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Dr. Stephen Henson 2000-02-08 13:37:08 +00:00
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doc/apps/crl.pod
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@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ to each certificate.
=back
=head1 NOTES
The PEM CRL format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN X509 CRL-----
-----END X509 CRL-----
=head1 EXAMPLES
Convert a CRL file from PEM to DER:

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doc/apps/dsa.pod
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@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ read the output file password from the environment variable B<var>.
These options encrypt the private key with the DES, triple DES, or the
IDEA ciphers respectively before outputting it. A pass phrase is prompted for.
If none of these options is specified the key is written in plain text. This
means that using the B<rsa> utility to read in an encrypted key with no
means that using the B<dsa> utility to read in an encrypted key with no
encryption option can be used to remove the pass phrase from a key, or by
setting the encryption options it can be use to add or change the pass phrase.
These options can only be used with PEM format output files.
@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ this option prints out the value of the public key component of the key.
=item B<-pubin>
by default a private key is input file with this option a public key is input
instead.
by default a private key is read from the input file: with this option a
public key is read instead.
=item B<-pubout>
@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ The PEM private key format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END DSA PRIVATE KEY-----
The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
=head1 EXAMPLES
To remove the pass phrase on a DSA private key:

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doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
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@ -261,6 +261,17 @@ Although there are a large number of options most of them are very rarely
used. For PKCS#12 file parsing only B<-in> and B<-out> need to be used
for PKCS#12 file creation B<-export> and B<-name> are also used.
If none of the B<-clcerts>, B<-cacerts> or B<-nocerts> options are present
then all certificates will be output in the order they appear in the input
PKCS#12 files. There is no guarantee that the first certificate present is
the one corresponding to the private key. Certain software which requires
a private key and certificate and assumes the first certificate in the
file is the one corresponding to the private key: this may not always
be the case. Using the B<-clcerts> option will solve this problem by only
outputing the certificate corresponding to the private key. If the CA
certificates are required then they can be output to a separate file using
the B<-nokeys -cacerts> options to just output CA certificates.
The B<-keypbe> and B<-certpbe> algorithms allow the precise encryption
algorithms for private keys and certificates to be specified. Normally
the defaults are fine but occasionally software can't handle triple DES

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@ -225,8 +225,8 @@ implementation is reasonably accurate at least as far as these
algorithms are concerned.
The format of PKCS#8 DSA (and other) private keys is not well documented:
it is hidden away in PKCS#11 v2.01, section 11.9. OpenSSL's DSA private
key format complies with this standard.
it is hidden away in PKCS#11 v2.01, section 11.9. OpenSSL's default DSA
PKCS#8 private key format complies with this standard.
=head1 BUGS

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@ -113,14 +113,14 @@ this option checks the consistency of an RSA private key.
=item B<-pubin>
by default a private key is input file with this option a public key is input
instead.
by default a private key is read from the input file: with this
option a public key is read instead.
=item B<-pubout>
by default a private key is output with this option a public
key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if the input is
a public key.
by default a private key is output: with this option a public
key will be output instead. This option is automatically set if
the input is a public key.
=back
@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ The PEM private key format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
The PEM public key format uses the header and footer lines:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----
-----END PUBLIC KEY-----
=head1 EXAMPLES
To remove the pass phrase on an RSA private key: