Merge pull request #5714 from alexischr/update_bockbuild

[mono.git] / man / makecert.1

diff --git a/man/makecert.1 b/man/makecert.1
index 006341ffd853fa660f1f52ff6d7388314b01a332..41284a47ae6d8a29234bec2e7d28a1c006e8d8b8 100644 (file)
--- a/man/makecert.1
+++ b/man/makecert.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" 
 .\" makecert manual page.
 .\" Copyright 2003 Motus Technologies
-.\" Copyright 2004-2005 Novell
+.\" Copyright 2004-2005, 2011 Novell
 .\" Author:
 .\"   Sebastien Pouliot (sebastien@ximian.com)
 .\"
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ applicable for certificates that have BasicConstraint set to Authority (-cy
 authority). This is used to limit the chain of certificates than can be
 issued under this authority.
 .TP
+.I "-alt filename"
+Add a subjectAltName extension to the certificate. Each line from 'filename'
+will be added as a DNS entry of the extension. This option is useful if you
+want to create a single SSL certificate to work on several hosts that do not
+share a common domain name (i.e. CN=*.domain.com would not work).
+.TP
 .I "-eku oid[,oid]"
 Add some extended key usage OID to the certificate.
 .TP