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diff --git a/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man/ecparam.1 b/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man/ecparam.1 index 88c004c9dca13..9157c6314a413 100644 --- a/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man/ecparam.1 +++ b/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man/ecparam.1 @@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "ECPARAM 1" -.TH ECPARAM 1 "2018-08-14" "1.0.2p" "OpenSSL" +.TH ECPARAM 1 "2018-09-11" "1.1.1" "OpenSSL" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" -openssl\-ecparam, -ecparam \- EC parameter manipulation and generation +openssl\-ecparam, ecparam \- EC parameter manipulation and generation .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" \&\fBopenssl ecparam\fR +[\fB\-help\fR] [\fB\-inform DER|PEM\fR] [\fB\-outform DER|PEM\fR] [\fB\-in filename\fR] @@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ ecparam \- EC parameter manipulation and generation [\fB\-conv_form arg\fR] [\fB\-param_enc arg\fR] [\fB\-no_seed\fR] -[\fB\-rand file(s)\fR] +[\fB\-rand file...\fR] +[\fB\-writerand file\fR] [\fB\-genkey\fR] [\fB\-engine id\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" @@ -161,16 +162,19 @@ ecparam \- EC parameter manipulation and generation This command is used to manipulate or generate \s-1EC\s0 parameter files. .SH "OPTIONS" .IX Header "OPTIONS" +.IP "\fB\-help\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-help" +Print out a usage message. .IP "\fB\-inform DER|PEM\fR" 4 .IX Item "-inform DER|PEM" This specifies the input format. The \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR option uses an \s-1ASN.1 DER\s0 encoded form compatible with \s-1RFC 3279\s0 EcpkParameters. The \s-1PEM\s0 form is the default -format: it consists of the \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR format base64 encoded with additional +format: it consists of the \fB\s-1DER\s0\fR format base64 encoded with additional header and footer lines. .IP "\fB\-outform DER|PEM\fR" 4 .IX Item "-outform DER|PEM" -This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the -\&\fB\-inform\fR option. +This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default +as the \fB\-inform\fR option. .IP "\fB\-in filename\fR" 4 .IX Item "-in filename" This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if @@ -189,7 +193,7 @@ This option prints out the \s-1EC\s0 parameters in human readable form. .IP "\fB\-C\fR" 4 .IX Item "-C" This option converts the \s-1EC\s0 parameters into C code. The parameters can then -be loaded by calling the \fB\f(BIget_ec_group_XXX()\fB\fR function. +be loaded by calling the \fIget_ec_group_XXX()\fR function. .IP "\fB\-check\fR" 4 .IX Item "-check" Validate the elliptic curve parameters. @@ -214,10 +218,10 @@ the preprocessor macro \fB\s-1OPENSSL_EC_BIN_PT_COMP\s0\fR at compile time. .IX Item "-param_enc arg" This specifies how the elliptic curve parameters are encoded. Possible value are: \fBnamed_curve\fR, i.e. the ec parameters are -specified by a \s-1OID,\s0 or \fBexplicit\fR where the ec parameters are -explicitly given (see \s-1RFC 3279\s0 for the definition of the +specified by an \s-1OID,\s0 or \fBexplicit\fR where the ec parameters are +explicitly given (see \s-1RFC 3279\s0 for the definition of the \&\s-1EC\s0 parameters structures). The default value is \fBnamed_curve\fR. -\&\fBNote\fR the \fBimplicitlyCA\fR alternative ,as specified in \s-1RFC 3279,\s0 +\&\fBNote\fR the \fBimplicitlyCA\fR alternative, as specified in \s-1RFC 3279,\s0 is currently not implemented in OpenSSL. .IP "\fB\-no_seed\fR" 4 .IX Item "-no_seed" @@ -225,17 +229,21 @@ This option inhibits that the 'seed' for the parameter generation is included in the ECParameters structure (see \s-1RFC 3279\s0). .IP "\fB\-genkey\fR" 4 .IX Item "-genkey" -This option will generate a \s-1EC\s0 private key using the specified parameters. -.IP "\fB\-rand file(s)\fR" 4 -.IX Item "-rand file(s)" -a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number -generator, or an \s-1EGD\s0 socket (see \fIRAND_egd\fR\|(3)). -Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. +This option will generate an \s-1EC\s0 private key using the specified parameters. +.IP "\fB\-rand file...\fR" 4 +.IX Item "-rand file..." +A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator. +Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character. The separator is \fB;\fR for MS-Windows, \fB,\fR for OpenVMS, and \fB:\fR for all others. +.IP "[\fB\-writerand file\fR]" 4 +.IX Item "[-writerand file]" +Writes random data to the specified \fIfile\fR upon exit. +This can be used with a subsequent \fB\-rand\fR flag. .IP "\fB\-engine id\fR" 4 .IX Item "-engine id" -specifying an engine (by its unique \fBid\fR string) will cause \fBecparam\fR +Specifying an engine (by its unique \fBid\fR string) will cause \fBecparam\fR to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default for all available algorithms. @@ -290,9 +298,11 @@ To print out the \s-1EC\s0 parameters to standard output: .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" \&\fIec\fR\|(1), \fIdsaparam\fR\|(1) -.SH "HISTORY" -.IX Header "HISTORY" -The ecparam command was first introduced in OpenSSL 0.9.8. -.SH "AUTHOR" -.IX Header "AUTHOR" -Nils Larsch for the OpenSSL project (http://www.openssl.org) +.SH "COPYRIGHT" +.IX Header "COPYRIGHT" +Copyright 2003\-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. +.PP +Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use +this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy +in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at +<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. |