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2c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
3SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
4Title: mk-ca-bundle
5Section: 1
6Source: mk-ca-bundle
7See-also:
8  - curl (1)
9Added-in: n/a
10---
11
12# NAME
13
14mk-ca-bundle - convert Mozilla's certificate bundle to PEM format
15
16# SYNOPSIS
17
18mk-ca-bundle [options] [output]
19
20# DESCRIPTION
21
22This tool downloads the *certdata.txt* file from Mozilla's source tree over
23HTTPS, then parses it and extracts the included certificates into PEM format.
24By default, only CA root certificates trusted to issue SSL server
25authentication certificates are extracted. These are then processed with the
26OpenSSL command line tool to produce the final ca-bundle output file.
27
28The default *output* name is **ca-bundle.crt**. By setting it to '-' (a single
29dash) you get the output sent to STDOUT instead of a file.
30
31The PEM format this scripts uses for output makes the result readily available
32for use by just about all OpenSSL or GnuTLS powered applications, such as curl
33and others.
34
35# OPTIONS
36
37The following options are supported:
38
39## -b
40
41backup an existing version of *output*
42
43## -d [name]
44
45specify which Mozilla tree to pull *certdata.txt* from (or a custom URL).
46Valid names are: **aurora**, **beta**, **central**, **Mozilla**, **nss**,
47**release** (default). They are shortcuts for which source tree to get the
48certificate data from.
49
50## -f
51
52force rebuild even if *certdata.txt* is current (Added in version 1.17)
53
54## -i
55
56print version info about used modules
57
58## -k
59
60Allow insecure data transfer. By default (since 1.27) this command fails if
61the HTTPS transfer fails. This overrides that decision (and opens for
62man-in-the-middle attacks).
63
64## -l
65
66print license info about *certdata.txt*
67
68## -m
69
70(Added in 1.26) Include meta data comments in the output. The meta data is
71specific information about each certificate that is stored in the original
72file as comments and using this option makes those comments get passed on to
73the output file. The meta data is not parsed in any way by mk-ca-bundle.
74
75## -n
76
77Do not download *certdata.txt* - use the existing.
78
79## -p [purposes]:[levels]
80
81list of Mozilla trust purposes and levels for certificates to include in
82output. Takes the form of a comma separated list of purposes, a colon, and a
83comma separated list of levels. The default is to include all certificates
84trusted to issue SSL Server certificates (*SERVER_AUTH:TRUSTED_DELEGATOR*).
85
86Valid purposes are: **ALL**, **DIGITAL_SIGNATURE**, **NON_REPUDIATION**,
87**KEY_ENCIPHERMENT**, **DATA_ENCIPHERMENT**, **KEY_AGREEMENT**,
88**KEY_CERT_SIGN**, **CRL_SIGN**, **SERVER_AUTH** (default), **CLIENT_AUTH**,
89**CODE_SIGNING**, **EMAIL_PROTECTION**, **IPSEC_END_SYSTEM**,
90**IPSEC_TUNNEL**, **IPSEC_USER**, **TIME_STAMPING**, **STEP_UP_APPROVED**
91
92Valid trust levels are: **ALL**, **TRUSTED_DELEGATOR** (default), **NOT_TRUSTED**,
93**MUST_VERIFY_TRUST**, **TRUSTED**
94
95## -q
96
97be really quiet (no progress output at all)
98
99## -t
100
101include plain text listing of certificates
102
103## -s [algorithms]
104
105A comma separated list of signature algorithms with which to hash/fingerprint
106each certificate and output when run in plain text mode.
107
108Valid algorithms are:
109ALL, NONE, MD5 (default), SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
110
111## -u
112
113unlink (remove) *certdata.txt* after processing
114
115## -v
116
117be verbose and print out processed certificate authorities
118
119# EXIT STATUS
120
121Returns 0 on success. Returns 1 if it fails to download data.
122
123# FILE FORMAT
124
125The file format used by Mozilla for this trust information is documented here:
126
127https://p11-glue.freedesktop.org/doc/storing-trust-policy/storing-trust-existing.html
128