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authorStuart Henderson <sthen@cvs.openbsd.org>2019-05-10 12:41:50 +0000
committerStuart Henderson <sthen@cvs.openbsd.org>2019-05-10 12:41:50 +0000
commitb3272abd1b642670f407ec9501df89bb9bc7f6e5 (patch)
treee20fad7b828843f0af972fb8d325447eb3f250fd /share
parent5487c94db89e6cee4d59ac1586573dc7551ca714 (diff)
Browsers using SAN instead of CN in Subject is now more than just "some
new browsers" and it's a strict requirement rather than just deprecating cn; adjust the text accordingly. ok reyk@
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/man/man8/ssl.810
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man8/ssl.8 b/share/man/man8/ssl.8
index e0687bf3496..05ab9c5ffdd 100644
--- a/share/man/man8/ssl.8
+++ b/share/man/man8/ssl.8
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: ssl.8,v 1.67 2019/03/25 18:36:58 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: ssl.8,v 1.68 2019/05/10 12:41:49 sthen 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: March 25 2019 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 10 2019 $
.Dt SSL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ 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
-certificate and require that subject alt names are provided.
-This may require the use of
+Note that standard web browsers do not use the common name of a subject,
+but instead require that subject alt names are provided.
+This requires the use of
.Ar -extfile Pa server.ext
when self-signing.
.Bd -literal -offset indent