Typo and additional information about cert-chain building.

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Lutz Jänicke 2000-12-05 16:47:22 +00:00
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@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ is performed in the ordering of the extension number, regardless of other
properties of the certificates.
Use the B<c_rehash> utility to create the necessary links.
The certificates in B<CAfile> are only looked up when required, e.g. when
The certificates in B<CApath> are only looked up when required, e.g. when
building the certificate chain or when actually performing the verification
of a peer certificate.
@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ matching the parameters is found, the verification process will be performed;
no other certificates for the same parameters will be searched in case of
failure.
When building its own certificate chain, an OpenSSL client/server will
try to fill in missing certificates from B<CAfile>/B<CApath>.
=head1 WARNINGS
If several CA certificates matching the name, key identifier, and serial