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-certmaster -- it hands out SSL certs!
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-read more at:
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-https://fedorahosted.org/certmaster/
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-Source: http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=certmaster.git;a=summary
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+_certmaster -- it hands out SSL certs!_
+
+read more at:
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+[Fedora Project Page](https://fedorahosted.org/certmaster/)
+
+[Fedora Repo] (http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=certmaster.git;a=summary)
+
+---
+
+** About this fork
+
+*** Multiple CA support
+
+This certmaster fork introduces a new '--ca' argument for specifying an alternative certificate authority.
+
+This allows one certmaste instance to supply certs from multiple authorities instead of having to have a 
+separate certmaster instance for each certificate authority might be using.
+
+If you don't want to use multiple CA's, this fork should act just like the parent certmaster project - you
+should be able to upgrade your existing certmaster to this version, and it will continue to server your existing certs
+
+If you want to add an additional certificate authorities, add a section to your certmaster.conf file as per below 
+for each CA, using a different name and set of directories for each CA.
+
+```
+[ca:name]
+autosign = yes_or_no
+cadir = /path/to/cadir
+cert_dir = /path/to/cert_dir
+certroot = /path/to/certroot
+csrroot = /path/to/csrroot
+```
+
+Then to use the new CA, include the argument '--ca=name' in your list of certmaster-ca arguments to use the 'name' CA.
+
+Likewise, when requesting certs from the new CA, include a section of the following form in your minion.conf file:
+```
+[ca:name]
+cert_dir = /path/to/cert_dir
+```
+
+Then include the argument '--ca=name' in your certmaster-request commands to request a cert from the 'name' CA.
+
+If the '--ca' argument is not given in the certmaster-ca or certmaster-request commands, then the original 
+autosign, cadir, cert_dir, certroot, and csrroot options from the main section of certmaster.conf / minion.conf are used instead.
+
+*** Misc Changes
+
++ 'certmaster-ca --version' reads /etc/certmaste/version instead of func's version file
++ certmaster-sync doesn't error out if func if not present
+