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 # uts-server
-micro timestamp server (RFC 3161) written in C
+
+Micro timestamp server (RFC 3161) written in C
+
+## Status
+
+Alpha
+
+## Dependencies
+
+* OpenSSL (https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb)
+* civetweb (https://github.com/civetweb/civetweb)
+
+## License
+
+Released under the MIT Public License
+
+## Playing with it
+
+
+```bash
+# create some test certificates
+$ ./tests/cfg/pki/create_tsa_certs
+
+# launching the timestamp server with test configuration (debug mode)
+$ ./uts-server -c tests/cfg/uts-server.cnf -D
+
+# in another shell, launching a timestamp client on the README.md file
+$ ./goodies/timestamp-file.sh -i README.md -u http://localhost:2020 -r -O "-cert";
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+$ ./uts-server --help
+Usage: uts-server [OPTION...] -c CONFFILE [-d] [-D] [-p <pidfile>]
+
+UTS micro timestamp server (RFC 3161)
+
+  -c, --conffile=CONFFILE    Path to configuration file
+  -d, --daemonize            Launch as a daemon
+  -D, --debug                STDOUT debugging
+  -p, --pidfile=PIDFILE      Path to pid file
+  -?, --help                 Give this help list
+      --usage                Give a short usage message
+  -V, --version              Print program version
+
+Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional
+for any corresponding short options.
+
+Report bugs to Pierre-Francois Carpentier <carpentier.pf@gmail.com>.
+```