manu(a)netbsd.org (Emmanuel Dreyfus) writes:
Howard Chu <hyc(a)symas.com> wrote:
> >
http://openssl.org/docs/apps/ca.html#
> >
http://openssl.org/docs/apps/x509v3_config.html#
>
> I should note that these are the same man pages that are bundled in the
> OpenSSL packages themselves. It seems odd to go to search engines when the
> info you're looking for is already on your own machine. It seems odd to go
> to search engines instead of the home web sites of the actual software
> you're working with...
Well, that documentation (which I already checked) is a good reference
documentation, but it's a very poor for learning how to actually do
things.
[...]
As we ware talking about X.509, in openssl.cnf you have to declare,
where x509 extensions can be found, in my config file they are in
usr_cert part
...
x509_extensions = usr_cert
...
[ usr_cert ]
...
subjectAltName=DNS:localhost
...
-Dieter
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