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625c781d 2{- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
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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 -}
c1669f41 86{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_config_synopsis -}
6d382c74 87[I<recipient-cert> ...]
7122aafc 88
9f3c076b 89=for openssl ifdef des-wrap engine
1738c0ce 90
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91=head1 DESCRIPTION
92
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93This command handles S/MIME v3.1 mail. It can encrypt, decrypt,
94sign and verify, compress and uncompress S/MIME messages.
7122aafc 95
3dfda1a6 96=head1 OPTIONS
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98There are fourteen operation options that set the type of operation to be
99performed. The meaning of the other options varies according to the operation
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100type.
101
102=over 4
103
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104=item B<-help>
105
106Print out a usage message.
107
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108=item B<-encrypt>
109
c4de074e 110Encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
7122aafc 111to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format. The
3f2a8d97 112actual CMS type is B<EnvelopedData>.
7122aafc 113
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114Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that
115key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text.
116
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117=item B<-decrypt>
118
c4de074e 119Decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an
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120encrypted mail message in MIME format for the input file. The decrypted mail
121is written to the output file.
122
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123=item B<-debug_decrypt>
124
c4de074e 125This option sets the B<CMS_DEBUG_DECRYPT> flag. This option should be used
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126with caution: see the notes section below.
127
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128=item B<-sign>
129
c4de074e 130Sign mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Input file is
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131the message to be signed. The signed message in MIME format is written
132to the output file.
133
134=item B<-verify>
135
c4de074e 136Verify signed mail. Expects a signed mail message on input and outputs
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137the signed data. Both clear text and opaque signing is supported.
138
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139=item B<-verify_retcode>
140
141Exit nonzero on verification failure.
142
143=item B<-no_attr_verify>
144
145Do not verify signed attribute signatures.
146
147=item B<-no_content_verify>
148
149Do not verify signed content signatures.
150
151=item B<-nosigs>
152
153Don't verify message signature.
154
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155=item B<-cmsout>
156
c4de074e 157Takes an input message and writes out a PEM encoded CMS structure.
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158
159=item B<-resign>
160
c4de074e 161Resign a message: take an existing message and one or more new signers.
7122aafc 162
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163=item B<-cades>
164
165Add an ESS signing-certificate or ESS signing-certificate-v2 signed-attribute to the SignerInfo, in order to make
166the signature comply with the requirements for a CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES). See the NOTES
167section for more details.
168
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169=item B<-data_create>
170
171Create a CMS B<Data> type.
172
173=item B<-data_out>
174
175B<Data> type and output the content.
176
177=item B<-digest_create>
178
179Create a CMS B<DigestedData> type.
180
181=item B<-digest_verify>
182
183Verify a CMS B<DigestedData> type and output the content.
184
185=item B<-compress>
186
187Create a CMS B<CompressedData> type. OpenSSL must be compiled with B<zlib>
188support for this option to work, otherwise it will output an error.
189
190=item B<-uncompress>
191
192Uncompress a CMS B<CompressedData> type and output the content. OpenSSL must be
193compiled with B<zlib> support for this option to work, otherwise it will
194output an error.
195
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196=item B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>
197
198Decrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
199B<EncryptedData> type and output the content.
200
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201=item B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>
202
a9661e45 203Encrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
27b138e9 204B<EncryptedData> type and output the content.
7122aafc 205
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206=item B<-sign_receipt>
207
1bc74519 208Generate and output a signed receipt for the supplied message. The input
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209message B<must> contain a signed receipt request. Functionality is otherwise
210similar to the B<-sign> operation.
211
e8769719 212=item B<-verify_receipt> I<receipt>
41f81a01 213
1bc74519 214Verify a signed receipt in filename B<receipt>. The input message B<must>
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215contain the original receipt request. Functionality is otherwise similar
216to the B<-verify> operation.
217
e8769719 218=item B<-in> I<filename>
7122aafc 219
c4de074e 220The input message to be encrypted or signed or the message to be decrypted
41f81a01 221or verified.
7122aafc 222
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223=item B<-out> I<filename>
224
225The message text that has been decrypted or verified or the output MIME
226format message that has been signed or verified.
227
e8769719 228=item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
7122aafc 229
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230The input format of the CMS structure (if one is being read);
231the default is B<SMIME>.
232See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
7122aafc 233
777182a0 234=item B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
41f81a01 235
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236The output format of the CMS structure (if one is being written);
237the default is B<SMIME>.
238See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
41f81a01 239
6d382c74 240=item B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE>
7122aafc 241
777182a0 242The format of the private key file; the default is B<PEM>.
6d382c74 243The only value with effect is B<ENGINE>; all others have become obsolete.
777182a0 244See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
7122aafc 245
777182a0 246=item B<-rctform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<SMIME>
7122aafc 247
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248The signed receipt format for use with the B<-receipt_verify>; the default
249is B<SMIME>.
250See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
7122aafc 251
65718c51 252=item B<-stream>, B<-indef>
7122aafc 253
c4de074e 254The B<-stream> and B<-indef> options are equivalent and enable streaming I/O
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255for encoding operations. This permits single pass processing of data without
256the need to hold the entire contents in memory, potentially supporting very
257large files. Streaming is automatically set for S/MIME signing with detached
258data if the output format is B<SMIME> it is currently off by default for all
259other operations.
260
261=item B<-noindef>
262
c4de074e 263Disable streaming I/O where it would produce and indefinite length constructed
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264encoding. This option currently has no effect. In future streaming will be
265enabled by default on all relevant operations and this option will disable it.
266
e8769719 267=item B<-content> I<filename>
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268
269This specifies a file containing the detached content, this is only
270useful with the B<-verify> command. This is only usable if the CMS
271structure is using the detached signature form where the content is
272not included. This option will override any content if the input format
273is S/MIME and it uses the multipart/signed MIME content type.
274
275=item B<-text>
276
c4de074e 277This option adds plain text (text/plain) MIME headers to the supplied
7122aafc 278message if encrypting or signing. If decrypting or verifying it strips
1bc74519 279off text headers: if the decrypted or verified message is not of MIME
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280type text/plain then an error occurs.
281
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282=item B<-noout>
283
c4de074e 284For the B<-cmsout> operation do not output the parsed CMS structure. This
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285is useful when combined with the B<-print> option or if the syntax of the CMS
286structure is being checked.
287
288=item B<-print>
289
c4de074e 290For the B<-cmsout> operation print out all fields of the CMS structure. This
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291is mainly useful for testing purposes.
292
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293=item B<-nameopt> I<option>
294
295For the B<-cmsout> operation when B<-print> option is in use, specifies
296printing options for string fields. For most cases B<utf8> is reasonable value.
297See L<openssl(1)/Name Format Options> for details.
298
e8769719 299=item B<-md> I<digest>
7122aafc 300
c4de074e 301Digest algorithm to use when signing or resigning. If not present then the
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302default digest algorithm for the signing key will be used (usually SHA1).
303
8dc57d76 304=item B<-I<cipher>>
7122aafc 305
c4de074e 306The encryption algorithm to use. For example triple DES (168 bits) - B<-des3>
e5fa864f 307or 256 bit AES - B<-aes256>. Any standard algorithm name (as used by the
1bc74519 308EVP_get_cipherbyname() function) can also be used preceded by a dash, for
8bc93d2f 309example B<-aes-128-cbc>. See L<openssl-enc(1)> for a list of ciphers
e5fa864f 310supported by your version of OpenSSL.
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1bc74519 312If not specified triple DES is used. Only used with B<-encrypt> and
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313B<-EncryptedData_create> commands.
314
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315=item B<-wrap> I<cipher>
316
317Cipher algorithm to use for key wrap when encrypting the message using Key
318Agreement for key transport. The algorithm specified should be suitable for key
319wrap.
320
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321=item B<-nointern>
322
c4de074e 323When verifying a message normally certificates (if any) included in
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324the message are searched for the signing certificate. With this option
325only the certificates specified in the B<-certfile> option are used.
326The supplied certificates can still be used as untrusted CAs however.
327
e75138ab 328=item B<-noverify>
7122aafc 329
c4de074e 330Do not verify the signers certificate of a signed message.
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331
332=item B<-nocerts>
333
c4de074e 334When signing a message the signer's certificate is normally included
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335with this option it is excluded. This will reduce the size of the
336signed message but the verifier must have a copy of the signers certificate
337available locally (passed using the B<-certfile> option for example).
338
339=item B<-noattr>
340
c4de074e 341Normally when a message is signed a set of attributes are included which
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342include the signing time and supported symmetric algorithms. With this
343option they are not included.
344
345=item B<-nosmimecap>
346
c4de074e 347Exclude the list of supported algorithms from signed attributes, other options
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348such as signing time and content type are still included.
349
350=item B<-binary>
351
c4de074e 352Normally the input message is converted to "canonical" format which is
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353effectively using CR and LF as end of line: as required by the S/MIME
354specification. When this option is present no translation occurs. This
355is useful when handling binary data which may not be in MIME format.
356
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357=item B<-crlfeol>
358
c4de074e 359Normally the output file uses a single B<LF> as end of line. When this
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360option is present B<CRLF> is used instead.
361
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362=item B<-asciicrlf>
363
c4de074e 364When signing use ASCII CRLF format canonicalisation. This strips trailing
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365whitespace from all lines, deletes trailing blank lines at EOF and sets
366the encapsulated content type. This option is normally used with detached
367content and an output signature format of DER. This option is not normally
368needed when verifying as it is enabled automatically if the encapsulated
369content format is detected.
370
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371=item B<-nodetach>
372
c4de074e 373When signing a message use opaque signing: this form is more resistant
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374to translation by mail relays but it cannot be read by mail agents that
375do not support S/MIME. Without this option cleartext signing with
376the MIME type multipart/signed is used.
377
e8769719 378=item B<-certfile> I<file>
7122aafc 379
c4de074e 380Allows additional certificates to be specified. When signing these will
7122aafc 381be included with the message. When verifying these will be searched for
6d382c74 382the signers certificates.
7122aafc 383
e8769719 384=item B<-certsout> I<file>
4a954b56 385
2f0ea936 386Any certificates contained in the message are written to I<file>.
4a954b56 387
e8769719 388=item B<-signer> I<file>
7122aafc 389
c4de074e 390A signing certificate when signing or resigning a message, this option can be
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391used multiple times if more than one signer is required. If a message is being
392verified then the signers certificates will be written to this file if the
393verification was successful.
394
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395=item B<-originator> I<file>
396
397A certificate of the originator of the encrypted message. Necessary for
398decryption when Key Agreement is in use for a shared key.
399
e8769719 400=item B<-recip> I<file>
7122aafc 401
c4de074e 402When decrypting a message this specifies the recipients certificate. The
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403certificate must match one of the recipients of the message or an error
404occurs.
405
406When encrypting a message this option may be used multiple times to specify
407each recipient. This form B<must> be used if customised parameters are
408required (for example to specify RSA-OAEP).
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410Only certificates carrying RSA, Diffie-Hellman or EC keys are supported by this
411option.
412
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413=item B<-keyid>
414
c4de074e 415Use subject key identifier to identify certificates instead of issuer name and
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416serial number. The supplied certificate B<must> include a subject key
417identifier extension. Supported by B<-sign> and B<-encrypt> options.
418
dfee8626 419=item B<-receipt_request_all>, B<-receipt_request_first>
41f81a01 420
c4de074e 421For B<-sign> option include a signed receipt request. Indicate requests should
4c583c36 422be provided by all recipient or first tier recipients (those mailed directly
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423and not from a mailing list). Ignored it B<-receipt_request_from> is included.
424
e8769719 425=item B<-receipt_request_from> I<emailaddress>
41f81a01 426
c4de074e 427For B<-sign> option include a signed receipt request. Add an explicit email
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428address where receipts should be supplied.
429
e8769719 430=item B<-receipt_request_to> I<emailaddress>
41f81a01 431
1bc74519 432Add an explicit email address where signed receipts should be sent to. This
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433option B<must> but supplied if a signed receipt it requested.
434
435=item B<-receipt_request_print>
436
437For the B<-verify> operation print out the contents of any signed receipt
438requests.
439
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440=item B<-pwri_password> I<password>
441
442Specify password for recipient.
443
e8769719 444=item B<-secretkey> I<key>
7122aafc 445
c4de074e 446Specify symmetric key to use. The key must be supplied in hex format and be
7122aafc 447consistent with the algorithm used. Supported by the B<-EncryptedData_encrypt>
4c583c36 448B<-EncryptedData_decrypt>, B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> options. When used
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449with B<-encrypt> or B<-decrypt> the supplied key is used to wrap or unwrap the
450content encryption key using an AES key in the B<KEKRecipientInfo> type.
451
e8769719 452=item B<-secretkeyid> I<id>
7122aafc 453
c4de074e 454The key identifier for the supplied symmetric key for B<KEKRecipientInfo> type.
7122aafc 455This option B<must> be present if the B<-secretkey> option is used with
2f0ea936 456B<-encrypt>. With B<-decrypt> operations the I<id> is used to locate the
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457relevant key if it is not supplied then an attempt is used to decrypt any
458B<KEKRecipientInfo> structures.
459
e8769719 460=item B<-econtent_type> I<type>
7122aafc 461
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462Set the encapsulated content type to I<type> if not supplied the B<Data> type
463is used. The I<type> argument can be any valid OID name in either text or
1bc74519 464numerical format.
7122aafc 465
e8769719 466=item B<-inkey> I<file>
7122aafc 467
c4de074e 468The private key to use when signing or decrypting. This must match the
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469corresponding certificate. If this option is not specified then the
470private key must be included in the certificate file specified with
471the B<-recip> or B<-signer> file. When signing this option can be used
472multiple times to specify successive keys.
473
e8769719 474=item B<-keyopt> I<name>:I<parameter>
4bf4a650 475
c4de074e 476For signing and encryption this option can be used multiple times to
4bf4a650 477set customised parameters for the preceding key or certificate. It can
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478currently be used to set RSA-PSS for signing, RSA-OAEP for encryption
479or to modify default parameters for ECDH.
4bf4a650 480
e8769719 481=item B<-passin> I<arg>
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c4de074e 483The private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
3a4e43de 484see L<openssl(1)/Pass Phrase Options>.
7122aafc 485
e8769719 486=item B<-to>, B<-from>, B<-subject>
7122aafc 487
c4de074e 488The relevant mail headers. These are included outside the signed
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489portion of a message so they may be included manually. If signing
490then many S/MIME mail clients check the signers certificate's email
491address matches that specified in the From: address.
492
21d08b9e 493{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_v_item -}
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21d08b9e 495Any verification errors cause the command to exit.
e5fa864f 496
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497{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_trust_item -}
498
499{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_item -}
500
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501{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
502
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503{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -}
504
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505{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_config_item -}
506
6d382c74 507=item I<recipient-cert> ...
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508
509One or more certificates of message recipients: used when encrypting
510a message.
511
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512=back
513
514=head1 NOTES
515
516The MIME message must be sent without any blank lines between the
517headers and the output. Some mail programs will automatically add
518a blank line. Piping the mail directly to sendmail is one way to
519achieve the correct format.
520
521The supplied message to be signed or encrypted must include the
60250017 522necessary MIME headers or many S/MIME clients won't display it
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523properly (if at all). You can use the B<-text> option to automatically
524add plain text headers.
525
526A "signed and encrypted" message is one where a signed message is
527then encrypted. This can be produced by encrypting an already signed
528message: see the examples section.
529
530This version of the program only allows one signer per message but it
531will verify multiple signers on received messages. Some S/MIME clients
532choke if a message contains multiple signers. It is possible to sign
533messages "in parallel" by signing an already signed message.
534
535The options B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> reflect common usage in S/MIME
536clients. Strictly speaking these process CMS enveloped data: CMS
537encrypted data is used for other purposes.
538
539The B<-resign> option uses an existing message digest when adding a new
540signer. This means that attributes must be present in at least one existing
541signer using the same message digest or this operation will fail.
542
e4ef2e25 543The B<-stream> and B<-indef> options enable streaming I/O support.
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544As a result the encoding is BER using indefinite length constructed encoding
545and no longer DER. Streaming is supported for the B<-encrypt> operation and the
546B<-sign> operation if the content is not detached.
547
548Streaming is always used for the B<-sign> operation with detached data but
549since the content is no longer part of the CMS structure the encoding
550remains DER.
551
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552If the B<-decrypt> option is used without a recipient certificate then an
553attempt is made to locate the recipient by trying each potential recipient
554in turn using the supplied private key. To thwart the MMA attack
555(Bleichenbacher's attack on PKCS #1 v1.5 RSA padding) all recipients are
556tried whether they succeed or not and if no recipients match the message
1bc74519 557is "decrypted" using a random key which will typically output garbage.
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558The B<-debug_decrypt> option can be used to disable the MMA attack protection
559and return an error if no recipient can be found: this option should be used
9b86974e 560with caution. For a fuller description see L<CMS_decrypt(3)>).
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485d3361 562=head1 CADES BASIC ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE (CADES-BES)
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564A CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES), as defined in the European Standard ETSI EN 319 122-1 V1.1.1, contains:
565
566=over 4
567
568=item *
569
570The signed user data as defined in CMS (RFC 3852);
571
572=item *
573
574Content-type of the EncapsulatedContentInfo value being signed;
575
576=item *
577
578Message-digest of the eContent OCTET STRING within encapContentInfo being signed;
579
580=item *
581
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582An ESS signing-certificate or ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute, as defined
583in Enhanced Security Services (ESS), RFC 2634 and RFC 5035.
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584An ESS signing-certificate attribute only allows for the use of SHA-1 as a digest algorithm.
585An ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute allows for the use of any digest algorithm.
586
587=item *
588
589The digital signature value computed on the user data and, when present, on the signed attributes.
590
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591NOTE that the B<-cades> option applies to the B<-sign> or B<-verify> operations.
592With this option, the B<-verify> operation also checks that the signing-certificates
593attribute is present, and its value matches the verification trust chain built
594during the verification process.
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595
596=back
597
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598=head1 EXIT CODES
599
600=over 4
601
c8919dde 602=item Z<>0
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c4de074e 604The operation was completely successfully.
7122aafc 605
c8919dde 606=item Z<>1
7122aafc 607
c4de074e 608An error occurred parsing the command options.
7122aafc 609
c8919dde 610=item Z<>2
7122aafc 611
c4de074e 612One of the input files could not be read.
7122aafc 613
c8919dde 614=item Z<>3
7122aafc 615
c4de074e 616An error occurred creating the CMS file or when reading the MIME
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617message.
618
c8919dde 619=item Z<>4
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c4de074e 621An error occurred decrypting or verifying the message.
7122aafc 622
c8919dde 623=item Z<>5
7122aafc 624
c4de074e 625The message was verified correctly but an error occurred writing out
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626the signers certificates.
627
628=back
629
485d3361 630=head1 COMPATIBILITY WITH PKCS#7 FORMAT
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632L<openssl-smime(1)> can only process the older B<PKCS#7> format.
633B<openssl cms> supports Cryptographic Message Syntax format.
634Use of some features will result in messages which cannot be processed by
635applications which only support the older format. These are detailed below.
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636
637The use of the B<-keyid> option with B<-sign> or B<-encrypt>.
638
e8769719 639The B<-outform> I<PEM> option uses different headers.
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640
641The B<-compress> option.
642
643The B<-secretkey> option when used with B<-encrypt>.
644
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645The use of PSS with B<-sign>.
646
647The use of OAEP or non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt>.
648
7122aafc 649Additionally the B<-EncryptedData_create> and B<-data_create> type cannot
35a810bb 650be processed by the older L<openssl-smime(1)> command.
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651
652=head1 EXAMPLES
653
654Create a cleartext signed message:
655
656 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 657 -signer mycert.pem
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658
659Create an opaque signed message
660
661 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg -nodetach \
1bc74519 662 -signer mycert.pem
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663
664Create a signed message, include some additional certificates and
665read the private key from another file:
666
667 openssl cms -sign -in in.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 668 -signer mycert.pem -inkey mykey.pem -certfile mycerts.pem
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669
670Create a signed message with two signers, use key identifier:
671
672 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 673 -signer mycert.pem -signer othercert.pem -keyid
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674
675Send a signed message under Unix directly to sendmail, including headers:
676
677 openssl cms -sign -in in.txt -text -signer mycert.pem \
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678 -from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
679 -subject "Signed message" | sendmail someone@somewhere
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680
681Verify a message and extract the signer's certificate if successful:
682
683 openssl cms -verify -in mail.msg -signer user.pem -out signedtext.txt
684
685Send encrypted mail using triple DES:
686
687 openssl cms -encrypt -in in.txt -from steve@openssl.org \
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688 -to someone@somewhere -subject "Encrypted message" \
689 -des3 user.pem -out mail.msg
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690
691Sign and encrypt mail:
692
693 openssl cms -sign -in ml.txt -signer my.pem -text \
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694 | openssl cms -encrypt -out mail.msg \
695 -from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
696 -subject "Signed and Encrypted message" -des3 user.pem
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698Note: the encryption command does not include the B<-text> option because the
699message being encrypted already has MIME headers.
700
701Decrypt mail:
702
703 openssl cms -decrypt -in mail.msg -recip mycert.pem -inkey key.pem
704
705The output from Netscape form signing is a PKCS#7 structure with the
706detached signature format. You can use this program to verify the
707signature by line wrapping the base64 encoded structure and surrounding
708it with:
709
710 -----BEGIN PKCS7-----
711 -----END PKCS7-----
712
1bc74519 713and using the command,
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715 openssl cms -verify -inform PEM -in signature.pem -content content.txt
716
717alternatively you can base64 decode the signature and use
718
719 openssl cms -verify -inform DER -in signature.der -content content.txt
720
721Create an encrypted message using 128 bit Camellia:
722
723 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -camellia128 -out mail.msg cert.pem
724
725Add a signer to an existing message:
726
727 openssl cms -resign -in mail.msg -signer newsign.pem -out mail2.msg
728
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729Sign mail using RSA-PSS:
730
731 openssl cms -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 732 -signer mycert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:pss
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733
734Create encrypted mail using RSA-OAEP:
735
dfcb42c6 736 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 737 -recip cert.pem -keyopt rsa_padding_mode:oaep
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739Use SHA256 KDF with an ECDH certificate:
740
741 openssl cms -encrypt -in plain.txt -out mail.msg \
1bc74519 742 -recip ecdhcert.pem -keyopt ecdh_kdf_md:sha256
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744=head1 BUGS
745
746The MIME parser isn't very clever: it seems to handle most messages that I've
747thrown at it but it may choke on others.
748
749The code currently will only write out the signer's certificate to a file: if
750the signer has a separate encryption certificate this must be manually
751extracted. There should be some heuristic that determines the correct
752encryption certificate.
753
754Ideally a database should be maintained of a certificates for each email
755address.
756
757The code doesn't currently take note of the permitted symmetric encryption
758algorithms as supplied in the SMIMECapabilities signed attribute. this means the
759user has to manually include the correct encryption algorithm. It should store
760the list of permitted ciphers in a database and only use those.
761
762No revocation checking is done on the signer's certificate.
763
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764=head1 SEE ALSO
765
766L<ossl_store-file(7)>
767
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768=head1 HISTORY
769
770The use of multiple B<-signer> options and the B<-resign> command were first
ecd4b8fe 771added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
4bf4a650 772
2f0ea936 773The B<-keyopt> option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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fc5ecadd 775Support for RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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777The use of non-RSA keys with B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt>
778was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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fc5ecadd 780The -no_alt_chains option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2b.
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782All B<-keyform> values except B<ENGINE> have become obsolete in OpenSSL 3.0.0
783and have no effect.
784
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785The B<-nameopt> option was added in OpenSSL 3.0.0.
786
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788
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789=head1 COPYRIGHT
790
33388b44 791Copyright 2008-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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449040b4 793Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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794this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
795in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
796L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
797
798=cut