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author | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2009-06-28 22:07:26 +0000 |
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committer | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2009-06-28 22:07:26 +0000 |
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diff --git a/openssl/doc/apps/gendsa.pod b/openssl/doc/apps/gendsa.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2c56cc788 --- /dev/null +++ b/openssl/doc/apps/gendsa.pod @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +gendsa - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<openssl> B<gendsa> +[B<-out filename>] +[B<-des>] +[B<-des3>] +[B<-idea>] +[B<-rand file(s)>] +[B<-engine id>] +[B<paramfile>] + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B<gendsa> command generates a DSA private key from a DSA parameter file +(which will be typically generated by the B<openssl dsaparam> command). + +=head1 OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item B<-des|-des3|-idea> + +These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, or the +IDEA ciphers respectively before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for. +If none of these options is specified no encryption is used. + +=item B<-rand file(s)> + +a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>). +Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + +=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. + +=item B<paramfile> + +This option specifies the DSA parameter file to use. The parameters in this +file determine the size of the private key. DSA parameters can be generated +and examined using the B<openssl dsaparam> command. + +=back + +=head1 NOTES + +DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it is +much quicker that RSA key generation for example. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L<dsaparam(1)|dsaparam(1)>, L<dsa(1)|dsa(1)>, L<genrsa(1)|genrsa(1)>, +L<rsa(1)|rsa(1)> + +=cut |