NAME

openssl-nseq - create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence

SYNOPSIS

openssl nseq [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-toseq] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq]

DESCRIPTION

This command takes a file containing a Netscape certificate sequence and prints out the certificates contained in it or takes a file of certificates and converts it into a Netscape certificate sequence.

A Netscape certificate sequence is an old Netscape-specific format that can be sometimes be sent to browsers as an alternative to the standard PKCS#7 format when several certificates are sent to the browser, for example during certificate enrollment. It was also used by Netscape certificate server.

OPTIONS

-help: Print out a usage message.
-in filename: This specifies the input filename to read or standard input if this option is not specified.
-out filename: Specifies the output filename or standard output by default.
-toseq: Normally a Netscape certificate sequence will be input and the output is the certificates contained in it. With the -toseq option the situation is reversed: a Netscape certificate sequence is created from a file of certificates.
-provider name
-provider-path path
-propquery propq: See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).

EXAMPLES

Output the certificates in a Netscape certificate sequence

 openssl nseq -in nseq.pem -out certs.pem

Create a Netscape certificate sequence

 openssl nseq -in certs.pem -toseq -out nseq.pem

COPYRIGHT

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.