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authorwolfbeast <mcwerewolf@gmail.com>2018-12-15 01:42:53 +0100
committerwolfbeast <mcwerewolf@gmail.com>2018-12-15 01:42:53 +0100
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Update NSS to 3.41
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diff --git a/security/nss/doc/nroff/certutil.1 b/security/nss/doc/nroff/certutil.1
index 80a02fc27..b6a2e90b2 100644
--- a/security/nss/doc/nroff/certutil.1
+++ b/security/nss/doc/nroff/certutil.1
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
.\" Title: CERTUTIL
.\" Author: [see the "Authors" section]
.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 27 October 2017
+.\" Date: 5 October 2017
.\" Manual: NSS Security Tools
.\" Source: nss-tools
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "CERTUTIL" "1" "27 October 2017" "nss-tools" "NSS Security Tools"
+.TH "CERTUTIL" "1" "5 October 2017" "nss-tools" "NSS Security Tools"
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * Define some portability stuff
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -92,15 +92,11 @@ Add an email certificate to the certificate database\&.
.PP
\-F
.RS 4
-Delete a private key from a key database\&. Specify the key to delete with the \-n argument\&. Specify the database from which to delete the key with the
+Delete a private key and the associated certificate from a database\&. Specify the key to delete with the \-n argument or the \-k argument\&. Specify the database from which to delete the key with the
\fB\-d\fR
-argument\&. Use the
-\fB\-k\fR
-argument to specify explicitly whether to delete a DSA, RSA, or ECC key\&. If you don\*(Aqt use the
-\fB\-k\fR
-argument, the option looks for an RSA key matching the specified nickname\&.
+argument\&.
.sp
-When you delete keys, be sure to also remove any certificates associated with those keys from the certificate database, by using \-D\&. Some smart cards do not let you remove a public key you have generated\&. In such a case, only the private key is deleted from the key pair\&. You can display the public key with the command certutil \-K \-h tokenname\&.
+Some smart cards do not let you remove a public key you have generated\&. In such a case, only the private key is deleted from the key pair\&.
.RE
.PP
\-G
@@ -321,6 +317,8 @@ Set a key size to use when generating new public and private key pairs\&. The mi
\-h tokenname
.RS 4
Specify the name of a token to use or act on\&. If not specified the default token is the internal database slot\&.
+.sp
+The name can also be a PKCS #11 URI\&. For example, the NSS internal certificate store can be unambiguously specified as "pkcs11:token=NSS%20Certificate%20DB"\&. For details about the format, see RFC 7512\&.
.RE
.PP
\-i input_file
@@ -348,6 +346,8 @@ Assign a unique serial number to a certificate being created\&. This operation s
\-n nickname
.RS 4
Specify the nickname of a certificate or key to list, create, add to a database, modify, or validate\&. Bracket the nickname string with quotation marks if it contains spaces\&.
+.sp
+The nickname can also be a PKCS #11 URI\&. For example, if you have a certificate named "my\-server\-cert" on the internal certificate store, it can be unambiguously specified as "pkcs11:token=NSS%20Certificate%20DB;object=my\-server\-cert"\&. For details about the format, see RFC 7512\&.
.RE
.PP
\-o output\-file
@@ -1579,9 +1579,11 @@ $ certutil \-U \-d sql:/home/my/sharednssdb
slot: NSS User Private Key and Certificate Services
token: NSS Certificate DB
+ uri: pkcs11:token=NSS%20Certificate%20DB;manufacturer=Mozilla%20Foundation;serial=0000000000000000;model=NSS%203
slot: NSS Internal Cryptographic Services
token: NSS Generic Crypto Services
+ uri: pkcs11:token=NSS%20Generic%20Crypto%20Services;manufacturer=Mozilla%20Foundation;serial=0000000000000000;model=NSS%203
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE