NAME

       vfychain_ - vfychain [options] [revocation options] certfile [[options] certfile] ...

SYNOPSIS

       vfychain

STATUS

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

DESCRIPTION

       The verification Tool, vfychain, verifies certificate chains.  modutil can add and delete
       PKCS #11 modules, change passwords on security databases, set defaults, list module
       contents, enable or disable slots, enable or disable FIPS 140-2 compliance, and assign
       default providers for cryptographic operations. This tool can also create certificate,
       key, and module security database files.

       The tasks associated with security module database management are part of a process that
       typically also involves managing key databases and certificate databases.

OPTIONS

       -a
           the following certfile is base64 encoded

       -b  YYMMDDHHMMZ
           Validate date (default: now)

       -d  directory
           database directory

       -f
           Enable cert fetching from AIA URL

       -o  oid
           Set policy OID for cert validation(Format OID.1.2.3)

       -p
           Use PKIX Library to validate certificate by calling:

           * CERT_VerifyCertificate if specified once,

           * CERT_PKIXVerifyCert if specified twice and more.

       -r
           Following certfile is raw binary DER (default)

       -t
           Following cert is explicitly trusted (overrides db trust)

       -u  usage
           0=SSL client, 1=SSL server, 2=SSL StepUp, 3=SSL CA, 4=Email signer, 5=Email recipient,
           6=Object signer, 9=ProtectedObjectSigner, 10=OCSP responder, 11=Any CA

       -T
           Trust both explicit trust anchors (-t) and the database. (Without this option, the
           default is to only trust certificates marked -t, if there are any, or to trust the
           database if there are certificates marked -t.)

       -v
           Verbose mode. Prints root cert subject(double the argument for whole root cert info)

       -w  password
           Database password

       -W  pwfile
           Password file

           Revocation options for PKIX API (invoked with -pp options) is a collection of the
           following flags: [-g type [-h flags] [-m type [-s flags]] ...] ...

           Where:

       -g  test-type
           Sets status checking test type. Possible values are "leaf" or "chain"

       -g  test type
           Sets status checking test type. Possible values are "leaf" or "chain".

       -h  test flags
           Sets revocation flags for the test type it follows. Possible flags:
           "testLocalInfoFirst" and "requireFreshInfo".

       -m  method type
           Sets method type for the test type it follows. Possible types are "crl" and "ocsp".

       -s  method flags
           Sets revocation flags for the method it follows. Possible types are "doNotUse",
           "forbidFetching", "ignoreDefaultSrc", "requireInfo" and "failIfNoInfo".

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

       For information about NSS and other tools related to NSS (like JSS), check out the NSS
       project wiki at http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/. The NSS site relates
       directly to NSS code changes and releases.

       Mailing lists: https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-crypto

       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
           https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=836477