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A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
2003-07-10 08:49:03 +00:00
=pod
=head1 NAME
x509 - X.509 certificate handling
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/x509.h>
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Fix many doc L<> errors Add 2017 copyright year Add missing typedef to NAME Remove ec(7) and bn(7) doc links Remove .pod link errors, bogus links, make a few typo corrections Fix some typo's in links and some missing items. Don't link to C runtime functions (See OPENSSL_malloc for example/precedent) Document ASN1_tag2str(), add a few typedef's that were missing from NAME Update doc-nits target; addresses https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1900#issuecomment-259943891, Merge check-doc-links into find-doc-nits; if run regularly, would have found https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2825 Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2862)
2017-03-11 13:56:44 +00:00
An X.509 certificate is a structured grouping of information about
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
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an individual, a device, or anything one can imagine. A X.509 CRL
(certificate revocation list) is a tool to help determine if a
certificate is still valid. The exact definition of those can be
found in the X.509 document from ITU-T, or in RFC3280 from PKIX.
In OpenSSL, the type X509 is used to express such a certificate, and
the type X509_CRL is used to express a CRL.
A related structure is a certificate request, defined in PKCS#10 from
RSA Security, Inc, also reflected in RFC2896. In OpenSSL, the type
X509_REQ is used to express such a certificate request.
To handle some complex parts of a certificate, there are the types
X509_NAME (to express a certificate name), X509_ATTRIBUTE (to express
a certificate attributes), X509_EXTENSION (to express a certificate
extension) and a few more.
Finally, there's the supertype X509_INFO, which can contain a CRL, a
certificate and a corresponding private key.
Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod This commit is a suggestion to hopefully improve x509.pod. I had to re-read it the first time through and with these changes it reads a little easier, and wondering if others agree. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4924)
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B<X509_>I<XXX>, B<d2i_X509_>I<XXX>, and B<i2d_X509_>I<XXX> functions
handle X.509 certificates, with some exceptions, shown below.
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
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Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod This commit is a suggestion to hopefully improve x509.pod. I had to re-read it the first time through and with these changes it reads a little easier, and wondering if others agree. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4924)
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B<X509_CRL_>I<XXX>, B<d2i_X509_CRL_>I<XXX>, and B<i2d_X509_CRL_>I<XXX>
functions handle X.509 CRLs.
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
2003-07-10 08:49:03 +00:00
Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod This commit is a suggestion to hopefully improve x509.pod. I had to re-read it the first time through and with these changes it reads a little easier, and wondering if others agree. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4924)
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B<X509_REQ_>I<XXX>, B<d2i_X509_REQ_>I<XXX>, and B<i2d_X509_REQ_>I<XXX>
functions handle PKCS#10 certificate requests.
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
2003-07-10 08:49:03 +00:00
Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod This commit is a suggestion to hopefully improve x509.pod. I had to re-read it the first time through and with these changes it reads a little easier, and wondering if others agree. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4924)
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B<X509_NAME_>I<XXX> functions handle certificate names.
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
2003-07-10 08:49:03 +00:00
Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod This commit is a suggestion to hopefully improve x509.pod. I had to re-read it the first time through and with these changes it reads a little easier, and wondering if others agree. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4924)
2017-12-13 14:41:02 +00:00
B<X509_ATTRIBUTE_>I<XXX> functions handle certificate attributes.
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
2003-07-10 08:49:03 +00:00
Suggestion for improvements to x509.pod This commit is a suggestion to hopefully improve x509.pod. I had to re-read it the first time through and with these changes it reads a little easier, and wondering if others agree. Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Ben Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4924)
2017-12-13 14:41:02 +00:00
B<X509_EXTENSION_>I<XXX> functions handle certificate extensions.
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
Fix L<> content in manpages L<foo|foo> is sub-optimal If the xref is the same as the title, which is what we do, then you only need L<foo>. This fixes all 1457 occurrences in 349 files. Approximately. (And pod used to need both.) Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
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L<X509_NAME_ENTRY_get_object(3)>,
L<X509_NAME_add_entry_by_txt(3)>,
L<X509_NAME_add_entry_by_NID(3)>,
L<X509_NAME_print_ex(3)>,
L<X509_NAME_new(3)>,
L<d2i_X509(3)>,
L<d2i_X509_ALGOR(3)>,
L<d2i_X509_CRL(3)>,
L<d2i_X509_NAME(3)>,
L<d2i_X509_REQ(3)>,
L<d2i_X509_SIG(3)>,
Fix many doc L<> errors Add 2017 copyright year Add missing typedef to NAME Remove ec(7) and bn(7) doc links Remove .pod link errors, bogus links, make a few typo corrections Fix some typo's in links and some missing items. Don't link to C runtime functions (See OPENSSL_malloc for example/precedent) Document ASN1_tag2str(), add a few typedef's that were missing from NAME Update doc-nits target; addresses https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1900#issuecomment-259943891, Merge check-doc-links into find-doc-nits; if run regularly, would have found https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2825 Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2862)
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L<X509v3(3)>,
L<crypto(7)>
A document that has a very rough description of the X509 functionality. This is mostly so there's a way to get from the crypto.html page to the function descriptions.
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Add copyright to manpages Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2016-05-18 15:44:05 +00:00
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Fix many doc L<> errors Add 2017 copyright year Add missing typedef to NAME Remove ec(7) and bn(7) doc links Remove .pod link errors, bogus links, make a few typo corrections Fix some typo's in links and some missing items. Don't link to C runtime functions (See OPENSSL_malloc for example/precedent) Document ASN1_tag2str(), add a few typedef's that were missing from NAME Update doc-nits target; addresses https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1900#issuecomment-259943891, Merge check-doc-links into find-doc-nits; if run regularly, would have found https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2825 Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/2862)
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Copyright 2003-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Add copyright to manpages Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
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Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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