OpenSSL Command Line Interface (CLI) Reference

This reference section includes the OpenSSL commands, and is based on information provided by The Open Group. This information can also be found at the following URL:

http://www.openssl.org

HP SSL for OpenVMS provides a command line interface that allows you to use the cryptography functions of SSL's cryptography library from the OpenSSL command prompt (OPENSSL>). You can use the command-line interface for the following tasks:

Creating RSA, DH and DSA key parameters
Creating X.509 certificates, CSRs, and CRLs
Calculating message digests
Encrypting and decrypting with ciphers
Testing on SSL/TLS clients and servers
Handling of S/MIME signed or encrypted mail

See Chapter 6, OpenSSL Command Line Interface, for more information about the OpenSSL commands.

Table of Contents

asn1parse() - ASN.1 parsing tool
ca() - sample minimal CA application
ciphers() - SSL cipher display and cipher list tool
config() - OpenSSL CONF library configuration files
crl() - CRL utility
crl2pkcs7() - Create a PKCS#7 structure from a CRL and certificates
dgst() - message digests
dhparam() - DH parameter manipulation and generation
dsa() - DSA key processing
dsaparam() - DSA parameter manipulation and generation
enc() - symmetric cipher routines
gendsa() - generate a DSA private key from a set of parameters
genrsa() - generate an RSA private key
nseq() - create or examine a netscape certificate sequence
ocsp() - Online Certificate Status Protocol utility
openssl() - OpenSSL command line tool
passwd() - compute password hashes
pkcs12() - PKCS#12 file utility
pkcs7() - PKCS#7 utility
pkcs8() - PKCS#8 format private key conversion tool
rand() - generate pseudo-random bytes
req() - PKCS#10 certificate request and certificate generating utility.
rsa() - RSA key processing tool
rsautl() - RSA utility
s_client() - SSL/TLS client program
s_server() - SSL/TLS server program
s_time() - SSL/TLS performance timing program
sess_id() - SSL/TLS session handling utility
smime() - S/MIME utility
speed() - test library performance
spkac() - SPKAC printing and generating utility
verify() - Utility to verify certificates.
version() - print OpenSSL version information
x509() - Certificate display and signing utility

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