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| author | Emilia Kasper <emilia@openssl.org> | 2015-05-13 12:05:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Emilia Kasper <emilia@openssl.org> | 2015-05-20 15:10:26 +0200 |
| commit | b5a379aae5e05d18a17e41cd7591a038e21395eb (patch) | |
| tree | 2f5e2c718a10d35d64f092fccd2052a34f68578e /doc | |
| parent | 5a1d2509060da8ca99fa41135eff7bf3a193f69f (diff) | |
dhparam: fix documentation
The default bitlength is now 2048. Also clarify that either the number
of bits or the generator must be present:
$ openssl dhparam -2
and
$ openssl dhparam 2048
generate parameters but
$ openssl dhparam
does not.
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/dhparam.pod | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/dhparam.pod b/doc/apps/dhparam.pod index 6e27cf5c15..1cd4c76663 100644 --- a/doc/apps/dhparam.pod +++ b/doc/apps/dhparam.pod @@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ check if the parameters are valid primes and generator. =item B<-2>, B<-5> -The generator to use, either 2 or 5. 2 is the default. If present then the -input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead. +The generator to use, either 2 or 5. If present then the +input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead. If not +present but B<numbits> is present, parameters are generated with the +default generator 2. =item B<-rand> I<file(s)> @@ -85,9 +87,10 @@ all others. =item I<numbits> this option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size -I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If not present then a value of 512 -is used. If this option is present then the input file is ignored and -parameters are generated instead. +I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If this option is present then +the input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead. If +this option is not present but a generator (B<-2> or B<-5>) is +present, parameters are generated with a default length of 2048 bits. =item B<-noout> |