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author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2000-02-08 13:37:08 +0000 |
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committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2000-02-08 13:37:08 +0000 |
commit | 0cd4498b8f32bb0cb60724c42aa1014f724b2f2c (patch) | |
tree | 753b054127a308a1b24821b1313355031fbc2b80 /doc/apps/dsa.pod | |
parent | f07fb9b24be9ae2d21647257d830da565561df3b (diff) |
Update docs.
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diff --git a/doc/apps/dsa.pod b/doc/apps/dsa.pod index e6a587b729..8196df1ef0 100644 --- a/doc/apps/dsa.pod +++ b/doc/apps/dsa.pod @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ read the output file password from the environment variable B<var>. These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, or the IDEA ciphers respectively before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for. If none of these options is specified the key is written in plain text. This -means that using the B<rsa> utility to read in an encrypted key with no +means that using the B<dsa> utility to read in an encrypted key with no encryption option can be used to remove the pass phrase from a key, or by setting the encryption options it can be use to add or change the pass phrase. These options can only be used with PEM format output files. @@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ this option prints out the value of the public key component of the key. =item B<-pubin> -by default a private key is input file with this option a public key is input -instead. +by default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a +public key is read instead. =item B<-pubout> @@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ The PEM private key format uses the header and footer lines: -----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY----- -----END DSA PRIVATE KEY----- +The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines: + + -----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- + -----END PUBLIC KEY----- + =head1 EXAMPLES To remove the pass phrase on a DSA private key: |