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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 Superseded by +L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. |