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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5openssl-nseq,
6nseq - create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence
7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10B<openssl> B<nseq>
11[B<-help>]
12[B<-in filename>]
13[B<-out filename>]
14[B<-toseq>]
15
16=head1 DESCRIPTION
17
18The B<nseq> command takes a file containing a Netscape certificate
19sequence and prints out the certificates contained in it or takes a
20file of certificates and converts it into a Netscape certificate
21sequence.
22
23=head1 OPTIONS
24
25=over 4
26
27=item B<-help>
28
29Print out a usage message.
30
31=item B<-in filename>
32
33This specifies the input filename to read or standard input if this
34option is not specified.
35
36=item B<-out filename>
37
38Specifies the output filename or standard output by default.
39
40=item B<-toseq>
41
42Normally a Netscape certificate sequence will be input and the output
43is the certificates contained in it. With the B<-toseq> option the
44situation is reversed: a Netscape certificate sequence is created from
45a file of certificates.
46
47=back
48
49=head1 EXAMPLES
50
51Output the certificates in a Netscape certificate sequence
52
53 openssl nseq -in nseq.pem -out certs.pem
54
55Create a Netscape certificate sequence
56
57 openssl nseq -in certs.pem -toseq -out nseq.pem
58
59=head1 NOTES
60
61The B<PEM> encoded form uses the same headers and footers as a certificate:
62
63 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
64 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
65
66A Netscape certificate sequence is a Netscape specific format that can be sent
67to browsers as an alternative to the standard PKCS#7 format when several
68certificates are sent to the browser: for example during certificate enrollment.
69It is used by Netscape certificate server for example.
70
71=head1 BUGS
72
73This program needs a few more options: like allowing DER or PEM input and
74output files and allowing multiple certificate files to be used.
75
76=head1 COPYRIGHT
77
78Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
79
80Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
81this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
82in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
83L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
84
85=cut
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