Robert Joop schrieb:
> the openssl config is the same everywhere? (actually being used on the
> CA, just for reference elsewhere?)

Yes.

> what is "stuff"?

I only find cacert.pem in this directory.

> why is there a separate chain directory?
> what is p12 for?

The scripts (directly executed at the commandline) write the p12-files
for the browsers in this directory. (So it can be removed).

> what parts of the structure are due to how openssl works (what files it
> expects to find), what parts are our own additions?

OpenSSL only uses conf/openssl/ nothing else.
 
> i get confused everytime i look at it.

You are not the only one.

> > * OpenCA/ext (like today)
> > * OpenCA/src (perlcode which must not be placed in cgi-bin)
> >       # conf/ (perhaps the wrong place - OpenCA/ca/conf/ or
> > OpenCA/src/ca/conf is better)
> >       # cmds/
> >       # lib/
> >       # ca/
> >               + sheets/
> >               + messages/
> >               + cmds/ (links to the commands)
> 
> what for?
> why not use them from one level up directly?

You can find all cmds in src/cmds/ but in src/ca/cmds/ you can only find
the links to the commands which are present on the CA. This is mostly
important for the public gateway and the code is only one time present
on the machine.

Michael

P.S. I will send you a better explanation tomorrow.
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