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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in index 9240916fce40..889a59cd497e 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-cmp.pod.in @@ -453,8 +453,11 @@ Reason numbers defined in RFC 5280 are: =item B<-server> I<[http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment]> -The DNS hostname or IP address and optionally port +The I<host> domain name or IP address and optionally I<port> of the CMP server to connect to using HTTP(S). +IP address may be for v4 or v6, such as C<127.0.0.1> or C<[::1]> for localhost. +If the host string is an IPv6 address, it must be enclosed in C<[> and C<]>. + This option excludes I<-port> and I<-use_mock_srv>. It is ignored if I<-rspin> is given with enough filename arguments. @@ -468,6 +471,7 @@ If a path is included it provides the default value for the B<-path> option. The HTTP(S) proxy server to use for reaching the CMP server unless B<-no_proxy> applies, see below. +If the host string is an IPv6 address, it must be enclosed in C<[> and C<]>. The proxy port defaults to 80 or 443 if the scheme is C<https>; apart from that the optional C<http://> or C<https://> prefix is ignored (note that TLS may be selected by B<-tls_used>), as well as any path, userinfo, and query, and fragment @@ -969,8 +973,9 @@ This excludes the B<-server> and B<-port> options. =item B<-port> I<number> -Act as HTTP-based CMP server mock-up listening on the given port. -This excludes the B<-server> and B<-use_mock_srv> options. +Act as HTTP-based CMP server mock-up listening on the given local port. +The client may address the server via, e.g., C<127.0.0.1> or C<[::1]>. +This option excludes the B<-server> and B<-use_mock_srv> options. The B<-rspin>, B<-rspout>, B<-reqin>, and B<-reqout> options so far are not supported in this mode. |