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diff --git a/doc/man1/enc.pod b/doc/man1/enc.pod index ad76be0cb7..f7d5e36fdb 100644 --- a/doc/man1/enc.pod +++ b/doc/man1/enc.pod @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ enc - symmetric cipher routines =head1 SYNOPSIS -B<openssl enc -ciphername> +B<openssl enc -I<cipher>> [B<-help>] [B<-ciphers>] [B<-in filename>] @@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ B<openssl enc -ciphername> [B<-pass arg>] [B<-e>] [B<-d>] -[B<-a/-base64>] +[B<-a>] +[B<-base64>] [B<-A>] [B<-k password>] [B<-kfile filename>] @@ -35,6 +36,8 @@ B<openssl enc -ciphername> [B<-writerand file>] [B<-engine id>] +B<openssl> I<[cipher]> [B<...>] + =head1 DESCRIPTION The symmetric cipher commands allow data to be encrypted or decrypted @@ -184,10 +187,11 @@ This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag. =head1 NOTES -The program can be called either as B<openssl ciphername> or -B<openssl enc -ciphername>. The first form doesn't work with +The program can be called either as B<openssl cipher> or +B<openssl enc -cipher>. The first form doesn't work with engine-provided ciphers, because this form is processed before the configuration file is read and any ENGINEs loaded. +Use the B<list> command to get a list of supported ciphers. Engines which provide entirely new encryption algorithms (such as the ccgost engine which provides gost89 algorithm) should be configured in the |