Package: openssl
Version: 0.9.8g-10
Severity: normal
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x509(1ssl) currently contains the following snippets of documentation
about command line options for "openssl x509" :
> -subject_hash
> outputs the "hash" of the certificate subject name. This is used in
> OpenSSL to form an index to allow certificates in a directory to be
> looked up by subject name.
>
> -issuer_hash
> outputs the "hash" of the certificate issuer name.
>
> -hash
> synonym for "-hash" for backward compatibility reasons.
The documentation for -hash is startlingly implausible -- what should
it actually mean? Should it say 'a synonym for "-subject_hash"'? or
'a synonym for "-issuer_hash"'?
Also, without identifying the hashing function used, it's hard to know
to how/when these hashes should be trusted or manipulated. Maybe a
reference to c_rehash(1ssl) would be useful here?
Regards,
--dkg
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Versions of packages openssl depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
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ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
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