensslconf.h. I've checked fairly well that nothing breaks with this (apart from external software that will adapt if they have used something like NO_KRB5), but I can't guarantee it completely, so a review of this change would be a good thing.
* Write a first HOWTO on how to create certificates. This is currentlyRichard Levitte2000-12-011-0/+85
a draft.