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author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2006-07-10 23:10:26 +0000 |
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committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2006-07-10 23:10:26 +0000 |
commit | e45492955809127e7305329f14f2071e273320bf (patch) | |
tree | 86082a4be4d1b3b4eee6e1035c9d7908d09e1aaf /doc/apps/openssl.pod | |
parent | 105f6a6323cd1a9ac7fab68d575bf0382324a3bc (diff) |
Add docs for pkeyparam. Update some existing docs.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apps/openssl.pod')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/openssl.pod | 42 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 10 deletions
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<command> [ I<command_opts> ] [ I<command_args> ] -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<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> ] @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ 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 @@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ 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 Superseded by +L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<enc>|enc(1)> @@ -115,7 +117,8 @@ Error Number to Error String Conversion. =item L<B<dhparam>|dhparam(1)> -Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. +Generation and Management of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. Superseded by +L<B<genpkey>|genpkey(1)> and L<B<pkeyparam>|pkeyparam(1)> =item B<gendh> @@ -124,11 +127,16 @@ 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 Superseded by +L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<ocsp>|ocsp(1)> @@ -146,21 +154,34 @@ PKCS#12 Data Management. PKCS#7 Data Management. +=item L<B<pkey>|pkey(1)> + +Public and private key management. + +=item L<B<pkeyutl>|pkeyutl(1)> + +Public key algorithm cryptographic operation utility. + +=item L<B<pkeyparam>|pkeyparam(1)> + +Public key algorithm parameter management. + =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)> @@ -336,7 +357,7 @@ 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)>, @@ -351,6 +372,7 @@ L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)> 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 0.9.9; 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. |