Commit f435308c authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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mk-ca-bundle.1: document -k

Brought in 1ad2bdcf. Now does HTTPS by default and needs -k to
fall back to plain HTTP.
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.TH mk-ca-bundle 1 "5 Jan 2013" "version 1.20" "mk-ca-bundle manual"
.TH mk-ca-bundle 1 "24 Oct 2016" "version 1.27" "mk-ca-bundle manual"
.SH NAME
.SH NAME
mk-ca-bundle \- convert mozilla's certdata.txt to PEM format
mk-ca-bundle \- convert mozilla's certdata.txt to PEM format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH SYNOPSIS
mk-ca-bundle [bilnpqstuv]
mk-ca-bundle [options]
.I [outputfile]
.I [outputfile]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SH DESCRIPTION
The mk-ca-bundle tool downloads the certdata.txt file from Mozilla's source
The mk-ca-bundle tool downloads the certdata.txt file from Mozilla's source
tree over HTTP, then parses certdata.txt and extracts certificates
tree over HTTPS, then parses certdata.txt and extracts certificates into PEM
into PEM format.  By default, only CA root certificates trusted to issue SSL
format. By default, only CA root certificates trusted to issue SSL server
server authentication certificates are extracted. These are then processed with
authentication certificates are extracted. These are then processed with the
the OpenSSL commandline tool to produce the final ca-bundle file.
OpenSSL commandline tool to produce the final ca-bundle file.


The default \fIoutputfile\fP name is \fBca-bundle.crt\fP. By setting it to '-'
The default \fIoutputfile\fP name is \fBca-bundle.crt\fP. By setting it to '-'
(a single dash) you will get the output sent to STDOUT instead of a file.
(a single dash) you will get the output sent to STDOUT instead of a file.
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ shortcuts for which source tree to get the cert data from.
force rebuild even if certdata.txt is current (Added in version 1.17)
force rebuild even if certdata.txt is current (Added in version 1.17)
.IP -i
.IP -i
print version info about used modules
print version info about used modules
.IP -k
Allow insecure data transfer. By default (since 1.27) this command will fail
if the HTTPS transfer fails. This overrides that decision (and opens for
man-in-the-middle attacks).
.IP -l
.IP -l
print license info about certdata.txt
print license info about certdata.txt
.IP -m
.IP -m