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author | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2017-07-08 02:13:37 +0000 |
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committer | Ted Unangst <tedu@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2017-07-08 02:13:37 +0000 |
commit | 1e3cea7680e16b686a9fc131466641bb78c9a7c1 (patch) | |
tree | be854dada6e0fbe0973a8155f758ca9dd19d4a6d /share/man | |
parent | 5d2bcf68791461727b19be792b0d92f8384293c6 (diff) |
add a hint about subjectAltName. this isn't great, but i'm not sure how
to improve it without muddying up the whole page, and at a minimum it
gives the reader a clue about some concepts to search the web for.
if you can do better, make it so. :)
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man8/ssl.8 | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/ssl.8 b/share/man/man8/ssl.8 index d69c46f8c0b..2a7641b921c 100644 --- a/share/man/man8/ssl.8 +++ b/share/man/man8/ssl.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ssl.8,v 1.64 2016/06/06 15:26:04 sthen Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ssl.8,v 1.65 2017/07/08 02:13:36 tedu Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1999 Theo de Raadt, Bob Beck .\" All rights reserved. @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF .\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 6 2016 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 8 2017 $ .Dt SSL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ You can also sign the key yourself, using the command: -out /etc/ssl/server.crt .Ed .Pp +Note that some new browsers have deprecated using the common name of a +certifate and require that subject alt names be provided. +This may require the use of +.Ar -extfile Pa server.ext +when self-signing. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# this is an example server.ext file +subjectAltName=DNS:example.com,DNS:www.example.com +.Ed +.Pp With .Pa /etc/ssl/server.crt and |