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Keeping the locally applied patch, but bumping its version tag, to indicate it hasn't been part of an official NSS release yet.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "date.xml">
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<!ENTITY version SYSTEM "version.xml">
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]>
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<refentry id="cmsutil">
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<refentryinfo>
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<date>&date;</date>
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<title>NSS Security Tools</title>
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<productname>nss-tools</productname>
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<productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>CMSUTIL</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>cmsutil</refname>
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<refpurpose>Performs basic cryptograpic operations, such as encryption and decryption, on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) messages.</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>cmsutil</command>
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<arg><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
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<arg>[<replaceable>arguments</replaceable>]</arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsection>
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<title>STATUS</title>
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<para>This documentation is still work in progress. Please contribute to the initial review in <ulink url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836477">Mozilla NSS bug 836477</ulink>
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</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection id="description">
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>The <command>cmsutil</command> command-line uses the S/MIME Toolkit to perform basic operations, such as encryption and decryption, on Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) messages.
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</para>
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<para>
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To run cmsutil, type the command cmsutil option [arguments] where option and arguments are combinations of the options and arguments listed in the following section.
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Each command takes one option. Each option may take zero or more arguments.
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To see a usage string, issue the command without options.
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</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection id="options">
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<title>Options and Arguments</title>
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<para>
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</para>
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<para><command>Options</command></para>
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<para>
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Options specify an action. Option arguments modify an action.
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The options and arguments for the cmsutil command are defined as follows:
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-D </term>
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<listitem><para>Decode a message.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-C</term>
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<listitem><para>Encrypt a message.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-E </term>
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<listitem><para>Envelope a message.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-O </term>
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<listitem><para>Create a certificates-only message.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-S </term>
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<listitem><para>Sign a message.</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para><command>Arguments</command></para>
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<para>Option arguments modify an action and are lowercase.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-c content </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use this detached content (decode only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-d dbdir</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Specify the key/certificate database directory (default is ".")</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-e envfile</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Specify a file containing an enveloped message for a set of recipients to which you would like to send an encrypted message. If this is the first encrypted message for that set of recipients, a new enveloped message will be created that you can then use for future messages (encrypt only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-G</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Include a signing time attribute (sign only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-h num</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Generate email headers with info about CMS message (decode only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-i infile</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use infile as a source of data (default is stdin).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-N nickname</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Specify nickname of certificate to sign with (sign only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-n </term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Suppress output of contents (decode only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-o outfile</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use outfile as a destination of data (default is stdout).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-P</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Include an S/MIME capabilities attribute.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-p password</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Use password as key database password.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-r recipient1,recipient2, ...</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Specify list of recipients (email addresses) for an encrypted or enveloped message.
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For certificates-only message, list of certificates to send.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-T</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Suppress content in CMS message (sign only).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-u certusage</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Set type of cert usage (default is certUsageEmailSigner).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>-Y ekprefnick</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>Specify an encryption key preference by nickname.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsection>
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<refsection id="usage">
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<title>Usage</title>
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<para>Encrypt Example</para>
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<programlisting>
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cmsutil -C [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -r "recipient1,recipient2, . . ." -e envfile
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</programlisting>
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<para>Decode Example</para>
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<programlisting>
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cmsutil -D [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] [-c content] [-n] [-h num]
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</programlisting>
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<para>Envelope Example</para>
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<programlisting>
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cmsutil -E [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -r "recipient1,recipient2, ..."
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</programlisting>
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<para>Certificate-only Example</para>
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<programlisting>
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cmsutil -O [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -r "cert1,cert2, . . ."
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</programlisting>
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<para>Sign Message Example</para>
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<programlisting>
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cmsutil -S [-i infile] [-o outfile] [-d dbdir] [-p password] -N nickname[-TGP] [-Y ekprefnick]
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</programlisting>
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</refsection>
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<refsection>
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<title>See also</title>
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<para>certutil(1)</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection id="seealso">
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<title>See Also</title>
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<para></para>
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<para>
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</para>
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<para>
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</para>
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<para>
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</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection id="resources">
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<title>Additional Resources</title>
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<para>For information about NSS and other tools related to NSS (like JSS), check out the NSS project wiki at <ulink url="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/">http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/</ulink>. The NSS site relates directly to NSS code changes and releases.</para>
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<para>Mailing lists: https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto</para>
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<para>IRC: Freenode at #dogtag-pki</para>
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</refsection>
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<!-- fill in your name first; keep the other names for reference -->
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<refsection id="authors">
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<title>Authors</title>
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<para>The NSS tools were written and maintained by developers with Netscape, Red Hat, and Sun.</para>
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<para>
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Authors: Elio Maldonado <emaldona@redhat.com>, Deon Lackey <dlackey@redhat.com>.
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</para>
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</refsection>
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<refsection id="license">
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<title>LICENSE</title>
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<para>Licensed under the Mozilla Public License, version 1.1,
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and/or the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later,
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and/or the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later.
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</para>
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</refsection>
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</refentry>
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