From e45492955809127e7305329f14f2071e273320bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Dr. Stephen Henson" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:10:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for pkeyparam. Update some existing docs. --- doc/apps/genpkey.pod | 21 ++++++++++--- doc/apps/openssl.pod | 42 +++++++++++++++++++------ doc/apps/pkeyparam.pod | 69 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/apps/pkeyparam.pod diff --git a/doc/apps/genpkey.pod b/doc/apps/genpkey.pod index 8ca5dca283..3f4489a18a 100644 --- a/doc/apps/genpkey.pod +++ b/doc/apps/genpkey.pod @@ -50,11 +50,14 @@ name accepted by EVP_get_cipherbyname() is acceptable such as B. specifying an engine (by it's unique B string) will cause B 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. +for all available algorithms. If used this option should precede all other +options. =item B<-algorithm alg> -public key algorithm to use such as RSA, DSA or DH. +public key algorithm to use such as RSA, DSA or DH. If used this option must +precede and B<-pkeyopt> options. The options B<-paramfile> and B<-algorithm> +are mutually exclusive. =item B<-pkeyopt opt:value> @@ -64,13 +67,21 @@ implementation. See B below for more details. =item B<-genparam> -generate a set of parameters instead of a private key. +generate a set of parameters instead of a private key. If used this option must +precede and B<-algorithm>, B<-paramfile> or B<-pkeyopt> options. =item B<-paramfile filename> Some public key algorithms generate a private key based on a set of parameters. -They can be supplied using this option. If this option is used the public -key algorithm used is determined by the parameters. +They can be supplied using this option. If this option is used the public key +algorithm used is determined by the parameters. If used this option must +precede and B<-pkeyopt> options. The options B<-paramfile> and B<-algorithm> +are mutually exclusive. + +=item B<-text> + +Print an (unencrypted) text representation of private and public keys and +parameters along with the PEM or DER structure. =back diff --git a/doc/apps/openssl.pod b/doc/apps/openssl.pod index 73723ebd95..7f2504bbbc 100644 --- a/doc/apps/openssl.pod +++ b/doc/apps/openssl.pod @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ I [ I ] [ I ] -B [ B | B | B | B | B | B [ B | B | B | B | B | B] B BI [ I ] @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ The B program is a command line tool for using the various cryptography functions of OpenSSL's B 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 @@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ DSA Data Management. =item L|dsaparam(1)> -DSA Parameter Generation. +DSA Parameter Generation and Management. Superseded by +L|genpkey(1)> and L|pkeyparam(1)> =item L|enc(1)> @@ -115,7 +117,8 @@ Error Number to Error String Conversion. =item L|dhparam(1)> -Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. +Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. Superseded by +L|genpkey(1)> and L|pkeyparam(1)> =item B @@ -124,11 +127,16 @@ Obsoleted by L|dhparam(1)>. =item L|gendsa(1)> -Generation of DSA Parameters. +Generation of DSA Private Key from Parameters. Superseded by +L|genpkey(1)> and L|pkey(1)> + +=item L|genpkey(1)> + +Generation of Private Key or Parameters. =item L|genrsa(1)> -Generation of RSA Parameters. +Generation of RSA Private Key. Superceded by L|genpkey(1)>. =item L|ocsp(1)> @@ -146,21 +154,34 @@ PKCS#12 Data Management. PKCS#7 Data Management. +=item L|pkey(1)> + +Public and private key management. + +=item L|pkeyutl(1)> + +Public key algorithm cryptographic operation utility. + +=item L|pkeyparam(1)> + +Public key algorithm parameter management. + =item L|rand(1)> Generate pseudo-random bytes. =item L|req(1)> -X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Management. +PKCS#10 X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Management. =item L|rsa(1)> -RSA Data Management. +RSA key management. =item L|rsautl(1)> -RSA utility for signing, verification, encryption, and decryption. +RSA utility for signing, verification, encryption, and decryption. Superseded +by L|pkeyutl(1)> =item L|s_client(1)> @@ -336,7 +357,7 @@ read the password from standard input. L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, -L, L, +L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, L, @@ -351,6 +372,7 @@ L, L The openssl(1) document appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2. The BIB<-commands> pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.3; +The BIB<-algorithms> pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.9; the BI pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 0.9.5a. For notes on the availability of other commands, see their individual manual pages. diff --git a/doc/apps/pkeyparam.pod b/doc/apps/pkeyparam.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..453fd027f8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/apps/pkeyparam.pod @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ + +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +pkeyparam - public key algorithm parameter processing tool + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B B +[B<-in filename>] +[B<-out filename>] +[B<-text>] +[B<-noout>] +[B<-engine id>] + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +The B command processes public or private keys. They can be converted +between various forms and their components printed out. + +=head1 COMMAND OPTIONS + +=over 4 + +=item B<-in filename> + +This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if +this option is not specified. + +=item B<-out filename> + +This specifies the output filename to write parameters to or standard output if +this option is not specified. + +=item B<-text> + +prints out the parameters in plain text in addition to the encoded version. + +=item B<-noout> + +do not output the encoded version of the parameters. + +=item B<-engine id> + +specifying an engine (by it's unique B string) will cause B +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. + +=back + +=head1 EXAMPLE + +Print out text version of parameters: + + openssl pkeyparam -in param.pem -text + +=head1 NOTES + +There are no B<-inform> or B<-outform> options for this command because only +PEM format is supported because the key type is determined by the PEM headers. + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +L, L, L, +L, L, L + +=cut -- 2.25.1