6 nseq - create or examine a netscape certificate sequence
17 The B<nseq> command takes a file containing a Netscape certificate
18 sequence and prints out the certificates contained in it or takes a
19 file of certificates and converts it into a Netscape certificate
22 =head1 COMMAND OPTIONS
28 This specifies the input filename to read or standard input if this
29 option is not specified.
31 =item B<-out filename>
33 specifies the output filename or standard output by default.
37 normally a Netscape certificate sequence will be input and the output
38 is the certificates contained in it. With the B<-toseq> option the
39 situation is reversed: a Netscape certificate sequence is created from
40 a file of certificates.
46 Output the certificates in a Netscape certificate sequence
48 openssl nseq -in nseq.pem -out certs.pem
50 Create a Netscape certificate sequence
52 openssl nseq -in certs.pem -toseq -out nseq.pem
56 The B<PEM> encoded form uses the same headers and footers as a certificate:
58 -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
59 -----END CERTIFICATE-----
61 A Netscape certificate sequence is a Netscape specific form that can be sent
62 to browsers as an alternative to the standard PKCS#7 format when several
63 certificates are sent to the browser: for example during certificate enrollment.
64 It is used by Netscape certificate server for example.
68 This program needs a few more options: like allowing DER or PEM input and
69 output files and allowing multiple certificate files to be used.