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author | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2000-01-21 02:17:04 +0000 |
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committer | Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org> | 2000-01-21 02:17:04 +0000 |
commit | dd46d58f65bd3a342bbcd8586680942be643fc7d (patch) | |
tree | f573df02bef40f2fcc2f81b0aa89f37b0f40819f /doc/apps/openssl.pod | |
parent | e7f97e2d22e386df60c8da63277727a931bf22b7 (diff) | |
download | openssl-dd46d58f65bd3a342bbcd8586680942be643fc7d.tar.gz |
Change the 'man' directory to 'apps'. Yes I wish cvs
could rename too :-(
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diff --git a/doc/apps/openssl.pod b/doc/apps/openssl.pod new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f5ce14ca2f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/apps/openssl.pod @@ -0,0 +1,240 @@ + +=pod + +=head1 NAME + +openssl - OpenSSL command line tool + +=head1 SYNOPSIS + +B<openssl> +I<command> +[ I<command_opts> ] +[ I<command_args> ] + +=head1 DESCRIPTION + +OpenSSL is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL +v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and related +cryptography standards required by them. + +The B<openssl> program is a command line tool for using the various +cryptography functions of OpenSSL's B<crypto> library from the shell. +It can be used for + + o Creation of RSA, DH and DSA key parameters + o Creation of X.509 certificates, CSRs and CRLs + o Calculation of Message Digests + o Encryption and Decryption with Ciphers + o SSL/TLS Client and Server Tests + +=head1 COMMAND SUMMARY + +The B<openssl> program provides a rich variety of commands (I<command> in the +SYNOPSIS above), each of which often has a wealth of options and arguments +(I<command_opts> and I<command_args> in the SYNOPSIS). + +=head2 STANDARD COMMANDS + +=over 10 + +=item B<asn1parse> + +Parse an ASN.1 sequence. + +=item B<ca> + +Certificate Authority (CA) Management. + +=item B<ciphers> + +Cipher Suite Description Determination. + +=item B<crl> + +Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Management. + +=item B<crl2pkcs7> + +CRL to PKCS#7 Conversion. + +=item B<dgst> + +Message Digest Calculation. + +=item B<dh> + +Diffie-Hellman Data Management. + +=item B<dsa> + +DSA Data Management. + +=item B<dsaparam> + +DSA Parameter Generation. + +=item B<enc> + +Encoding with Ciphers. + +=item B<errstr> + +Error Number to Error String Conversion. + +=item B<gendh> + +Generation of Diffie-Hellman Parameters. + +=item B<gendsa> + +Generation of DSA Parameters. + +=item B<genrsa> + +Generation of RSA Parameters. + +=item B<pkcs7> + +PKCS#7 Data Management. + +=item B<req> + +X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) Management. + +=item B<rsa> + +RSA Data Management. + +=item B<s_client> + +This implements a generic SSL/TLS client which can establish a transparent +connection to a remote server speaking SSL/TLS. It's intended for testing +purposes only and provides only rudimentary interface functionality but +internally uses mostly all functionality of the OpenSSL B<ssl> library. + +=item B<s_server> + +This implements a generic SSL/TLS server which accepts connections from remote +clients speaking SSL/TLS. It's intended for testing purposes only and provides +only rudimentary interface functionality but internally uses mostly all +functionality of the OpenSSL B<ssl> library. It provides both an own command +line oriented protocol for testing SSL functions and a simple HTTP response +facility to emulate an SSL/TLS-aware webserver. + +=item B<s_time> + +SSL Connection Timer. + +=item B<sess_id> + +SSL Session Data Management. + +=item B<speed> + +Algorithm Speed Measurement. + +=item B<verify> + +X.509 Certificate Verification. + +=item B<version> + +OpenSSL Version Information. + +=item B<x509> + +X.509 Certificate Data Management. + +=back + +=head2 MESSAGE DIGEST COMMANDS + +=over 10 + +=item B<md2> + +MD2 Digest + +=item B<md5> + +MD5 Digest + +=item B<mdc2> + +MDC2 Digest + +=item B<rmd160> + +RMD-160 Digest + +=item B<sha> + +SHA Digest + +=item B<sha1> + +SHA-1 Digest + +=back + +=head2 ENCODING AND CIPHER COMMANDS + +=over 10 + +=item B<base64> + +Base64 Encoding + +=item B<bf bf-cbc bf-cfb bf-ecb bf-ofb> + +Blowfish Cipher + +=item B<cast cast-cbc> + +CAST Cipher + +=item B<cast5-cbc cast5-cfb cast5-ecb cast5-ofb> + +CAST5 Cipher + +=item B<des des-cbc des-cfb des-ecb des-ede des-ede-cbc des-ede-cfb des-ede-ofb des-ofb> + +DES Cipher + +=item B<des3 desx des-ede3 des-ede3-cbc des-ede3-cfb des-ede3-ofb> + +Triple-DES Cipher + +=item B<idea idea-cbc idea-cfb idea-ecb idea-ofb> + +IDEA Cipher + +=item B<rc2 rc2-cbc rc2-cfb rc2-ecb rc2-ofb> + +RC2 Cipher + +=item B<rc4> + +RC4 Cipher + +=item B<rc5 rc5-cbc rc5-cfb rc5-ecb rc5-ofb> + +RC5 Cipher + +=back + +=head1 SEE ALSO + +asn1parse(1), ca(1), config(1), crl(1), crl2pkcs7(1), dgst(1), dh(1), +dsa(1), dsaparam(1), enc(1), gendh(1), gendsa(1), genrsa(1), nseq(1), +openssl(1), pkcs12(1), pkcs7(1), pkcs8(1), req(1), rsa(1), s_client(1), +s_server(1), smime(1), spkac(1), verify(1), version(1), x509(1), +crypto(3), ssl(3) + +=head1 HISTORY + +The openssl(1) document appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.2 + +=cut + |