From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] x509(8)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:03:21 MDT."
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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 22:15:29 -0400
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> 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  The man page index is out-of-date.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