From e77017b39c60ddbb4775e6b0d45a81fe7128caf7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Caswell Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:27:32 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fix documentation for the -showcerts s_client option This option shows the certificates as sent by the server. It is not the full verified chain. Fixes #4933 Reviewed-by: Rich Salz (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/6069) --- apps/s_client.c | 2 +- doc/apps/s_client.pod | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/apps/s_client.c b/apps/s_client.c index c85566855f..9b0967200b 100644 --- a/apps/s_client.c +++ b/apps/s_client.c @@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static void sc_usage(void) BIO_printf(bio_err, " -prexit - print session information even on connection failure\n"); BIO_printf(bio_err, - " -showcerts - show all certificates in the chain\n"); + " -showcerts - Show all certificates sent by the server\n"); BIO_printf(bio_err, " -debug - extra output\n"); #ifdef WATT32 BIO_printf(bio_err, " -wdebug - WATT-32 tcp debugging\n"); diff --git a/doc/apps/s_client.pod b/doc/apps/s_client.pod index d2cad29d21..77cc0718ec 100644 --- a/doc/apps/s_client.pod +++ b/doc/apps/s_client.pod @@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ pauses 1 second between each read and write call. =item B<-showcerts> -display the whole server certificate chain: normally only the server -certificate itself is displayed. +Displays the server certificate list as sent by the server: it only consists of +certificates the server has sent (in the order the server has sent them). It is +B a verified chain. =item B<-prexit> @@ -354,7 +355,8 @@ a client certificate. Therefor merely including a client certificate on the command line is no guarantee that the certificate works. If there are problems verifying a server certificate then the -B<-showcerts> option can be used to show the whole chain. +B<-showcerts> option can be used to show all the certificates sent by the +server. Since the SSLv23 client hello cannot include compression methods or extensions these will only be supported if its use is disabled, for example by using the -- 2.25.1