6 ecparam - EC parameter manipulation and generation
32 This command is used to manipulate or generate EC parameter files.
40 Print out a usage message.
42 =item B<-inform DER|PEM>
44 This specifies the input format. The B<DER> option uses an ASN.1 DER encoded
45 form compatible with RFC 3279 EcpkParameters. The PEM form is the default
46 format: it consists of the B<DER> format base64 encoded with additional
47 header and footer lines.
49 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
51 This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default
52 as the B<-inform> option.
56 This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if
57 this option is not specified.
59 =item B<-out filename>
61 This specifies the output filename parameters to. Standard output is used
62 if this option is not present. The output filename should B<not> be the same
63 as the input filename.
67 This option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters.
71 This option prints out the EC parameters in human readable form.
75 This option converts the EC parameters into C code. The parameters can then
76 be loaded by calling the get_ec_group_XXX() function.
80 Validate the elliptic curve parameters.
84 Use the EC parameters with the specified 'short' name. Use B<-list_curves>
85 to get a list of all currently implemented EC parameters.
89 If this options is specified B<ecparam> will print out a list of all
90 currently implemented EC parameters names and exit.
94 This specifies how the points on the elliptic curve are converted
95 into octet strings. Possible values are: B<compressed>, B<uncompressed> (the
96 default value) and B<hybrid>. For more information regarding
97 the point conversion forms please read the X9.62 standard.
98 B<Note> Due to patent issues the B<compressed> option is disabled
99 by default for binary curves and can be enabled by defining
100 the preprocessor macro B<OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP> at compile time.
102 =item B<-param_enc arg>
104 This specifies how the elliptic curve parameters are encoded.
105 Possible value are: B<named_curve>, i.e. the ec parameters are
106 specified by an OID, or B<explicit> where the ec parameters are
107 explicitly given (see RFC 3279 for the definition of the
108 EC parameters structures). The default value is B<named_curve>.
109 B<Note> the B<implicitlyCA> alternative, as specified in RFC 3279,
110 is currently not implemented in OpenSSL.
114 This option inhibits that the 'seed' for the parameter generation
115 is included in the ECParameters structure (see RFC 3279).
119 This option will generate an EC private key using the specified parameters.
121 =item B<-rand file...>
123 A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
125 Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character.
126 The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
129 =item [B<-writerand file>]
131 Writes random data to the specified I<file> upon exit.
132 This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag.
136 Specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<ecparam>
137 to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
138 thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
139 for all available algorithms.
145 PEM format EC parameters use the header and footer lines:
147 -----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS-----
148 -----END EC PARAMETERS-----
150 OpenSSL is currently not able to generate new groups and therefore
151 B<ecparam> can only create EC parameters from known (named) curves.
155 To create EC parameters with the group 'prime192v1':
157 openssl ecparam -out ec_param.pem -name prime192v1
159 To create EC parameters with explicit parameters:
161 openssl ecparam -out ec_param.pem -name prime192v1 -param_enc explicit
163 To validate given EC parameters:
165 openssl ecparam -in ec_param.pem -check
167 To create EC parameters and a private key:
169 openssl ecparam -out ec_key.pem -name prime192v1 -genkey
171 To change the point encoding to 'compressed':
173 openssl ecparam -in ec_in.pem -out ec_out.pem -conv_form compressed
175 To print out the EC parameters to standard output:
177 openssl ecparam -in ec_param.pem -noout -text
181 L<ec(1)>, L<dsaparam(1)>
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