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author | Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> | 2021-05-18 15:23:04 +0200 |
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committer | Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> | 2021-05-19 16:03:28 +0200 |
commit | b41ebb991e8bbce736cf73b9c3d6b7c3e208b2b0 (patch) | |
tree | 1ea656400cd40707e0332423b3d6b6c8f4dc2a96 /doc/man1 | |
parent | cf6cba90d53dca58cc41da59687ca7d1edf75458 (diff) |
speed: Document the deficiencies of the command
Fixes #7032
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15330)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man1')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in index c834a74ebc..fc1a388a19 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in @@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ B<openssl speed> =head1 DESCRIPTION This command is used to test the performance of cryptographic algorithms. -To see the list of supported algorithms, use C<openssl list -digest-commands> -or C<openssl list -cipher-commands> command. The global CSPRNG is denoted by -the B<rand> algorithm name. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -55,6 +52,10 @@ If I<algo> is an AEAD cipher, then you can pass B<-aead> to benchmark a TLS-like sequence. And if I<algo> is a multi-buffer capable cipher, e.g. aes-128-cbc-hmac-sha1, then B<-mb> will time multi-buffer operation. +To see the algorithms supported with this option, use +C<openssl list -digest-algorithms> or C<openssl list -cipher-algorithms> +command. + =item B<-multi> I<num> Run multiple operations in parallel. @@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ pre-compiled grand selection is tested. =back +=head1 BUGS + +The I<algorithm> can be selected only from a pre-compiled subset of things +that the C<openssl speed> command knows about. To test any additional digest +or cipher algorithm supported by OpenSSL use the C<-evp> option. + +There is no way to test the speed of any additional public key algorithms +supported by third party providers with the C<openssl speed> command. + =head1 HISTORY The B<-engine> option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. |