doc/man1/openssl-dsaparam.pod.in

   1 =pod
   2 {- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
   3
   4 =head1 NAME
   5
   6 openssl-dsaparam - DSA parameter manipulation and generation
   7
   8 =head1 SYNOPSIS
   9
  10 B<openssl dsaparam>
  11 [B<-help>]
  12 [B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>]
  13 [B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>]
  14 [B<-in> I<filename>]
  15 [B<-out> I<filename>]
  16 [B<-noout>]
  17 [B<-text>]
  18 [B<-C>]
  19 [B<-genkey>]
  20 [B<-verbose>]
  21 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_synopsis -}
  22 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}
  23 [I<numbits>]
  24
  25 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  26
  27 This command has been deprecated.
  28 The L<openssl-pkeyparam(1)> command should be used instead.
  29
  30 This command is used to manipulate or generate DSA parameter files.
  31
  32 DSA parameter generation can be a slow process and as a result the same set of
  33 DSA parameters is often used to generate several distinct keys.
  34
  35 =head1 OPTIONS
  36
  37 =over 4
  38
  39 =item B<-help>
  40
  41 Print out a usage message.
  42
  43 =item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>, B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
  44
  45 The input and formats; the default is B<PEM>.
  46 See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
  47
  48 Parameters are a sequence of B<ASN.1 INTEGER>s: B<p>, B<q>, and B<g>.
  49 This is compatible with RFC 2459 B<DSS-Parms> structure.
  50
  51 =item B<-in> I<filename>
  52
  53 This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if
  54 this option is not specified. If the I<numbits> parameter is included then
  55 this option will be ignored.
  56
  57 =item B<-out> I<filename>
  58
  59 This specifies the output filename parameters to. Standard output is used
  60 if this option is not present. The output filename should B<not> be the same
  61 as the input filename.
  62
  63 =item B<-noout>
  64
  65 This option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters.
  66
  67 =item B<-text>
  68
  69 This option prints out the DSA parameters in human readable form.
  70
  71 =item B<-C>
  72
  73 This option converts the parameters into C code. The parameters can then
  74 be loaded by calling the get_dsaXXX() function.
  75
  76 =item B<-genkey>
  77
  78 This option will generate a DSA either using the specified or generated
  79 parameters.
  80
  81
  82 =item B<-verbose>
  83
  84 Print extra details about the operations being performed.
  85
  86 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_item -}
  87
  88 {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
  89
  90 =item I<numbits>
  91
  92 This option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size
  93 I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If this option is included then
  94 the input file (if any) is ignored.
  95
  96 =back
  97
  98 =head1 SEE ALSO
  99
 100 L<openssl(1)>,
 101 L<openssl-pkeyparam(1)>,
 102 L<openssl-gendsa(1)>,
 103 L<openssl-dsa(1)>,
 104 L<openssl-genrsa(1)>,
 105 L<openssl-rsa(1)>
 106
 107 =head1 HISTORY
 108
 109 This command was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
 110
 111 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 112
 113 Copyright 2000-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 114
 115 Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 116 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
 117 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 118 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
 119
 120 =cut