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diff --git a/openssl/doc/apps/ec.pod b/openssl/doc/apps/ec.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1d4a36dbf --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl/doc/apps/ec.pod @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +ec - EC key processing + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<openssl> B<ec> +[B<-inform PEM|DER>] +[B<-outform PEM|DER>] +[B<-in filename>] +[B<-passin arg>] +[B<-out filename>] +[B<-passout arg>] +[B<-des>] +[B<-des3>] +[B<-idea>] +[B<-text>] +[B<-noout>] +[B<-param_out>] +[B<-pubin>] +[B<-pubout>] +[B<-conv_form arg>] +[B<-param_enc arg>] +[B<-engine id>] + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B<ec> command processes EC keys. They can be converted between various +forms and their components printed out. B<Note> OpenSSL uses the +private key format specified in 'SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography' +(http://www.secg.org/). To convert a OpenSSL EC private key into the +PKCS#8 private key format use the B<pkcs8> command. + +=head1 COMMAND OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item B<-inform DER|PEM> + +This specifies the input format. The B<DER> option with a private key uses +an ASN.1 DER encoded SEC1 private key. When used with a public key it +uses the SubjectPublicKeyInfo structur as specified in RFC 3280. +The B<PEM> form is the default format: it consists of the B<DER> format base64 +encoded with additional header and footer lines. In the case of a private key +PKCS#8 format is also accepted. + +=item B<-outform DER|PEM> + +This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the +B<-inform> option. + +=item B<-in filename> + +This specifies the input filename to read a key from or standard input if this +option is not specified. If the key is encrypted a pass phrase will be +prompted for. + +=item B<-passin arg> + +the input file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg> +see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>. + +=item B<-out filename> + +This specifies the output filename to write a key to or standard output by +is not specified. If any encryption options are set then a pass phrase will be +prompted for. The output filename should B<not> be the same as the input +filename. + +=item B<-passout arg> + +the output file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg> +see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>. + +=item B<-des|-des3|-idea> + +These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, IDEA or +any other cipher supported by OpenSSL before outputting it. A pass phrase is +prompted for. +If none of these options is specified the key is written in plain text. This +means that using the B<ec> utility to read in an encrypted key with no +encryption option can be used to remove the pass phrase from a key, or by +setting the encryption options it can be use to add or change the pass phrase. +These options can only be used with PEM format output files. + +=item B<-text> + +prints out the public, private key components and parameters. + +=item B<-noout> + +this option prevents output of the encoded version of the key. + +=item B<-modulus> + +this option prints out the value of the public key component of the key. + +=item B<-pubin> + +by default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a +public key is read instead. + +=item B<-pubout> + +by default a private key is output. With this option a public +key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if the input is +a public key. + +=item B<-conv_form> + +This specifies how the points on the elliptic curve are converted +into octet strings. Possible values are: B<compressed> (the default +value), B<uncompressed> and B<hybrid>. For more information regarding +the point conversion forms please read the X9.62 standard. +B<Note> Due to patent issues the B<compressed> option is disabled +by default for binary curves and can be enabled by defining +the preprocessor macro B<OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP> at compile time. + +=item B<-param_enc arg> + +This specifies how the elliptic curve parameters are encoded. +Possible value are: B<named_curve>, i.e. the ec parameters are +specified by a OID, or B<explicit> where the ec parameters are +explicitly given (see RFC 3279 for the definition of the +EC parameters structures). The default value is B<named_curve>. +B<Note> the B<implicitlyCA> alternative ,as specified in RFC 3279, +is currently not implemented in OpenSSL. + +=item B<-engine id> + +specifying an engine (by it's unique B<id> string) will cause B<req> +to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, +thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default +for all available algorithms. + +=back + +=head1 NOTES + +The PEM private key format uses the header and footer lines: + + -----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- + -----END EC PRIVATE KEY----- + +The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines: + + -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- + -----END PUBLIC KEY----- + +=head1 EXAMPLES + +To encrypt a private key using triple DES: + + openssl ec -in key.pem -des3 -out keyout.pem + +To convert a private key from PEM to DER format: + + openssl ec -in key.pem -outform DER -out keyout.der + +To print out the components of a private key to standard output: + + openssl ec -in key.pem -text -noout + +To just output the public part of a private key: + + openssl ec -in key.pem -pubout -out pubkey.pem + +To change the parameters encoding to B<explicit>: + + openssl ec -in key.pem -param_enc explicit -out keyout.pem + +To change the point conversion form to B<compressed>: + + openssl ec -in key.pem -conv_form compressed -out keyout.pem + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<ecparam(1)|ecparam(1)>, L<dsa(1)|dsa(1)>, L<rsa(1)|rsa(1)> + +=head1 HISTORY + +The ec command was first introduced in OpenSSL 0.9.8. + +=head1 AUTHOR + +Nils Larsch for the OpenSSL project (http://www.openssl.org). + +=cut |