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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2017-04-05 08:32:48 +0200
committerNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>2017-04-05 08:51:35 +0200
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certtool: added examples on verifying certificates
Signed-off-by: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com>
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@@ -640,12 +640,26 @@ $ certtool --load-ca-certificate ca.pem \
--to-p12 --outder --outfile key.p12
@end example
-@subheading Diffie-Hellman parameter generation
-To generate parameters for Diffie-Hellman key exchange, use the command:
+@subheading Obtaining Diffie-Hellman parameters
+To obtain the RFC7919 parameters for Diffie-Hellman key exchange, use the command:
@example
-$ certtool --generate-dh-params --outfile dh.pem --sec-param medium
+$ certtool --get-dh-params --outfile dh.pem --sec-param medium
@end example
+@subheading Verifying a certificate
+To verify a certificate in a file against the system's CA trust store
+use the following command:
+@example
+$ certtool --verify --infile cert.pem
+@end example
+
+It is also possible to simulate hostname verification with the following
+options:
+@example
+$ certtool --verify --verify-hostname www.example.com --infile cert.pem
+@end example
+
+
@subheading Proxy certificate generation
Proxy certificate can be used to delegate your credential to a
temporary, typically short-lived, certificate. To create one from the