X-Git-Url: https://git.donarmstrong.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=debian%2FREADME.Debian;h=093fad04a56b0e567ca821547cc0cb6dd15f2370;hb=3ed820e2c681687a754e1b71af1eae612fadac7b;hp=b68b6d129807e32fdea7fdb563517f5b708e3a11;hpb=ec9311ac6b70963e9a1feb14341c07fbbea377a2;p=ca-certificates.git diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index b68b6d1..093fad0 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -1,43 +1,50 @@ -The Debian Package ca-certificates +The Debian Package “ca-certificates” ---------------------------------- -Common CA certificates PEM files, installed in /usr/share/ca-certificates/ - -It includes the following certificates: - - spi-inc.org certificate - - db.debian.org certificate - - Mozilla builtin CA certificates - - brasil.gov.br certificate - - cacert.org certificate - -configuration file: - /etc/ca-certificates.conf - - managed by debconf - # dpkg-reconfigure ca-certificates - - update-ca-certificates will update /etc/ssl/certs - make hash symlinks - generate ca-certificates.crt (single-file version) - -/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt will be used by many of the web browsers -in Debian, including mozilla, when deciding what secure web sites to trust. - -For w3m package, it has ssl_ca_path configuration in /etc/w3m/w3mconfig, -so it works without any configuration. You can specify -/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt for ssl_ca_file instead. - - -How certificate will be accepted in ca-certificates package ------------------------------------------------------------ - - - submit *GPG signed* bug report to ca-certificate with severity normal. - the bug report should include - - description of the CA - - how to obtain CA cert pem or paste it in the bug report - - license of the CA certificate - - fingerprint and/or hash value of the cert - - get 2 or 3 recommendation ("seconded" mail) from other people to - the bug report, GPG signed. - I won't accept if the CA is requested by only one people. - - -- ukai , Wed May 18 01:24:57 2005 +This package includes PEM files of CA certificates to allow SSL-based +applications to check for the authenticity of SSL connections. + +Please note that we can neither confirm nor deny whether the certificate +authorities whose certificates are included in this package have in +any way been audited for trustworthiness or RFC 3647 compliance. Full +responsibility to assess them belongs to the local system +administrator. + +The CA certificates contained in this package are installed into +“/usr/share/ca-certificates”. + +The configuration file “/etc/ca-certificates.conf” is seeded with +trust information through Debconf. Just call “dpkg-reconfigure +ca-certificates” to adjust the settings. + +“update-ca-certificates” will then update “/etc/ssl/certs” which may be +used by the web browsers in Debian. It will also generate the hash +symlinks and generate a single-file version in +“/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt”. + +If you want to install local certificate authorities to be implicitly +trusted, please put the certificate files as single files ending with +“.crt“ into “/usr/local/share/ca-certificates” and re-run +“update-ca-certificates”. If you want to prepare a local package +of your certificates, you should depend on “ca-certificates“, install +the PEM files into “/usr/local/share/ca-certificates” as above and call +“update-ca-certificates” in the package's “postinst“. + +How certificates will be accepted into the ca-certificates package +------------------------------------------------------------------ + + Option 1: + - File a *GPG-signed* bug report against ca-certificates with + *severity normal*. The bug report must include an attached + copy of the PEM certificates of the CA, a link to and a + description of the CA, the licence of the CA certificate + and signed fingerprint and/or hash values of the certificate. + - Get two or three recommendations from other people to the + bug report, GPG-signed (preferably from the strong set). + - CA certificates will not be accepted if requested by only + one person. + + Option 2: + - Get it included into Mozilla's trust store. + - File a bug against ca-certificates stating this fact. +