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OPENSSL(1SSL)			    OpenSSL			 OPENSSL(1SSL)

NAME
       openssl - OpenSSL command line tool

SYNOPSIS
       openssl command [ command_opts ] [ command_args ]

       openssl list [ standard-commands | digest-commands | cipher-commands |
       cipher-algorithms | digest-algorithms | public-key-algorithms]

       openssl no-XXX [ arbitrary options ]

DESCRIPTION
       OpenSSL is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer
       (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and
       related cryptography standards required by them.

       The openssl program is a command line tool for using the various
       cryptography functions of OpenSSL's crypto library from the shell.  It
       can be used for

	o  Creation and management of private keys, public keys and parameters
	o  Public key cryptographic operations
	o  Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs
	o  Calculation of Message Digests
	o  Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers
	o  SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests
	o  Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail
	o  Time Stamp requests, generation and verification

COMMAND SUMMARY
       The openssl program provides a rich variety of commands (command in the
       SYNOPSIS above), each of which often has a wealth of options and
       arguments (command_opts and command_args in the SYNOPSIS).

       Many commands use an external configuration file for some or all of
       their arguments and have a -config option to specify that file.	The
       environment variable OPENSSL_CONF can be used to specify the location
       of the file.  If the environment variable is not specified, then the
       file is named openssl.cnf in the default certificate storage area,
       whose value depends on the configuration flags specified when the
       OpenSSL was built.

       The list parameters standard-commands, digest-commands, and cipher-
       commands output a list (one entry per line) of the names of all
       standard commands, message digest commands, or cipher commands,
       respectively, that are available in the present openssl utility.

       The list parameters cipher-algorithms and digest-algorithms list all
       cipher and message digest names, one entry per line. Aliases are listed
       as:

	from => to

       The list parameter public-key-algorithms lists all supported public key
       algorithms.

       The command no-XXX tests whether a command of the specified name is
       available.  If no command named XXX exists, it returns 0 (success) and
       prints no-XXX; otherwise it returns 1 and prints XXX.  In both cases,
       the output goes to stdout and nothing is printed to stderr.  Additional
       command line arguments are always ignored.  Since for each cipher there
       is a command of the same name, this provides an easy way for shell
       scripts to test for the availability of ciphers in the openssl program.
       (no-XXX is not able to detect pseudo-commands such as quit, list, or
       no-XXX itself.)

   Standard Commands
       asn1parse
	   Parse an ASN.1 sequence.

       ca  Certificate Authority (CA) Management.

       ciphers
	   Cipher Suite Description Determination.

       cms CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax) utility.

       crl Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Management.

       crl2pkcs7
	   CRL to PKCS#7 Conversion.

       dgst
	   Message Digest Calculation.

       dh  Diffie-Hellman Parameter Management.	 Obsoleted by dhparam.

       dhparam
	   Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. Superseded
	   by genpkey and pkeyparam.

       dsa DSA Data Management.

       dsaparam
	   DSA Parameter Generation and Management. Superseded by genpkey and
	   pkeyparam.

       ec  EC (Elliptic curve) key processing.

       ecparam
	   EC parameter manipulation and generation.

       enc Encoding with Ciphers.

       engine
	   Engine (loadable module) information and manipulation.

       errstr
	   Error Number to Error String Conversion.

       gendh
	   Generation of Diffie-Hellman Parameters.  Obsoleted by dhparam.

       gendsa
	   Generation of DSA Private Key from Parameters. Superseded by
	   genpkey and pkey.

       genpkey
	   Generation of Private Key or Parameters.

       genrsa
	   Generation of RSA Private Key. Superseded by genpkey.

       nseq
	   Create or examine a Netscape certificate sequence.

       ocsp
	   Online Certificate Status Protocol utility.

       passwd
	   Generation of hashed passwords.

       pkcs12
	   PKCS#12 Data Management.

       pkcs7
	   PKCS#7 Data Management.

       pkcs8
	   PKCS#8 format private key conversion tool.

       pkey
	   Public and private key management.

       pkeyparam
	   Public key algorithm parameter management.

       pkeyutl
	   Public key algorithm cryptographic operation utility.

       rand
	   Generate pseudo-random bytes.

       rehash
	   Create symbolic links to certficate and CRL files named by the hash
	   values.

       req PKCS#10 X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Management.

       rsa RSA key management.

       rsautl
	   RSA utility for signing, verification, encryption, and decryption.
	   Superseded by  pkeyutl.

       s_client
	   This implements a generic SSL/TLS client which can establish a
	   transparent connection to a remote server speaking SSL/TLS. It's
	   intended for testing purposes only and provides only rudimentary
	   interface functionality but internally uses mostly all
	   functionality of the OpenSSL ssl library.

       s_server
	   This implements a generic SSL/TLS server which accepts connections
	   from remote clients speaking SSL/TLS. It's intended for testing
	   purposes only and provides only rudimentary interface functionality
	   but internally uses mostly all functionality of the OpenSSL ssl
	   library.  It provides both an own command line oriented protocol
	   for testing SSL functions and a simple HTTP response facility to
	   emulate an SSL/TLS-aware webserver.

       s_time
	   SSL Connection Timer.

       sess_id
	   SSL Session Data Management.

       smime
	   S/MIME mail processing.

       speed
	   Algorithm Speed Measurement.

       spkac
	   SPKAC printing and generating utility.

       ts  Time Stamping Authority tool (client/server).

       verify
	   X.509 Certificate Verification.

       version
	   OpenSSL Version Information.

       x509
	   X.509 Certificate Data Management.

   Message Digest Commands
       md2 MD2 Digest

       md5 MD5 Digest

       mdc2
	   MDC2 Digest

       rmd160
	   RMD-160 Digest

       sha SHA Digest

       sha1
	   SHA-1 Digest

       sha224
	   SHA-224 Digest

       sha256
	   SHA-256 Digest

       sha384
	   SHA-384 Digest

       sha512
	   SHA-512 Digest

   Encoding and Cipher Commands
       base64
	   Base64 Encoding

       bf bf-cbc bf-cfb bf-ecb bf-ofb
	   Blowfish Cipher

       cast cast-cbc
	   CAST Cipher

       cast5-cbc cast5-cfb cast5-ecb cast5-ofb
	   CAST5 Cipher

       des des-cbc des-cfb des-ecb des-ede des-ede-cbc des-ede-cfb des-ede-ofb
       des-ofb
	   DES Cipher

       des3 desx des-ede3 des-ede3-cbc des-ede3-cfb des-ede3-ofb
	   Triple-DES Cipher

       idea idea-cbc idea-cfb idea-ecb idea-ofb
	   IDEA Cipher

       rc2 rc2-cbc rc2-cfb rc2-ecb rc2-ofb
	   RC2 Cipher

       rc4 RC4 Cipher

       rc5 rc5-cbc rc5-cfb rc5-ecb rc5-ofb
	   RC5 Cipher

OPTIONS
       Details of which options are available depend on the specific command.
       This section describes some common options with common behavior.

   Common Options
       -help
	   Provides a terse summary of all options.

   Pass Phrase Options
       Several commands accept password arguments, typically using -passin and
       -passout for input and output passwords respectively. These allow the
       password to be obtained from a variety of sources. Both of these
       options take a single argument whose format is described below. If no
       password argument is given and a password is required then the user is
       prompted to enter one: this will typically be read from the current
       terminal with echoing turned off.

       pass:password
	   The actual password is password. Since the password is visible to
	   utilities (like 'ps' under Unix) this form should only be used
	   where security is not important.

       env:var
	   Obtain the password from the environment variable var. Since the
	   environment of other processes is visible on certain platforms
	   (e.g. ps under certain Unix OSes) this option should be used with
	   caution.

       file:pathname
	   The first line of pathname is the password. If the same pathname
	   argument is supplied to -passin and -passout arguments then the
	   first line will be used for the input password and the next line
	   for the output password. pathname need not refer to a regular file:
	   it could for example refer to a device or named pipe.

       fd:number
	   Read the password from the file descriptor number. This can be used
	   to send the data via a pipe for example.

       stdin
	   Read the password from standard input.

SEE ALSO
       asn1parse(1), ca(1), ciphers(1), cms(1), config(5), crl(1),
       crl2pkcs7(1), dgst(1), dhparam(1), dsa(1), dsaparam(1), ec(1),
       ecparam(1), enc(1), engine(1), errstr(1), gendsa(1), genpkey(1),
       genrsa(1), nseq(1), ocsp(1), passwd(1), pkcs12(1), pkcs7(1), pkcs8(1),
       pkey(1), pkeyparam(1), pkeyutl(1), rand(1), rehash(1), req(1), rsa(1),
       rsautl(1), s_client(1), s_server(1), s_time(1), sess_id(1), smime(1),
       speed(1), spkac(1), ts(1), verify(1), version(1), x509(1), crypto(7),
       ssl(7), x509v3_config(5)

HISTORY
       The list-XXX-algorithms pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0;
       For notes on the availability of other commands, see their individual
       manual pages.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
       this file except in compliance with the License.	 You can obtain a copy
       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

1.1.0g				  2017-11-04			 OPENSSL(1SSL)
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