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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] x509(8)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:15:29 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1ADDxi-000F7w-03@t40.swtch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:03:21 MDT." <dd84056c19131211b92541d47723c17b@plan9.ucalgary.ca>

> The x509(8) man page is missing from the distribution, though it
> appears in the manpage index:
>
> 	plan9-2% lookman x509
> 	man 2 rsa # rsa(2)
> 	man 8 x509 # x509(8)
> 	plan9-2% man x509
> 	need /sys/man/8/x509
> 	plan9-2%
>
> The reason I spotted is because I need to know if Plan 9's factotum
> understands x509 certificates.  Is anyone using them?

x509(8) is dead.  The man page index is out-of-date.
See rsa(8) and pem(8).

Factotum knows nothing about x509(8) certificates.
Programs that care use thumbprint files in /sys/lib/tls.
/sys/doc/auth.ps has more details.

Russ


  reply	other threads:[~2003-10-25  2:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-10-25  2:03 mirtchov
2003-10-25  2:15 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2003-10-25 13:21   ` Eric Grosse

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