2 {- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
6 openssl-cms - CMS command
20 [B<-no_content_verify>]
30 [B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>]
31 [B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>]
33 [B<-verify_receipt> I<receipt>]
36 [B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>]
37 [B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>]
38 [B<-rctform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>]
39 [B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<ENGINE>]
43 [B<-content> I<filename>]
59 [B<-certfile> I<file>]
60 [B<-certsout> I<file>]
62 [B<-originator> I<file>]
65 [B<-receipt_request_all>]
66 [B<-receipt_request_first>]
67 [B<-receipt_request_from> I<emailaddress>]
68 [B<-receipt_request_to> I<emailaddress>]
69 [B<-receipt_request_print>]
70 [B<-pwri_password> I<password>]
71 [B<-secretkey> I<key>]
72 [B<-secretkeyid> I<id>]
73 [B<-econtent_type> I<type>]
75 [B<-keyopt> I<name>:I<parameter>]
80 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_v_synopsis -}
81 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_trust_synopsis -}
82 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_synopsis -}
83 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}
84 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -}
87 =for openssl ifdef des-wrap engine
91 This command handles S/MIME v3.1 mail. It can encrypt, decrypt,
92 sign and verify, compress and uncompress S/MIME messages.
96 There are fourteen operation options that set the type of operation to be
97 performed. The meaning of the other options varies according to the operation
104 Print out a usage message.
108 Encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
109 to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format. The
110 actual CMS type is B<EnvelopedData>.
112 Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that
113 key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text.
117 Decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an
118 encrypted mail message in MIME format for the input file. The decrypted mail
119 is written to the output file.
121 =item B<-debug_decrypt>
123 This option sets the B<CMS_DEBUG_DECRYPT> flag. This option should be used
124 with caution: see the notes section below.
128 Sign mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Input file is
129 the message to be signed. The signed message in MIME format is written
134 Verify signed mail. Expects a signed mail message on input and outputs
135 the signed data. Both clear text and opaque signing is supported.
137 =item B<-verify_retcode>
139 Exit nonzero on verification failure.
141 =item B<-no_attr_verify>
143 Do not verify signed attribute signatures.
145 =item B<-no_content_verify>
147 Do not verify signed content signatures.
151 Don't verify message signature.
155 Takes an input message and writes out a PEM encoded CMS structure.
159 Resign a message: take an existing message and one or more new signers.
163 Add an ESS signing-certificate or ESS signing-certificate-v2 signed-attribute to the SignerInfo, in order to make
164 the signature comply with the requirements for a CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES). See the NOTES
165 section for more details.
167 =item B<-data_create>
169 Create a CMS B<Data> type.
173 B<Data> type and output the content.
175 =item B<-digest_create>
177 Create a CMS B<DigestedData> type.
179 =item B<-digest_verify>
181 Verify a CMS B<DigestedData> type and output the content.
185 Create a CMS B<CompressedData> type. OpenSSL must be compiled with B<zlib>
186 support for this option to work, otherwise it will output an error.
190 Uncompress a CMS B<CompressedData> type and output the content. OpenSSL must be
191 compiled with B<zlib> support for this option to work, otherwise it will
194 =item B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>
196 Decrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
197 B<EncryptedData> type and output the content.
199 =item B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>
201 Encrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
202 B<EncryptedData> type and output the content.
204 =item B<-sign_receipt>
206 Generate and output a signed receipt for the supplied message. The input
207 message B<must> contain a signed receipt request. Functionality is otherwise
208 similar to the B<-sign> operation.
210 =item B<-verify_receipt> I<receipt>
212 Verify a signed receipt in filename B<receipt>. The input message B<must>
213 contain the original receipt request. Functionality is otherwise similar
214 to the B<-verify> operation.
216 =item B<-in> I<filename>
218 The input message to be encrypted or signed or the message to be decrypted
221 =item B<-out> I<filename>
223 The message text that has been decrypted or verified or the output MIME
224 format message that has been signed or verified.
226 =item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
228 The input format of the CMS structure (if one is being read);
229 the default is B<SMIME>.
230 See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
232 =item B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
234 The output format of the CMS structure (if one is being written);
235 the default is B<SMIME>.
236 See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
238 =item B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<ENGINE>
240 The format of the private key file; the default is B<PEM>.
241 See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
243 =item B<-rctform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
245 The signed receipt format for use with the B<-receipt_verify>; the default
247 See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
249 =item B<-stream>, B<-indef>
251 The B<-stream> and B<-indef> options are equivalent and enable streaming I/O
252 for encoding operations. This permits single pass processing of data without
253 the need to hold the entire contents in memory, potentially supporting very
254 large files. Streaming is automatically set for S/MIME signing with detached
255 data if the output format is B<SMIME> it is currently off by default for all
260 Disable streaming I/O where it would produce and indefinite length constructed
261 encoding. This option currently has no effect. In future streaming will be
262 enabled by default on all relevant operations and this option will disable it.
264 =item B<-content> I<filename>
266 This specifies a file containing the detached content, this is only
267 useful with the B<-verify> command. This is only usable if the CMS
268 structure is using the detached signature form where the content is
269 not included. This option will override any content if the input format
270 is S/MIME and it uses the multipart/signed MIME content type.
274 This option adds plain text (text/plain) MIME headers to the supplied
275 message if encrypting or signing. If decrypting or verifying it strips
276 off text headers: if the decrypted or verified message is not of MIME
277 type text/plain then an error occurs.
281 For the B<-cmsout> operation do not output the parsed CMS structure. This
282 is useful when combined with the B<-print> option or if the syntax of the CMS
283 structure is being checked.
287 For the B<-cmsout> operation print out all fields of the CMS structure. This
288 is mainly useful for testing purposes.
290 =item B<-md> I<digest>
292 Digest algorithm to use when signing or resigning. If not present then the
293 default digest algorithm for the signing key will be used (usually SHA1).
297 The encryption algorithm to use. For example triple DES (168 bits) - B<-des3>
298 or 256 bit AES - B<-aes256>. Any standard algorithm name (as used by the
299 EVP_get_cipherbyname() function) can also be used preceded by a dash, for
300 example B<-aes-128-cbc>. See L<openssl-enc(1)> for a list of ciphers
301 supported by your version of OpenSSL.
303 If not specified triple DES is used. Only used with B<-encrypt> and
304 B<-EncryptedData_create> commands.
306 =item B<-wrap> I<cipher>
308 Cipher algorithm to use for key wrap when encrypting the message using Key
309 Agreement for key transport. The algorithm specified should be suitable for key
314 When verifying a message normally certificates (if any) included in
315 the message are searched for the signing certificate. With this option
316 only the certificates specified in the B<-certfile> option are used.
317 The supplied certificates can still be used as untrusted CAs however.
321 Do not verify the signers certificate of a signed message.
325 When signing a message the signer's certificate is normally included
326 with this option it is excluded. This will reduce the size of the
327 signed message but the verifier must have a copy of the signers certificate
328 available locally (passed using the B<-certfile> option for example).
332 Normally when a message is signed a set of attributes are included which
333 include the signing time and supported symmetric algorithms. With this
334 option they are not included.
338 Exclude the list of supported algorithms from signed attributes, other options
339 such as signing time and content type are still included.
343 Normally the input message is converted to "canonical" format which is
344 effectively using CR and LF as end of line: as required by the S/MIME
345 specification. When this option is present no translation occurs. This
346 is useful when handling binary data which may not be in MIME format.
350 Normally the output file uses a single B<LF> as end of line. When this
351 option is present B<CRLF> is used instead.
355 When signing use ASCII CRLF format canonicalisation. This strips trailing
356 whitespace from all lines, deletes trailing blank lines at EOF and sets
357 the encapsulated content type. This option is normally used with detached
358 content and an output signature format of DER. This option is not normally
359 needed when verifying as it is enabled automatically if the encapsulated
360 content format is detected.
364 When signing a message use opaque signing: this form is more resistant
365 to translation by mail relays but it cannot be read by mail agents that
366 do not support S/MIME. Without this option cleartext signing with
367 the MIME type multipart/signed is used.
369 =item B<-certfile> I<file>
371 Allows additional certificates to be specified. When signing these will
372 be included with the message. When verifying these will be searched for
373 the signers certificates. The certificates should be in PEM format.
375 =item B<-certsout> I<file>
377 Any certificates contained in the message are written to I<file>.
379 =item B<-signer> I<file>
381 A signing certificate when signing or resigning a message, this option can be
382 used multiple times if more than one signer is required. If a message is being
383 verified then the signers certificates will be written to this file if the
384 verification was successful.
386 =item B<-originator> I<file>
388 A certificate of the originator of the encrypted message. Necessary for
389 decryption when Key Agreement is in use for a shared key.
391 =item B<-recip> I<file>
393 When decrypting a message this specifies the recipients certificate. The
394 certificate must match one of the recipients of the message or an error
397 When encrypting a message this option may be used multiple times to specify
398 each recipient. This form B<must> be used if customised parameters are
399 required (for example to specify RSA-OAEP).
401 Only certificates carrying RSA, Diffie-Hellman or EC keys are supported by this
406 Use subject key identifier to identify certificates instead of issuer name and
407 serial number. The supplied certificate B<must> include a subject key
408 identifier extension. Supported by B<-sign> and B<-encrypt> options.
410 =item B<-receipt_request_all>, B<-receipt_request_first>
412 For B<-sign> option include a signed receipt request. Indicate requests should
413 be provided by all recipient or first tier recipients (those mailed directly
414 and not from a mailing list). Ignored it B<-receipt_request_from> is included.
416 =item B<-receipt_request_from> I<emailaddress>
418 For B<-sign> option include a signed receipt request. Add an explicit email
419 address where receipts should be supplied.
421 =item B<-receipt_request_to> I<emailaddress>
423 Add an explicit email address where signed receipts should be sent to. This
424 option B<must> but supplied if a signed receipt it requested.
426 =item B<-receipt_request_print>
428 For the B<-verify> operation print out the contents of any signed receipt
431 =item B<-pwri_password> I<password>
433 Specify password for recipient.
435 =item B<-secretkey> I<key>
437 Specify symmetric key to use. The key must be supplied in hex format and be
438 consistent with the algorithm used. Supported by the B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>
439 B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>, B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> options. When used
440 with B<-encrypt> or B<-decrypt> the supplied key is used to wrap or unwrap the
441 content encryption key using an AES key in the B<KEKRecipientInfo> type.
443 =item B<-secretkeyid> I<id>
445 The key identifier for the supplied symmetric key for B<KEKRecipientInfo> type.
446 This option B<must> be present if the B<-secretkey> option is used with
447 B<-encrypt>. With B<-decrypt> operations the I<id> is used to locate the
448 relevant key if it is not supplied then an attempt is used to decrypt any
449 B<KEKRecipientInfo> structures.
451 =item B<-econtent_type> I<type>
453 Set the encapsulated content type to I<type> if not supplied the B<Data> type
454 is used. The I<type> argument can be any valid OID name in either text or
457 =item B<-inkey> I<file>
459 The private key to use when signing or decrypting. This must match the
460 corresponding certificate. If this option is not specified then the
461 private key must be included in the certificate file specified with
462 the B<-recip> or B<-signer> file. When signing this option can be used
463 multiple times to specify successive keys.
465 =item B<-keyopt> I<name>:I<parameter>
467 For signing and encryption this option can be used multiple times to
468 set customised parameters for the preceding key or certificate. It can
469 currently be used to set RSA-PSS for signing, RSA-OAEP for encryption
470 or to modify default parameters for ECDH.
472 =item B<-passin> I<arg>
474 The private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
475 see L<openssl(1)/Pass Phrase Options>.
477 =item B<-to>, B<-from>, B<-subject>
479 The relevant mail headers. These are included outside the signed
480 portion of a message so they may be included manually. If signing
481 then many S/MIME mail clients check the signers certificate's email
482 address matches that specified in the From: address.
484 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_v_item -}
486 Any verification errors cause the command to exit.
488 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_trust_item -}
490 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_item -}
492 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
494 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -}
496 =item I<cert.pem> ...
498 One or more certificates of message recipients: used when encrypting
505 The MIME message must be sent without any blank lines between the
506 headers and the output. Some mail programs will automatically add
507 a blank line. Piping the mail directly to sendmail is one way to
508 achieve the correct format.
510 The supplied message to be signed or encrypted must include the
511 necessary MIME headers or many S/MIME clients won't display it
512 properly (if at all). You can use the B<-text> option to automatically
513 add plain text headers.
515 A "signed and encrypted" message is one where a signed message is
516 then encrypted. This can be produced by encrypting an already signed
517 message: see the examples section.
519 This version of the program only allows one signer per message but it
520 will verify multiple signers on received messages. Some S/MIME clients
521 choke if a message contains multiple signers. It is possible to sign
522 messages "in parallel" by signing an already signed message.
524 The options B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> reflect common usage in S/MIME
525 clients. Strictly speaking these process CMS enveloped data: CMS
526 encrypted data is used for other purposes.
528 The B<-resign> option uses an existing message digest when adding a new
529 signer. This means that attributes must be present in at least one existing
530 signer using the same message digest or this operation will fail.
532 The B<-stream> and B<-indef> options enable streaming I/O support.
533 As a result the encoding is BER using indefinite length constructed encoding
534 and no longer DER. Streaming is supported for the B<-encrypt> operation and the
535 B<-sign> operation if the content is not detached.
537 Streaming is always used for the B<-sign> operation with detached data but
538 since the content is no longer part of the CMS structure the encoding
541 If the B<-decrypt> option is used without a recipient certificate then an
542 attempt is made to locate the recipient by trying each potential recipient
543 in turn using the supplied private key. To thwart the MMA attack
544 (Bleichenbacher's attack on PKCS #1 v1.5 RSA padding) all recipients are
545 tried whether they succeed or not and if no recipients match the message
546 is "decrypted" using a random key which will typically output garbage.
547 The B<-debug_decrypt> option can be used to disable the MMA attack protection
548 and return an error if no recipient can be found: this option should be used
549 with caution. For a fuller description see L<CMS_decrypt(3)>).
551 =head1 CADES BASIC ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE (CADES-BES)
553 A CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES), as defined in the European Standard ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.1.1, contains:
559 The signed user data as defined in CMS (RFC 3852);
563 Content-type of the EncapsulatedContentInfo value being signed;
567 Message-digest of the eContent OCTET STRING within encapContentInfo being signed;
571 An ESS signing-certificate or ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute, as defined in Enhanced Security Services (ESS), RFC 2634 and RFC 5035.
572 An ESS signing-certificate attribute only allows for the use of SHA-1 as a digest algorithm.
573 An ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute allows for the use of any digest algorithm.
577 The digital signature value computed on the user data and, when present, on the signed attributes.
579 Note that currently the B<-cades> option applies only to the B<-sign> operation and is ignored during
580 the B<-verify> operation, i.e. the signing certification is not checked during the verification process.
581 This feature might be added in a future version.
591 The operation was completely successfully.
595 An error occurred parsing the command options.
599 One of the input files could not be read.
603 An error occurred creating the CMS file or when reading the MIME
608 An error occurred decrypting or verifying the message.
612 The message was verified correctly but an error occurred writing out
613 the signers certificates.
617 =head1 COMPATIBILITY WITH PKCS#7 FORMAT
619 L<openssl-smime(1)> can only process the older B<PKCS#7> format.
620 B<openssl cms> supports Cryptographic Message Syntax format.
621 Use of some features will result in messages which cannot be processed by
622 applications which only support the older format. These are detailed below.
624 The use of the B<-keyid> option with B<-sign> or B<-encrypt>.
626 The B<-outform> I<PEM> option uses different headers.
628 The B<-compress> option.
630 The B<-secretkey> option when used with B<-encrypt>.
632 The use of PSS with B<-sign>.
634 The use of OAEP or non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt>.
636 Additionally the B<-EncryptedData_create> and B<-data_create> type cannot
637 be processed by the older L<openssl-smime(1)> command.
641 Create a cleartext signed message:
643 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
646 Create an opaque signed message
648 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg -nodetach \
651 Create a signed message, include some additional certificates and
652 read the private key from another file:
654 openssl cms -sign -in in.txt -text -out mail.msg \
655 -signer mycert.pem -inkey mykey.pem -certfile mycerts.pem
657 Create a signed message with two signers, use key identifier:
659 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
660 -signer mycert.pem -signer othercert.pem -keyid
662 Send a signed message under Unix directly to sendmail, including headers:
664 openssl cms -sign -in in.txt -text -signer mycert.pem \
665 -from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
666 -subject "Signed message" | sendmail someone@somewhere
668 Verify a message and extract the signer's certificate if successful:
670 openssl cms -verify -in mail.msg -signer user.pem -out signedtext.txt
672 Send encrypted mail using triple DES:
674 openssl cms -encrypt -in in.txt -from steve@openssl.org \
675 -to someone@somewhere -subject "Encrypted message" \
676 -des3 user.pem -out mail.msg
678 Sign and encrypt mail:
680 openssl cms -sign -in ml.txt -signer my.pem -text \
681 | openssl cms -encrypt -out mail.msg \
682 -from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
683 -subject "Signed and Encrypted message" -des3 user.pem
685 Note: the encryption command does not include the B<-text> option because the
686 message being encrypted already has MIME headers.
690 openssl cms -decrypt -in mail.msg -recip mycert.pem -inkey key.pem
692 The output from Netscape form signing is a PKCS#7 structure with the
693 detached signature format. You can use this program to verify the
694 signature by line wrapping the base64 encoded structure and surrounding
697 -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
700 and using the command,
702 openssl cms -verify -inform PEM -in signature.pem -content content.txt
704 alternatively you can base64 decode the signature and use
706 openssl cms -verify -inform DER -in signature.der -content content.txt
708 Create an encrypted message using 128 bit Camellia:
710 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -camellia128 -out mail.msg cert.pem
712 Add a signer to an existing message:
714 openssl cms -resign -in mail.msg -signer newsign.pem -out mail2.msg
716 Sign mail using RSA-PSS:
718 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
719 -signer mycert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:pss
721 Create encrypted mail using RSA-OAEP:
723 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
724 -recip cert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:oaep
726 Use SHA256 KDF with an ECDH certificate:
728 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
729 -recip ecdhcert.pem -keyopt ecdh_kdf_md:sha256
733 The MIME parser isn't very clever: it seems to handle most messages that I've
734 thrown at it but it may choke on others.
736 The code currently will only write out the signer's certificate to a file: if
737 the signer has a separate encryption certificate this must be manually
738 extracted. There should be some heuristic that determines the correct
739 encryption certificate.
741 Ideally a database should be maintained of a certificates for each email
744 The code doesn't currently take note of the permitted symmetric encryption
745 algorithms as supplied in the SMIMECapabilities signed attribute. this means the
746 user has to manually include the correct encryption algorithm. It should store
747 the list of permitted ciphers in a database and only use those.
749 No revocation checking is done on the signer's certificate.
753 L<ossl_store-file(7)>
757 The use of multiple B<-signer> options and the B<-resign> command were first
758 added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
760 The B<-keyopt> option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
762 Support for RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
764 The use of non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt>
765 was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
767 The -no_alt_chains option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2b.
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