X-Git-Url: http://git.onelab.eu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fssl-peer-ca-cert.man;h=5450b9ef477c3d8837c50558cf13927a469c58cd;hb=HEAD;hp=183f93ea24db62c614446a13e02a43a2a7595ce1;hpb=c69ee87c10818267f991236201150b1fa51ae519;p=sliver-openvswitch.git diff --git a/lib/ssl-peer-ca-cert.man b/lib/ssl-peer-ca-cert.man index 183f93ea2..5450b9ef4 100644 --- a/lib/ssl-peer-ca-cert.man +++ b/lib/ssl-peer-ca-cert.man @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -.IP "\fB--peer-ca-cert=\fIpeer-cacert.pem\fR" +.IP "\fB\-\-peer\-ca\-cert=\fIpeer-cacert.pem\fR" Specifies a PEM file that contains one or more additional certificates to send to SSL peers. \fIpeer-cacert.pem\fR should be the CA -certificate used to sign the \fB\*(PN\fR own certificate (the -certificate specified on \fB-c\fR or \fB--certificate\fR). +certificate used to sign \fB\*(PN\fR's own certificate, that is, the +certificate specified on \fB\-c\fR or \fB\-\-certificate\fR. If +\fB\*(PN\fR's certificate is self-signed, then \fB\-\-certificate\fR +and \fB\-\-peer\-ca\-cert\fR should specify the same file. .IP This option is not useful in normal operation, because the SSL peer must already have the CA certificate for the peer to have any -confidence in \fB\*(PN\fR's identity. However, this option allows a -newly installed switch to obtain the peer CA certificate on first boot -using, e.g., the \fB\-\-bootstrap-ca-cert\fR option to -\fBovs\-openflowd\fR(8). +confidence in \fB\*(PN\fR's identity. However, this offers a way for +a new installation to bootstrap the CA certificate on its first SSL +connection.