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PP(1) NSS Security Tools PP(1)

NAME

pp - Prints certificates, keys, crls, and pkcs7 files

SYNOPSIS

pp -t type [-a] [-i input] [-o output] [-u] [-w]

STATUS

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

DESCRIPTION

pp pretty-prints private and public key, certificate, certificate-request, pkcs7, pkcs12 or crl files

OPTIONS

-t type

specify the input, one of {private-key | public-key | certificate | certificate-request | pkcs7 | pkcs12 | crl | name}

-a

Input is in ascii encoded form (RFC1113)

-i inputfile

Define an input file to use (default is stdin)

-o outputfile

Define an output file to use (default is stdout)

-u

Use UTF-8 (default is to show non-ascii as .)

-w

Don't wrap long output lines

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

NSS is maintained in conjunction with PKI and security-related projects through Mozilla and Fedora. The most closely-related project is Dogtag PKI, with a project wiki at PKI Wiki[2].

For information specifically about NSS, the NSS project wiki is located at Mozilla NSS site[3]. The NSS site relates directly to NSS code changes and releases.

Mailing lists: pki-devel@redhat.com and pki-users@redhat.com

IRC: Freenode at #dogtag-pki

AUTHORS

The NSS tools were written and maintained by developers with Netscape, Red Hat, Sun, Oracle, Mozilla, and Google.

Authors: Elio Maldonado <emaldona@redhat.com>, Deon Lackey <dlackey@redhat.com>.

LICENSE

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

NOTES

1.
Mozilla NSS bug 836477
2.
PKI Wiki
3.
Mozilla NSS site
19 May 2021 nss-tools