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authormarha <marha@users.sourceforge.net>2010-03-30 12:36:28 +0000
committermarha <marha@users.sourceforge.net>2010-03-30 12:36:28 +0000
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diff --git a/openssl/doc/apps/openssl.pod b/openssl/doc/apps/openssl.pod
index 964cdf0f0..738142e9f 100644
--- a/openssl/doc/apps/openssl.pod
+++ b/openssl/doc/apps/openssl.pod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ I<command>
[ I<command_opts> ]
[ I<command_args> ]
-B<openssl> [ B<list-standard-commands> | B<list-message-digest-commands> | B<list-cipher-commands> ]
+B<openssl> [ B<list-standard-commands> | B<list-message-digest-commands> | B<list-cipher-commands> | B<list-cipher-algorithms> | B<list-message-digest-algorithms> | B<list-public-key-algorithms>]
B<openssl> B<no->I<XXX> [ I<arbitrary options> ]
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ The B<openssl> program is a command line tool for using the various
cryptography functions of OpenSSL's B<crypto> library from the shell.
It can be used for
- o Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters
+ 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
=head1 COMMAND SUMMARY
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ and B<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 B<openssl> utility.
+The pseudo-commands B<list-cipher-algorithms> and
+B<list-message-digest-algorithms> list all cipher and message digest names, one entry per line. Aliases are listed as:
+
+ from => to
+
+The pseudo-command B<list-public-key-algorithms> lists all supported public
+key algorithms.
+
The pseudo-command B<no->I<XXX> tests whether a command of the
specified name is available. If no command named I<XXX> exists, it
returns 0 (success) and prints B<no->I<XXX>; otherwise it returns 1
@@ -71,6 +81,10 @@ Certificate Authority (CA) Management.
Cipher Suite Description Determination.
+=item L<B<cms>|cms(1)>
+
+CMS (Cryptographic Message Syntax) utility
+
=item L<B<crl>|crl(1)>
Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Management.
@@ -88,25 +102,40 @@ Message Digest Calculation.
Diffie-Hellman Parameter Management.
Obsoleted by L<B<dhparam>|dhparam(1)>.
+=item L<B<dhparam>|dhparam(1)>
+
+Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. Superseded by
+L<B<genpkey>|genpkey(1)> and L<B<pkeyparam>|pkeyparam(1)>
+
+
=item L<B<dsa>|dsa(1)>
DSA Data Management.
=item L<B<dsaparam>|dsaparam(1)>
-DSA Parameter Generation.
+DSA Parameter Generation and Management. Superseded by
+L<B<genpkey>|genpkey(1)> and L<B<pkeyparam>|pkeyparam(1)>
+
+=item L<B<ec>|ec(1)>
+
+EC (Elliptic curve) key processing
+
+=item L<B<ecparam>|ecparam(1)>
+
+EC parameter manipulation and generation
=item L<B<enc>|enc(1)>
Encoding with Ciphers.
-=item L<B<errstr>|errstr(1)>
+=item L<B<engine>|engine(1)>
-Error Number to Error String Conversion.
+Engine (loadble module) information and manipulation.
-=item L<B<dhparam>|dhparam(1)>
+=item L<B<errstr>|errstr(1)>
-Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters.
+Error Number to Error String Conversion.
=item B<gendh>
@@ -115,11 +144,20 @@ Obsoleted by L<B<dhparam>|dhparam(1)>.
=item L<B<gendsa>|gendsa(1)>
-Generation of DSA Parameters.
+Generation of DSA Private Key from Parameters. Superseded by
+L<B<genpkey>|genpkey(1)> and L<B<pkey>|pkey(1)>
+
+=item L<B<genpkey>|genpkey(1)>
+
+Generation of Private Key or Parameters.
=item L<B<genrsa>|genrsa(1)>
-Generation of RSA Parameters.
+Generation of RSA Private Key. Superceded by L<B<genpkey>|genpkey(1)>.
+
+=item L<B<nseq>|nseq(1)>
+
+Create or examine a netscape certificate sequence
=item L<B<ocsp>|ocsp(1)>
@@ -137,21 +175,35 @@ PKCS#12 Data Management.
PKCS#7 Data Management.
+=item L<B<pkey>|pkey(1)>
+
+Public and private key management.
+
+=item L<B<pkeyparam>|pkeyparam(1)>
+
+Public key algorithm parameter management.
+
+=item L<B<pkeyutl>|pkeyutl(1)>
+
+Public key algorithm cryptographic operation utility.
+
=item L<B<rand>|rand(1)>
Generate pseudo-random bytes.
=item L<B<req>|req(1)>
-X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Management.
+PKCS#10 X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Management.
=item L<B<rsa>|rsa(1)>
-RSA Data Management.
+RSA key management.
+
=item L<B<rsautl>|rsautl(1)>
-RSA utility for signing, verification, encryption, and decryption.
+RSA utility for signing, verification, encryption, and decryption. Superseded
+by L<B<pkeyutl>|pkeyutl(1)>
=item L<B<s_client>|s_client(1)>
@@ -185,6 +237,14 @@ S/MIME mail processing.
Algorithm Speed Measurement.
+=item L<B<spkac>|spkac(1)>
+
+SPKAC printing and generating utility
+
+=item L<B<ts>|ts(1)>
+
+Time Stamping Authority tool (client/server)
+
=item L<B<verify>|verify(1)>
X.509 Certificate Verification.
@@ -227,6 +287,8 @@ SHA Digest
SHA-1 Digest
+=back
+
=item B<sha224>
SHA-224 Digest
@@ -243,8 +305,6 @@ SHA-384 Digest
SHA-512 Digest
-=back
-
=head2 ENCODING AND CIPHER COMMANDS
=over 10
@@ -339,7 +399,7 @@ read the password from standard input.
L<asn1parse(1)|asn1parse(1)>, L<ca(1)|ca(1)>, L<config(5)|config(5)>,
L<crl(1)|crl(1)>, L<crl2pkcs7(1)|crl2pkcs7(1)>, L<dgst(1)|dgst(1)>,
L<dhparam(1)|dhparam(1)>, L<dsa(1)|dsa(1)>, L<dsaparam(1)|dsaparam(1)>,
-L<enc(1)|enc(1)>, L<gendsa(1)|gendsa(1)>,
+L<enc(1)|enc(1)>, L<gendsa(1)|gendsa(1)>, L<genpkey(1)|genpkey(1)>,
L<genrsa(1)|genrsa(1)>, L<nseq(1)|nseq(1)>, L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>,
L<passwd(1)|passwd(1)>,
L<pkcs12(1)|pkcs12(1)>, L<pkcs7(1)|pkcs7(1)>, L<pkcs8(1)|pkcs8(1)>,
@@ -348,12 +408,13 @@ L<rsautl(1)|rsautl(1)>, L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)>,
L<s_server(1)|s_server(1)>, L<s_time(1)|s_time(1)>,
L<smime(1)|smime(1)>, L<spkac(1)|spkac(1)>,
L<verify(1)|verify(1)>, L<version(1)|version(1)>, L<x509(1)|x509(1)>,
-L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>
+L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>, L<x509v3_config(5)|x509v3_config(5)>
=head1 HISTORY
The openssl(1) document appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2.
The B<list->I<XXX>B<-commands> pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.3;
+The B<list->I<XXX>B<-algorithms> pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0;
the B<no->I<XXX> pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.5a.
For notes on the availability of other commands, see their individual
manual pages.