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authorNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>2013-03-01 16:54:12 +0100
committerNikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@gnutls.org>2013-03-01 17:28:24 +0100
commite83a184c54c9c705306ba4941f5600620cd3b597 (patch)
treead1b81e90b02f83e0f3615dd579c36722c1a0523 /doc
parent754daa7f4fe9dc125c9de24e60e16b7c9c431131 (diff)
downloadgnutls-e83a184c54c9c705306ba4941f5600620cd3b597.tar.gz
Added verify flags for DANE to enforce verification and restrict it to a field.
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-rw-r--r--doc/invoke-danetool.texi16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/invoke-danetool.texi b/doc/invoke-danetool.texi
index 0aa41ebeba..cb34077cd7 100644
--- a/doc/invoke-danetool.texi
+++ b/doc/invoke-danetool.texi
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE (invoke-danetool.texi)
#
-# It has been AutoGen-ed January 18, 2013 at 06:50:16 PM by AutoGen 5.16
+# It has been AutoGen-ed March 1, 2013 at 05:06:53 PM by AutoGen 5.16
# From the definitions ../src/danetool-args.def
# and the template file agtexi-cmd.tpl
@end ignore
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ USAGE: danetool [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[@{=| @}<val>] ]...
--dlv=str Sets a DLV file
--hash=str Hash algorithm to use for signing.
--check=str Check a host's DANE TLSA entry.
+ --check-ee Check only the end-entity's certificate.
+ --check-ca Check only the CA's certificate.
--insecure Do not verify any DNSSEC signature.
--local-dns Use the local DNS server for DNSSEC resolving.
- disabled as --no-local-dns
@@ -115,7 +117,17 @@ Available hash functions are SHA1, RMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512.
This is the ``check a host's dane tlsa entry.'' option.
This option takes an argument string.
-Obtains the DANE TLSA entry from the given hostname and prints information.
+Obtains the DANE TLSA entry from the given hostname and prints information. Note that the actual certificate of the host has to be provided using --load-certificate.
+@anchor{danetool check-ee}
+@subsubheading check-ee option
+
+This is the ``check only the end-entity's certificate.'' option.
+Checks the end-entity's certificate only. Trust anchors or CAs are not considered.
+@anchor{danetool check-ca}
+@subsubheading check-ca option
+
+This is the ``check only the ca's certificate.'' option.
+Checks the trust anchor's and CA's certificate only. End-entities are not considered.
@anchor{danetool insecure}
@subsubheading insecure option