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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apps/dgst.pod | 63 |
2 files changed, 64 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apps/ca.pod b/doc/apps/ca.pod index efe1b3c230..d352925864 100644 --- a/doc/apps/ca.pod +++ b/doc/apps/ca.pod @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ B<openssl> B<ca> [B<-policy arg>] [B<-keyfile arg>] [B<-key arg>] +[B<-passin arg>] [B<-cert file>] [B<-in file>] [B<-out file>] @@ -99,6 +100,10 @@ the password used to encrypt the private key. Since on some systems the command line arguments are visible (e.g. Unix with the 'ps' utility) this option should be used with caution. +=item B<-passin arg> + +the key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg> +see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>. =item B<-verbose> this prints extra details about the operations being performed. diff --git a/doc/apps/dgst.pod b/doc/apps/dgst.pod index fcfd3ecf23..6fbf4339ab 100644 --- a/doc/apps/dgst.pod +++ b/doc/apps/dgst.pod @@ -7,9 +7,16 @@ dgst, md5, md2, sha1, sha, mdc2, ripemd160 - message digests =head1 SYNOPSIS B<openssl> B<dgst> -[B<-md5|-md2|-sha1|-sha|mdc2|-ripemd160>] +[B<-md5|-md2|-sha1|-sha|-mdc2|-ripemd160|-dss1>] [B<-c>] [B<-d>] +[B<-hex>] +[B<-binary>] +[B<-out filename>] +[B<-sign filename>] +[B<-verify filename>] +[B<-prverify filename>] +[B<-signature filename>] [B<file...>] [B<md5|md2|sha1|sha|mdc2|ripemd160>] @@ -19,8 +26,8 @@ B<openssl> B<dgst> =head1 DESCRIPTION -The digest functions print out the message digest of a supplied file or files -in hexadecimal form. +The digest functions output the message digest of a supplied file or files +in hexadecimal form. They can also be used for digital signing and verification. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -28,12 +35,51 @@ in hexadecimal form. =item B<-c> -print out the digest in two digit groups separated by colons. +print out the digest in two digit groups separated by colons, only relevant if +B<hex> format output is used. =item B<-d> print out BIO debugging information. +=item B<-hex> + +digest is to be output as a hex dump. This is the default case for a "normal" +digest as opposed to a digital signature. + +=item B<-binary> + +output the digest or signature in binary form. + +=item B<-out filename> + +filename to output to, or standard output by default. + +=item B<-sign filename> + +digitally sign the digest using the private key in "filename". + +=item B<-verify filename> + +verify the signature using the the public key in "filename". +The output is either "Verification OK" or "Verification Failure". + +=item B<-prverify filename> + +verify the signature using the the private key in "filename". + +=item B<-signature filename> + +the actual signature to verify. + +=item B<-rand file(s)> + +a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>). +Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + =item B<file...> file or files to digest. If no files are specified then standard input is @@ -46,4 +92,13 @@ used. The digest of choice for all new applications is SHA1. Other digests are however still widely used. +If you wish to sign or verify data using the DSA algorithm then the dss1 +digest must be used. + +A source of random numbers is required for certain signing algorithms, in +particular DSA. + +The signing and verify options should only be used if a single file is +being signed or verified. + =cut |