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625c781d 2{- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
9fcb9702 3
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4=head1 NAME
5
4b537191 6openssl-cms - CMS command
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7
8=head1 SYNOPSIS
9
10B<openssl> B<cms>
169394d4 11[B<-help>]
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12[B<-encrypt>]
13[B<-decrypt>]
65718c51 14[B<-debug_decrypt>]
7122aafc 15[B<-sign>]
7122aafc 16[B<-verify>]
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17[B<-verify_retcode>]
18[B<-no_attr_verify>]
19[B<-nosigs>]
20[B<-no_content_verify>]
7122aafc 21[B<-cmsout>]
41f81a01 22[B<-resign>]
e85d19c6 23[B<-cades>]
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24[B<-data_create>]
25[B<-data_out>]
26[B<-digest_create>]
27[B<-digest_verify>]
28[B<-compress>]
29[B<-uncompress>]
65718c51 30[B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>]
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31[B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>]
32[B<-sign_receipt>]
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33[B<-verify_receipt> I<receipt>]
34[B<-in> I<filename>]
e8769719 35[B<-out> I<filename>]
777182a0 36[B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>]
e8769719 37[B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>]
777182a0 38[B<-rctform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>]
6d382c74 39[B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE>]
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40[B<-stream>]
41[B<-indef>]
41f81a01 42[B<-noindef>]
e8769719 43[B<-content> I<filename>]
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44[B<-text>]
45[B<-noout>]
46[B<-print>]
922f1565 47[B<-nameopt> I<option>]
e8769719 48[B<-md> I<digest>]
8dc57d76 49[B<-I<cipher>>]
34890077 50[B<-wrap> I<cipher>]
41f81a01 51[B<-nointern>]
e75138ab 52[B<-noverify>]
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53[B<-nocerts>]
54[B<-noattr>]
55[B<-nosmimecap>]
56[B<-binary>]
2197494d 57[B<-crlfeol>]
847865d0 58[B<-asciicrlf>]
41f81a01 59[B<-nodetach>]
68581885 60[B<-certfile> I<file>]
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61[B<-certsout> I<file>]
62[B<-signer> I<file>]
34890077 63[B<-originator> I<file>]
e8769719 64[B<-recip> I<file>]
41f81a01 65[B<-keyid>]
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66[B<-receipt_request_all>]
67[B<-receipt_request_first>]
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68[B<-receipt_request_from> I<emailaddress>]
69[B<-receipt_request_to> I<emailaddress>]
41f81a01 70[B<-receipt_request_print>]
65718c51 71[B<-pwri_password> I<password>]
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72[B<-secretkey> I<key>]
73[B<-secretkeyid> I<id>]
74[B<-econtent_type> I<type>]
75[B<-inkey> I<file>]
76[B<-keyopt> I<name>:I<parameter>]
77[B<-passin> I<arg>]
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78[B<-to> I<addr>]
79[B<-from> I<addr>]
80[B<-subject> I<subj>]
21d08b9e 81{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_v_synopsis -}
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82{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_trust_synopsis -}
83{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_synopsis -}
65718c51 84{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}
6bd4e3f2 85{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -}
6d382c74 86[I<recipient-cert> ...]
7122aafc 87
9f3c076b 88=for openssl ifdef des-wrap engine
1738c0ce 89
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90=head1 DESCRIPTION
91
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92This command handles S/MIME v3.1 mail. It can encrypt, decrypt,
93sign and verify, compress and uncompress S/MIME messages.
7122aafc 94
3dfda1a6 95=head1 OPTIONS
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97There are fourteen operation options that set the type of operation to be
98performed. The meaning of the other options varies according to the operation
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99type.
100
101=over 4
102
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103=item B<-help>
104
105Print out a usage message.
106
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107=item B<-encrypt>
108
c4de074e 109Encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
7122aafc 110to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format. The
3f2a8d97 111actual CMS type is B<EnvelopedData>.
7122aafc 112
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113Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that
114key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text.
115
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116=item B<-decrypt>
117
c4de074e 118Decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an
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119encrypted mail message in MIME format for the input file. The decrypted mail
120is written to the output file.
121
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122=item B<-debug_decrypt>
123
c4de074e 124This option sets the B<CMS_DEBUG_DECRYPT> flag. This option should be used
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125with caution: see the notes section below.
126
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127=item B<-sign>
128
c4de074e 129Sign mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Input file is
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130the message to be signed. The signed message in MIME format is written
131to the output file.
132
133=item B<-verify>
134
c4de074e 135Verify signed mail. Expects a signed mail message on input and outputs
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136the signed data. Both clear text and opaque signing is supported.
137
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138=item B<-verify_retcode>
139
140Exit nonzero on verification failure.
141
142=item B<-no_attr_verify>
143
144Do not verify signed attribute signatures.
145
146=item B<-no_content_verify>
147
148Do not verify signed content signatures.
149
150=item B<-nosigs>
151
152Don't verify message signature.
153
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154=item B<-cmsout>
155
c4de074e 156Takes an input message and writes out a PEM encoded CMS structure.
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157
158=item B<-resign>
159
c4de074e 160Resign a message: take an existing message and one or more new signers.
7122aafc 161
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162=item B<-cades>
163
164Add an ESS signing-certificate or ESS signing-certificate-v2 signed-attribute to the SignerInfo, in order to make
165the signature comply with the requirements for a CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES). See the NOTES
166section for more details.
167
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168=item B<-data_create>
169
170Create a CMS B<Data> type.
171
172=item B<-data_out>
173
174B<Data> type and output the content.
175
176=item B<-digest_create>
177
178Create a CMS B<DigestedData> type.
179
180=item B<-digest_verify>
181
182Verify a CMS B<DigestedData> type and output the content.
183
184=item B<-compress>
185
186Create a CMS B<CompressedData> type. OpenSSL must be compiled with B<zlib>
187support for this option to work, otherwise it will output an error.
188
189=item B<-uncompress>
190
191Uncompress a CMS B<CompressedData> type and output the content. OpenSSL must be
192compiled with B<zlib> support for this option to work, otherwise it will
193output an error.
194
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195=item B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>
196
197Decrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
198B<EncryptedData> type and output the content.
199
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200=item B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>
201
a9661e45 202Encrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
27b138e9 203B<EncryptedData> type and output the content.
7122aafc 204
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205=item B<-sign_receipt>
206
1bc74519 207Generate and output a signed receipt for the supplied message. The input
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208message B<must> contain a signed receipt request. Functionality is otherwise
209similar to the B<-sign> operation.
210
e8769719 211=item B<-verify_receipt> I<receipt>
41f81a01 212
1bc74519 213Verify a signed receipt in filename B<receipt>. The input message B<must>
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214contain the original receipt request. Functionality is otherwise similar
215to the B<-verify> operation.
216
e8769719 217=item B<-in> I<filename>
7122aafc 218
c4de074e 219The input message to be encrypted or signed or the message to be decrypted
41f81a01 220or verified.
7122aafc 221
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222=item B<-out> I<filename>
223
224The message text that has been decrypted or verified or the output MIME
225format message that has been signed or verified.
226
e8769719 227=item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
7122aafc 228
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229The input format of the CMS structure (if one is being read);
230the default is B<SMIME>.
231See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
7122aafc 232
777182a0 233=item B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
41f81a01 234
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235The output format of the CMS structure (if one is being written);
236the default is B<SMIME>.
237See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
41f81a01 238
6d382c74 239=item B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE>
7122aafc 240
777182a0 241The format of the private key file; the default is B<PEM>.
6d382c74 242The only value with effect is B<ENGINE>; all others have become obsolete.
777182a0 243See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
7122aafc 244
777182a0 245=item B<-rctform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
7122aafc 246
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247The signed receipt format for use with the B<-receipt_verify>; the default
248is B<SMIME>.
249See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
7122aafc 250
65718c51 251=item B<-stream>, B<-indef>
7122aafc 252
c4de074e 253The B<-stream> and B<-indef> options are equivalent and enable streaming I/O
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254for encoding operations. This permits single pass processing of data without
255the need to hold the entire contents in memory, potentially supporting very
256large files. Streaming is automatically set for S/MIME signing with detached
257data if the output format is B<SMIME> it is currently off by default for all
258other operations.
259
260=item B<-noindef>
261
c4de074e 262Disable streaming I/O where it would produce and indefinite length constructed
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263encoding. This option currently has no effect. In future streaming will be
264enabled by default on all relevant operations and this option will disable it.
265
e8769719 266=item B<-content> I<filename>
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267
268This specifies a file containing the detached content, this is only
269useful with the B<-verify> command. This is only usable if the CMS
270structure is using the detached signature form where the content is
271not included. This option will override any content if the input format
272is S/MIME and it uses the multipart/signed MIME content type.
273
274=item B<-text>
275
c4de074e 276This option adds plain text (text/plain) MIME headers to the supplied
7122aafc 277message if encrypting or signing. If decrypting or verifying it strips
1bc74519 278off text headers: if the decrypted or verified message is not of MIME
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279type text/plain then an error occurs.
280
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281=item B<-noout>
282
c4de074e 283For the B<-cmsout> operation do not output the parsed CMS structure. This
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284is useful when combined with the B<-print> option or if the syntax of the CMS
285structure is being checked.
286
287=item B<-print>
288
c4de074e 289For the B<-cmsout> operation print out all fields of the CMS structure. This
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290is mainly useful for testing purposes.
291
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292=item B<-nameopt> I<option>
293
294For the B<-cmsout> operation when B<-print> option is in use, specifies
295printing options for string fields. For most cases B<utf8> is reasonable value.
296See L<openssl(1)/Name Format Options> for details.
297
e8769719 298=item B<-md> I<digest>
7122aafc 299
c4de074e 300Digest algorithm to use when signing or resigning. If not present then the
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301default digest algorithm for the signing key will be used (usually SHA1).
302
8dc57d76 303=item B<-I<cipher>>
7122aafc 304
c4de074e 305The encryption algorithm to use. For example triple DES (168 bits) - B<-des3>
e5fa864f 306or 256 bit AES - B<-aes256>. Any standard algorithm name (as used by the
1bc74519 307EVP_get_cipherbyname() function) can also be used preceded by a dash, for
8bc93d2f 308example B<-aes-128-cbc>. See L<openssl-enc(1)> for a list of ciphers
e5fa864f 309supported by your version of OpenSSL.
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1bc74519 311If not specified triple DES is used. Only used with B<-encrypt> and
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312B<-EncryptedData_create> commands.
313
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314=item B<-wrap> I<cipher>
315
316Cipher algorithm to use for key wrap when encrypting the message using Key
317Agreement for key transport. The algorithm specified should be suitable for key
318wrap.
319
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320=item B<-nointern>
321
c4de074e 322When verifying a message normally certificates (if any) included in
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323the message are searched for the signing certificate. With this option
324only the certificates specified in the B<-certfile> option are used.
325The supplied certificates can still be used as untrusted CAs however.
326
e75138ab 327=item B<-noverify>
7122aafc 328
c4de074e 329Do not verify the signers certificate of a signed message.
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330
331=item B<-nocerts>
332
c4de074e 333When signing a message the signer's certificate is normally included
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334with this option it is excluded. This will reduce the size of the
335signed message but the verifier must have a copy of the signers certificate
336available locally (passed using the B<-certfile> option for example).
337
338=item B<-noattr>
339
c4de074e 340Normally when a message is signed a set of attributes are included which
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341include the signing time and supported symmetric algorithms. With this
342option they are not included.
343
344=item B<-nosmimecap>
345
c4de074e 346Exclude the list of supported algorithms from signed attributes, other options
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347such as signing time and content type are still included.
348
349=item B<-binary>
350
c4de074e 351Normally the input message is converted to "canonical" format which is
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352effectively using CR and LF as end of line: as required by the S/MIME
353specification. When this option is present no translation occurs. This
354is useful when handling binary data which may not be in MIME format.
355
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356=item B<-crlfeol>
357
c4de074e 358Normally the output file uses a single B<LF> as end of line. When this
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359option is present B<CRLF> is used instead.
360
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361=item B<-asciicrlf>
362
c4de074e 363When signing use ASCII CRLF format canonicalisation. This strips trailing
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364whitespace from all lines, deletes trailing blank lines at EOF and sets
365the encapsulated content type. This option is normally used with detached
366content and an output signature format of DER. This option is not normally
367needed when verifying as it is enabled automatically if the encapsulated
368content format is detected.
369
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370=item B<-nodetach>
371
c4de074e 372When signing a message use opaque signing: this form is more resistant
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373to translation by mail relays but it cannot be read by mail agents that
374do not support S/MIME. Without this option cleartext signing with
375the MIME type multipart/signed is used.
376
e8769719 377=item B<-certfile> I<file>
7122aafc 378
c4de074e 379Allows additional certificates to be specified. When signing these will
7122aafc 380be included with the message. When verifying these will be searched for
6d382c74 381the signers certificates.
7122aafc 382
e8769719 383=item B<-certsout> I<file>
4a954b56 384
2f0ea936 385Any certificates contained in the message are written to I<file>.
4a954b56 386
e8769719 387=item B<-signer> I<file>
7122aafc 388
c4de074e 389A signing certificate when signing or resigning a message, this option can be
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390used multiple times if more than one signer is required. If a message is being
391verified then the signers certificates will be written to this file if the
392verification was successful.
393
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394=item B<-originator> I<file>
395
396A certificate of the originator of the encrypted message. Necessary for
397decryption when Key Agreement is in use for a shared key.
398
e8769719 399=item B<-recip> I<file>
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c4de074e 401When decrypting a message this specifies the recipients certificate. The
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402certificate must match one of the recipients of the message or an error
403occurs.
404
405When encrypting a message this option may be used multiple times to specify
406each recipient. This form B<must> be used if customised parameters are
407required (for example to specify RSA-OAEP).
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409Only certificates carrying RSA, Diffie-Hellman or EC keys are supported by this
410option.
411
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412=item B<-keyid>
413
c4de074e 414Use subject key identifier to identify certificates instead of issuer name and
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415serial number. The supplied certificate B<must> include a subject key
416identifier extension. Supported by B<-sign> and B<-encrypt> options.
417
dfee8626 418=item B<-receipt_request_all>, B<-receipt_request_first>
41f81a01 419
c4de074e 420For B<-sign> option include a signed receipt request. Indicate requests should
4c583c36 421be provided by all recipient or first tier recipients (those mailed directly
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422and not from a mailing list). Ignored it B<-receipt_request_from> is included.
423
e8769719 424=item B<-receipt_request_from> I<emailaddress>
41f81a01 425
c4de074e 426For B<-sign> option include a signed receipt request. Add an explicit email
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427address where receipts should be supplied.
428
e8769719 429=item B<-receipt_request_to> I<emailaddress>
41f81a01 430
1bc74519 431Add an explicit email address where signed receipts should be sent to. This
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432option B<must> but supplied if a signed receipt it requested.
433
434=item B<-receipt_request_print>
435
436For the B<-verify> operation print out the contents of any signed receipt
437requests.
438
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439=item B<-pwri_password> I<password>
440
441Specify password for recipient.
442
e8769719 443=item B<-secretkey> I<key>
7122aafc 444
c4de074e 445Specify symmetric key to use. The key must be supplied in hex format and be
7122aafc 446consistent with the algorithm used. Supported by the B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>
4c583c36 447B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>, B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> options. When used
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448with B<-encrypt> or B<-decrypt> the supplied key is used to wrap or unwrap the
449content encryption key using an AES key in the B<KEKRecipientInfo> type.
450
e8769719 451=item B<-secretkeyid> I<id>
7122aafc 452
c4de074e 453The key identifier for the supplied symmetric key for B<KEKRecipientInfo> type.
7122aafc 454This option B<must> be present if the B<-secretkey> option is used with
2f0ea936 455B<-encrypt>. With B<-decrypt> operations the I<id> is used to locate the
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456relevant key if it is not supplied then an attempt is used to decrypt any
457B<KEKRecipientInfo> structures.
458
e8769719 459=item B<-econtent_type> I<type>
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461Set the encapsulated content type to I<type> if not supplied the B<Data> type
462is used. The I<type> argument can be any valid OID name in either text or
1bc74519 463numerical format.
7122aafc 464
e8769719 465=item B<-inkey> I<file>
7122aafc 466
c4de074e 467The private key to use when signing or decrypting. This must match the
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468corresponding certificate. If this option is not specified then the
469private key must be included in the certificate file specified with
470the B<-recip> or B<-signer> file. When signing this option can be used
471multiple times to specify successive keys.
472
e8769719 473=item B<-keyopt> I<name>:I<parameter>
4bf4a650 474
c4de074e 475For signing and encryption this option can be used multiple times to
4bf4a650 476set customised parameters for the preceding key or certificate. It can
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477currently be used to set RSA-PSS for signing, RSA-OAEP for encryption
478or to modify default parameters for ECDH.
4bf4a650 479
e8769719 480=item B<-passin> I<arg>
7122aafc 481
c4de074e 482The private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
3a4e43de 483see L<openssl(1)/Pass Phrase Options>.
7122aafc 484
e8769719 485=item B<-to>, B<-from>, B<-subject>
7122aafc 486
c4de074e 487The relevant mail headers. These are included outside the signed
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488portion of a message so they may be included manually. If signing
489then many S/MIME mail clients check the signers certificate's email
490address matches that specified in the From: address.
491
21d08b9e 492{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_v_item -}
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21d08b9e 494Any verification errors cause the command to exit.
e5fa864f 495
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496{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_trust_item -}
497
498{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_item -}
499
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500{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
501
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502{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -}
503
6d382c74 504=item I<recipient-cert> ...
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505
506One or more certificates of message recipients: used when encrypting
507a message.
508
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509=back
510
511=head1 NOTES
512
513The MIME message must be sent without any blank lines between the
514headers and the output. Some mail programs will automatically add
515a blank line. Piping the mail directly to sendmail is one way to
516achieve the correct format.
517
518The supplied message to be signed or encrypted must include the
60250017 519necessary MIME headers or many S/MIME clients won't display it
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520properly (if at all). You can use the B<-text> option to automatically
521add plain text headers.
522
523A "signed and encrypted" message is one where a signed message is
524then encrypted. This can be produced by encrypting an already signed
525message: see the examples section.
526
527This version of the program only allows one signer per message but it
528will verify multiple signers on received messages. Some S/MIME clients
529choke if a message contains multiple signers. It is possible to sign
530messages "in parallel" by signing an already signed message.
531
532The options B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> reflect common usage in S/MIME
533clients. Strictly speaking these process CMS enveloped data: CMS
534encrypted data is used for other purposes.
535
536The B<-resign> option uses an existing message digest when adding a new
537signer. This means that attributes must be present in at least one existing
538signer using the same message digest or this operation will fail.
539
e4ef2e25 540The B<-stream> and B<-indef> options enable streaming I/O support.
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541As a result the encoding is BER using indefinite length constructed encoding
542and no longer DER. Streaming is supported for the B<-encrypt> operation and the
543B<-sign> operation if the content is not detached.
544
545Streaming is always used for the B<-sign> operation with detached data but
546since the content is no longer part of the CMS structure the encoding
547remains DER.
548
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549If the B<-decrypt> option is used without a recipient certificate then an
550attempt is made to locate the recipient by trying each potential recipient
551in turn using the supplied private key. To thwart the MMA attack
552(Bleichenbacher's attack on PKCS #1 v1.5 RSA padding) all recipients are
553tried whether they succeed or not and if no recipients match the message
1bc74519 554is "decrypted" using a random key which will typically output garbage.
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555The B<-debug_decrypt> option can be used to disable the MMA attack protection
556and return an error if no recipient can be found: this option should be used
9b86974e 557with caution. For a fuller description see L<CMS_decrypt(3)>).
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485d3361 559=head1 CADES BASIC ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE (CADES-BES)
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561A CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES), as defined in the European Standard ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.1.1, contains:
562
563=over 4
564
565=item *
566
567The signed user data as defined in CMS (RFC 3852);
568
569=item *
570
571Content-type of the EncapsulatedContentInfo value being signed;
572
573=item *
574
575Message-digest of the eContent OCTET STRING within encapContentInfo being signed;
576
577=item *
578
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579An ESS signing-certificate or ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute, as defined
580in Enhanced Security Services (ESS), RFC 2634 and RFC 5035.
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581An ESS signing-certificate attribute only allows for the use of SHA-1 as a digest algorithm.
582An ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute allows for the use of any digest algorithm.
583
584=item *
585
586The digital signature value computed on the user data and, when present, on the signed attributes.
587
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588NOTE that the B<-cades> option applies to the B<-sign> or B<-verify> operations.
589With this option, the B<-verify> operation also checks that the signing-certificates
590attribute is present, and its value matches the verification trust chain built
591during the verification process.
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592
593=back
594
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595=head1 EXIT CODES
596
597=over 4
598
c8919dde 599=item Z<>0
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c4de074e 601The operation was completely successfully.
7122aafc 602
c8919dde 603=item Z<>1
7122aafc 604
c4de074e 605An error occurred parsing the command options.
7122aafc 606
c8919dde 607=item Z<>2
7122aafc 608
c4de074e 609One of the input files could not be read.
7122aafc 610
c8919dde 611=item Z<>3
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c4de074e 613An error occurred creating the CMS file or when reading the MIME
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614message.
615
c8919dde 616=item Z<>4
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c4de074e 618An error occurred decrypting or verifying the message.
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c8919dde 620=item Z<>5
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c4de074e 622The message was verified correctly but an error occurred writing out
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623the signers certificates.
624
625=back
626
485d3361 627=head1 COMPATIBILITY WITH PKCS#7 FORMAT
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629L<openssl-smime(1)> can only process the older B<PKCS#7> format.
630B<openssl cms> supports Cryptographic Message Syntax format.
631Use of some features will result in messages which cannot be processed by
632applications which only support the older format. These are detailed below.
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633
634The use of the B<-keyid> option with B<-sign> or B<-encrypt>.
635
e8769719 636The B<-outform> I<PEM> option uses different headers.
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637
638The B<-compress> option.
639
640The B<-secretkey> option when used with B<-encrypt>.
641
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642The use of PSS with B<-sign>.
643
644The use of OAEP or non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt>.
645
7122aafc 646Additionally the B<-EncryptedData_create> and B<-data_create> type cannot
35a810bb 647be processed by the older L<openssl-smime(1)> command.
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648
649=head1 EXAMPLES
650
651Create a cleartext signed message:
652
653 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 654 -signer mycert.pem
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655
656Create an opaque signed message
657
658 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg -nodetach \
1bc74519 659 -signer mycert.pem
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660
661Create a signed message, include some additional certificates and
662read the private key from another file:
663
664 openssl cms -sign -in in.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 665 -signer mycert.pem -inkey mykey.pem -certfile mycerts.pem
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666
667Create a signed message with two signers, use key identifier:
668
669 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 670 -signer mycert.pem -signer othercert.pem -keyid
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671
672Send a signed message under Unix directly to sendmail, including headers:
673
674 openssl cms -sign -in in.txt -text -signer mycert.pem \
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675 -from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
676 -subject "Signed message" | sendmail someone@somewhere
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677
678Verify a message and extract the signer's certificate if successful:
679
680 openssl cms -verify -in mail.msg -signer user.pem -out signedtext.txt
681
682Send encrypted mail using triple DES:
683
684 openssl cms -encrypt -in in.txt -from steve@openssl.org \
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685 -to someone@somewhere -subject "Encrypted message" \
686 -des3 user.pem -out mail.msg
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687
688Sign and encrypt mail:
689
690 openssl cms -sign -in ml.txt -signer my.pem -text \
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691 | openssl cms -encrypt -out mail.msg \
692 -from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
693 -subject "Signed and Encrypted message" -des3 user.pem
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694
695Note: the encryption command does not include the B<-text> option because the
696message being encrypted already has MIME headers.
697
698Decrypt mail:
699
700 openssl cms -decrypt -in mail.msg -recip mycert.pem -inkey key.pem
701
702The output from Netscape form signing is a PKCS#7 structure with the
703detached signature format. You can use this program to verify the
704signature by line wrapping the base64 encoded structure and surrounding
705it with:
706
707 -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
708 -----END PKCS7-----
709
1bc74519 710and using the command,
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711
712 openssl cms -verify -inform PEM -in signature.pem -content content.txt
713
714alternatively you can base64 decode the signature and use
715
716 openssl cms -verify -inform DER -in signature.der -content content.txt
717
718Create an encrypted message using 128 bit Camellia:
719
720 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -camellia128 -out mail.msg cert.pem
721
722Add a signer to an existing message:
723
724 openssl cms -resign -in mail.msg -signer newsign.pem -out mail2.msg
725
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726Sign mail using RSA-PSS:
727
728 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 729 -signer mycert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:pss
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730
731Create encrypted mail using RSA-OAEP:
732
dfcb42c6 733 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 734 -recip cert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:oaep
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736Use SHA256 KDF with an ECDH certificate:
737
738 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 739 -recip ecdhcert.pem -keyopt ecdh_kdf_md:sha256
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741=head1 BUGS
742
743The MIME parser isn't very clever: it seems to handle most messages that I've
744thrown at it but it may choke on others.
745
746The code currently will only write out the signer's certificate to a file: if
747the signer has a separate encryption certificate this must be manually
748extracted. There should be some heuristic that determines the correct
749encryption certificate.
750
751Ideally a database should be maintained of a certificates for each email
752address.
753
754The code doesn't currently take note of the permitted symmetric encryption
755algorithms as supplied in the SMIMECapabilities signed attribute. this means the
756user has to manually include the correct encryption algorithm. It should store
757the list of permitted ciphers in a database and only use those.
758
759No revocation checking is done on the signer's certificate.
760
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761=head1 SEE ALSO
762
763L<ossl_store-file(7)>
764
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765=head1 HISTORY
766
767The use of multiple B<-signer> options and the B<-resign> command were first
ecd4b8fe 768added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
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2f0ea936 770The B<-keyopt> option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
4bf4a650 771
fc5ecadd 772Support for RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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774The use of non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt>
775was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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fc5ecadd 777The -no_alt_chains option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2b.
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779All B<-keyform> values except B<ENGINE> have become obsolete in OpenSSL 3.0.0
780and have no effect.
781
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783
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785
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786=head1 COPYRIGHT
787
33388b44 788Copyright 2008-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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449040b4 790Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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791this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
792in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
793L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
794
795=cut