1VFYCHAIN(1)                   NSS Security Tools                   VFYCHAIN(1)
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NAME

6       vfychain_ - vfychain [options] [revocation options] certfile [[options]
7       certfile] ...
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SYNOPSIS

10       vfychain
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STATUS

13       This documentation is still work in progress. Please contribute to the
14       initial review in Mozilla NSS bug 836477[1]
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DESCRIPTION

17       The verification Tool, vfychain, verifies certificate chains.  modutil
18       can add and delete PKCS #11 modules, change passwords on security
19       databases, set defaults, list module contents, enable or disable slots,
20       enable or disable FIPS 140-2 compliance, and assign default providers
21       for cryptographic operations. This tool can also create certificate,
22       key, and module security database files.
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24       The tasks associated with security module database management are part
25       of a process that typically also involves managing key databases and
26       certificate databases.
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OPTIONS

29       -a
30           the following certfile is base64 encoded
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32       -b  YYMMDDHHMMZ
33           Validate date (default: now)
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35       -d  directory
36           database directory
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38       -f
39           Enable cert fetching from AIA URL
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41       -o  oid
42           Set policy OID for cert validation(Format OID.1.2.3)
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44       -p
45           Use PKIX Library to validate certificate by calling:
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49           * CERT_PKIXVerifyCert if specified twice and more.
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51       -r
52           Following certfile is raw binary DER (default)
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54       -t
55           Following cert is explicitly trusted (overrides db trust)
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57       -u  usage
58           0=SSL client, 1=SSL server, 2=SSL StepUp, 3=SSL CA, 4=Email signer,
59           5=Email recipient, 6=Object signer, 9=ProtectedObjectSigner,
60           10=OCSP responder, 11=Any CA
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62       -T
63           Trust both explicit trust anchors (-t) and the database. (Without
64           this option, the default is to only trust certificates marked -t,
65           if there are any, or to trust the database if there are
66           certificates marked -t.)
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68       -v
69           Verbose mode. Prints root cert subject(double the argument for
70           whole root cert info)
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72       -w  password
73           Database password
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75       -W  pwfile
76           Password file
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78           Revocation options for PKIX API (invoked with -pp options) is a
79           collection of the following flags: [-g type [-h flags] [-m type [-s
80           flags]] ...] ...
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84       -g  test-type
85           Sets status checking test type. Possible values are "leaf" or
86           "chain"
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88       -g  test type
89           Sets status checking test type. Possible values are "leaf" or
90           "chain".
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92       -h  test flags
93           Sets revocation flags for the test type it follows. Possible flags:
94           "testLocalInfoFirst" and "requireFreshInfo".
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96       -m  method type
97           Sets method type for the test type it follows. Possible types are
98           "crl" and "ocsp".
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100       -s  method flags
101           Sets revocation flags for the method it follows. Possible types are
102           "doNotUse", "forbidFetching", "ignoreDefaultSrc", "requireInfo" and
103           "failIfNoInfo".
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

106       For information about NSS and other tools related to NSS (like JSS),
107       check out the NSS project wiki at
108       http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/. The NSS site relates
109       directly to NSS code changes and releases.
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111       Mailing lists: https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto
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113       IRC: Freenode at #dogtag-pki
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AUTHORS

116       The NSS tools were written and maintained by developers with Netscape,
117       Red Hat, Sun, Oracle, Mozilla, and Google.
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119       Authors: Elio Maldonado <emaldona@redhat.com>, Deon Lackey
120       <dlackey@redhat.com>.
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LICENSE

123       Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL
124       was not distributed with this file, You can obtain one at
125       http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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NOTES

128        1. Mozilla NSS bug 836477
129           https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836477
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