From 2a9afa4046592d44af84644cd89fe1a0d6d46889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Salz Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 10:47:50 -0400 Subject: RT3940: For now, just document the issue. Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte --- doc/apps/cms.pod | 3 +++ doc/apps/smime.pod | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/apps/cms.pod b/doc/apps/cms.pod index b6546133cf..d5529bea6b 100644 --- a/doc/apps/cms.pod +++ b/doc/apps/cms.pod @@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format. The actual CMS type is EnvelopedData. +Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that +key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text. + =item B<-decrypt> decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an diff --git a/doc/apps/smime.pod b/doc/apps/smime.pod index 2c7661daf0..ba59eda26f 100644 --- a/doc/apps/smime.pod +++ b/doc/apps/smime.pod @@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ Print out a usage message. encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format. +Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that +key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text. + =item B<-decrypt> decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an -- cgit v1.2.3