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* [9fans] x509(8)
@ 2003-10-25  2:03 mirtchov
  2003-10-25  2:15 ` Russ Cox
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: mirtchov @ 2003-10-25  2:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

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?

thanx, andrey

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* Re: [9fans] x509(8)
  2003-10-25  2:03 [9fans] x509(8) mirtchov
@ 2003-10-25  2:15 ` Russ Cox
  2003-10-25 13:21   ` Eric Grosse
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Russ Cox @ 2003-10-25  2:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

> 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  The man page index is out-of-date.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


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* Re: [9fans] x509(8)
  2003-10-25  2:15 ` Russ Cox
@ 2003-10-25 13:21   ` Eric Grosse
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Grosse @ 2003-10-25 13:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 9fans

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  The man page index is out-of-date.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

See also rsa(2) and /sys/src/libsec/port/x509.c.  We use X.509
certificates because the rest of the world does, and so this is
a feasible way to ship public keys around, whether or not you
buy into the whole PKI hierarchy.

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