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authorDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2013-11-07 17:27:07 +0000
committerDr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>2013-11-09 15:09:23 +0000
commit9c75461befd03a50b2ca158323eef58d6be75864 (patch)
treec3d77e733e865ff72b35733335b5932608198ede /doc/apps/rsa.pod
parentda15c6160836f5852ff1d1132d76f124327121ba (diff)
Document RSAPublicKey_{in,out} options.
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diff --git a/doc/apps/rsa.pod b/doc/apps/rsa.pod
index 69b2bef82c..d7d784d52b 100644
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@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ B<openssl> B<rsa>
[B<-check>]
[B<-pubin>]
[B<-pubout>]
+[B<-RSAPublicKey_in>]
+[B<-RSAPublicKey_out>]
[B<-engine id>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -118,6 +120,10 @@ by default a private key is output: with this option a public
key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if
the input is a public key.
+=item B<-RSAPublicKey_in>, B<-RSAPublicKey_out>
+
+like B<-pubin> and B<-pubout> except B<RSAPublicKey> format is used instead.
+
=item B<-engine id>
specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<rsa>
@@ -139,6 +145,11 @@ The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
+The PEM B<RSAPublicKey> format uses the header and footer lines:
+
+ -----BEGIN RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
+ -----END RSA PUBLIC KEY-----
+
The B<NET> form is a format compatible with older Netscape servers
and Microsoft IIS .key files, this uses unsalted RC4 for its encryption.
It is not very secure and so should only be used when necessary.
@@ -173,6 +184,10 @@ To just output the public part of a private key:
openssl rsa -in key.pem -pubout -out pubkey.pem
+Output the public part of a private key in B<RSAPublicKey> format:
+
+ openssl rsa -in key.pem -RSAPublicKey_out -out pubkey.pem
+
=head1 BUGS
The command line password arguments don't currently work with