OPENSSL
Section: OpenSSL (1)
Updated: 2017-05-25
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NAME
openssl - OpenSSL command line tool
SYNOPSIS
openssl
command
[
command_opts ]
[
command_args ]
openssl [ list-standard-commands | list-message-digest-commands | list-cipher-commands | list-cipher-algorithms | list-message-digest-algorithms | list-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).
The pseudo-commands list-standard-commands, list-message-digest-commands,
and list-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 pseudo-commands list-cipher-algorithms and
list-message-digest-algorithms list all cipher and message digest names, one entry per line. Aliases are listed as:
from => to
The pseudo-command list-public-key-algorithms lists all supported public
key algorithms.
The pseudo-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-...-commands, 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 (loadble 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. Superceded 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.
- pkey
-
Public and private key management.
- pkeyparam
-
Public key algorithm parameter management.
- pkeyutl
-
Public key algorithm cryptographic operation utility.
- rand
-
Generate pseudo-random bytes.
- 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
PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS
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),
config(5),
crl(1),
crl2pkcs7(1),
dgst(1),
dhparam(1),
dsa(1),
dsaparam(1),
enc(1),
gendsa(1),
genpkey(1),
genrsa(1),
nseq(1),
openssl(1),
passwd(1),
pkcs12(1),
pkcs7(1),
pkcs8(1),
rand(1),
req(1),
rsa(1),
rsautl(1),
s_client(1),
s_server(1),
s_time(1),
smime(1),
spkac(1),
verify(1),
version(1),
x509(1),
crypto(3),
ssl(3),
x509v3_config(5)
HISTORY
The
openssl(1) document appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2.
The
list-XXX-commands pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.3;
The
list-XXX-algorithms pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0;
the
no-XXX pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.5a.
For notes on the availability of other commands, see their individual
manual pages.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- COMMAND SUMMARY
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- STANDARD COMMANDS
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- MESSAGE DIGEST COMMANDS
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- ENCODING AND CIPHER COMMANDS
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- PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS
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- SEE ALSO
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- HISTORY
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