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authorMatthew Harmsen <mharmsen@redhat.com>2015-07-28 19:56:26 -0600
committerMatthew Harmsen <mharmsen@redhat.com>2015-07-28 20:43:39 -0600
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Add certutil options for ECC
- PKI TRAC Ticket #1524 - pkispawn: certutil options incorrect for creating ecc admin certificate
Diffstat (limited to 'base/server/man')
-rw-r--r--base/server/man/man5/pki_default.cfg.52
-rw-r--r--base/server/man/man8/pkispawn.84
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/base/server/man/man5/pki_default.cfg.5 b/base/server/man/man5/pki_default.cfg.5
index df4f94428..17130aecf 100644
--- a/base/server/man/man5/pki_default.cfg.5
+++ b/base/server/man/man5/pki_default.cfg.5
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Password for the admin user. This password is used to log into the pki-console
.IP
Email address for the admin user.
.TP
-.B pki_admin_dualkey, pki_admin_keysize, pki_admin_keytype
+.B pki_admin_dualkey, pki_admin_keysize, pki_admin_key_type
.IP
Settings for the administrator certificate and keys.
.TP
diff --git a/base/server/man/man8/pkispawn.8 b/base/server/man/man8/pkispawn.8
index 8d8a4ff41..411d93f0e 100644
--- a/base/server/man/man8/pkispawn.8
+++ b/base/server/man/man8/pkispawn.8
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ where \fImyconfig.txt\fP contains the following text:
.nf
[DEFAULT]
pki_admin_password=\fISecret123\fP
+pki_admin_keysize=nistp256
+pki_admin_key_type=ecc
pki_client_pkcs12_password=\fISecret123\fP
pki_ds_password=\fISecret123\fP
pki_ssl_server_key_algorithm=SHA256withEC
@@ -286,7 +288,7 @@ pki_ocsp_signing_signing_algorithm=SHA256withEC
.fi
.PP
-In order to utilize ECC, the SSL Server and Subsystem key algorithm, key size, and key type should be changed from SHA256withRSA --> SHA256withEC, 2048 --> nistp256, and rsa --> ecc, respectively.
+In order to utilize ECC, the SSL Server and Subsystem key algorithm, key size, and key type should be changed from SHA256withRSA --> SHA256withEC, 2048 --> nistp256, and rsa --> ecc, respectively. To use an ECC admin key size and key type, the values should also be changed from 2048 --> nistp256, and rsa --> ecc.
.PP
Additionally, for a CA subsystem, both the CA and OCSP Signing key algorithm, key size, key type, and signing algorithm should be changed from SHA256withRSA --> SHA256withEC, 2048 --> nistp256, rsa --> ecc, and SHA256withRSA --> SHA256withEC,respectively.