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No longer needed after rewrite of cmd-nits Reviewed-by: David von Oheimb <david.von.oheimb@siemens.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15311)
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=begin comment
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{- join("\n", @autowarntext) -}
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=end comment
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=head1 NAME
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openssl-genpkey - generate a private key
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<openssl> B<genpkey>
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[B<-help>]
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[B<-out> I<filename>]
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[B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>]
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[B<-quiet>]
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[B<-pass> I<arg>]
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[B<-I<cipher>>]
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[B<-paramfile> I<file>]
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[B<-algorithm> I<alg>]
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[B<-pkeyopt> I<opt>:I<value>]
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[B<-genparam>]
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[B<-text>]
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{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -}
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{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_config_synopsis -}
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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This command generates a private key.
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=head1 OPTIONS
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=over 4
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=item B<-help>
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Print out a usage message.
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=item B<-out> I<filename>
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Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not specified then
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standard output is used.
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=item B<-outform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
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The output format, except when B<-genparam> is given; the default is B<PEM>.
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See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details.
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When B<-genparam> is given, B<-outform> is ignored.
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=item B<-quiet>
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Do not output "status dots" while generating keys.
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=item B<-pass> I<arg>
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The output file password source. For more information about the format of I<arg>
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see L<openssl-passphrase-options(1)>.
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=item B<-I<cipher>>
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This option encrypts the private key with the supplied cipher. Any algorithm
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name accepted by EVP_get_cipherbyname() is acceptable such as B<des3>.
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=item B<-algorithm> I<alg>
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Public key algorithm to use such as RSA, DSA, DH or DHX. If used this option must
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precede any B<-pkeyopt> options. The options B<-paramfile> and B<-algorithm>
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are mutually exclusive. Engines may add algorithms in addition to the standard
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built-in ones.
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Valid built-in algorithm names for private key generation are RSA, RSA-PSS, EC,
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X25519, X448, ED25519 and ED448.
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Valid built-in algorithm names for parameter generation (see the B<-genparam>
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option) are DH, DSA and EC.
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Note that the algorithm name X9.42 DH may be used as a synonym for DHX keys and
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PKCS#3 refers to DH Keys. Some options are not shared between DH and DHX keys.
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=item B<-pkeyopt> I<opt>:I<value>
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Set the public key algorithm option I<opt> to I<value>. The precise set of
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options supported depends on the public key algorithm used and its
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implementation. See L</KEY GENERATION OPTIONS> and
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L</PARAMETER GENERATION OPTIONS> below for more details.
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=item B<-genparam>
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Generate a set of parameters instead of a private key. If used this option must
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precede any B<-algorithm>, B<-paramfile> or B<-pkeyopt> options.
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=item B<-paramfile> I<filename>
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Some public key algorithms generate a private key based on a set of parameters.
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They can be supplied using this option. If this option is used the public key
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algorithm used is determined by the parameters. If used this option must
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precede any B<-pkeyopt> options. The options B<-paramfile> and B<-algorithm>
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are mutually exclusive.
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=item B<-text>
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Print an (unencrypted) text representation of private and public keys and
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parameters along with the PEM or DER structure.
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{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
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{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -}
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{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_config_item -}
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=back
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=head1 KEY GENERATION OPTIONS
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The options supported by each algorithm and indeed each implementation of an
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algorithm can vary. The options for the OpenSSL implementations are detailed
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below. There are no key generation options defined for the X25519, X448, ED25519
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or ED448 algorithms.
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=head2 RSA Key Generation Options
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=over 4
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=item B<rsa_keygen_bits:numbits>
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The number of bits in the generated key. If not specified 2048 is used.
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=item B<rsa_keygen_primes:numprimes>
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The number of primes in the generated key. If not specified 2 is used.
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=item B<rsa_keygen_pubexp:value>
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The RSA public exponent value. This can be a large decimal or
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hexadecimal value if preceded by C<0x>. Default value is 65537.
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=back
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=head2 RSA-PSS Key Generation Options
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Note: by default an B<RSA-PSS> key has no parameter restrictions.
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=over 4
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=item B<rsa_keygen_bits>:I<numbits>, B<rsa_keygen_primes>:I<numprimes>,
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B<rsa_keygen_pubexp>:I<value>
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These options have the same meaning as the B<RSA> algorithm.
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=item B<rsa_pss_keygen_md>:I<digest>
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If set the key is restricted and can only use I<digest> for signing.
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=item B<rsa_pss_keygen_mgf1_md>:I<digest>
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If set the key is restricted and can only use I<digest> as it's MGF1
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parameter.
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=item B<rsa_pss_keygen_saltlen>:I<len>
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If set the key is restricted and I<len> specifies the minimum salt length.
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=back
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=head2 EC Key Generation Options
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The EC key generation options can also be used for parameter generation.
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=over 4
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=item B<ec_paramgen_curve>:I<curve>
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The EC curve to use. OpenSSL supports NIST curve names such as "P-256".
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=item B<ec_param_enc>:I<encoding>
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The encoding to use for parameters. The I<encoding> parameter must be either
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B<named_curve> or B<explicit>. The default value is B<named_curve>.
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=back
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=head2 DH Key Generation Options
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=over 4
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=item B<group>:I<name>
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The B<paramfile> option is not required if a named group is used here.
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See the L</DH Parameter Generation Options> section below.
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=back
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=head1 PARAMETER GENERATION OPTIONS
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The options supported by each algorithm and indeed each implementation of an
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algorithm can vary. The options for the OpenSSL implementations are detailed
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below.
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=head2 DSA Parameter Generation Options
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=over 4
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=item B<dsa_paramgen_bits>:I<numbits>
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The number of bits in the generated prime. If not specified 2048 is used.
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=item B<dsa_paramgen_q_bits>:I<numbits>
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=item B<qbits>:I<numbits>
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The number of bits in the q parameter. Must be one of 160, 224 or 256. If not
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specified 224 is used.
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=item B<dsa_paramgen_md>:I<digest>
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=item B<digest>:I<digest>
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The digest to use during parameter generation. Must be one of B<sha1>, B<sha224>
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or B<sha256>. If set, then the number of bits in B<q> will match the output size
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of the specified digest and the B<dsa_paramgen_q_bits> parameter will be
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ignored. If not set, then a digest will be used that gives an output matching
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the number of bits in B<q>, i.e. B<sha1> if q length is 160, B<sha224> if it 224
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or B<sha256> if it is 256.
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=item B<properties>:I<query>
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The I<digest> property I<query> string to use when fetching a digest from a provider.
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=item B<type>:I<type>
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The type of generation to use. Set this to 1 to use legacy FIPS186-2 parameter
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generation. The default of 0 uses FIPS186-4 parameter generation.
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=item B<gindex>:I<index>
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The index to use for canonical generation and verification of the generator g.
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Set this to a positive value ranging from 0..255 to use this mode. Larger values
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will only use the bottom byte.
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This I<index> must then be reused during key validation to verify the value of g.
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If this value is not set then g is not verifiable. The default value is -1.
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=item B<hexseed>:I<seed>
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The seed I<seed> data to use instead of generating a random seed internally.
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This should be used for testing purposes only. This will either produced fixed
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values for the generated parameters OR it will fail if the seed did not
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generate valid primes.
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=back
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=head2 DH Parameter Generation Options
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For most use cases it is recommended to use the B<group> option rather than
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the B<type> options. Note that the B<group> option is not used by default if
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no parameter generation options are specified.
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=over 4
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=item B<group>:I<name>
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=item B<dh_param>:I<name>
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Use a named DH group to select constant values for the DH parameters.
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All other options will be ignored if this value is set.
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Valid values that are associated with the B<algorithm> of B<"DH"> are:
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"ffdhe2048", "ffdhe3072", "ffdhe4096", "ffdhe6144", "ffdhe8192",
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"modp_1536", "modp_2048", "modp_3072", "modp_4096", "modp_6144", "modp_8192".
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Valid values that are associated with the B<algorithm> of B<"DHX"> are the
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RFC5114 names "dh_1024_160", "dh_2048_224", "dh_2048_256".
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=item B<dh_rfc5114>:I<num>
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If this option is set, then the appropriate RFC5114 parameters are used
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instead of generating new parameters. The value I<num> can be one of
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1, 2 or 3 that are equivalant to using the option B<group> with one of
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"dh_1024_160", "dh_2048_224" or "dh_2048_256".
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All other options will be ignored if this value is set.
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=item B<pbits>:I<numbits>
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=item B<dh_paramgen_prime_len>:I<numbits>
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The number of bits in the prime parameter I<p>. The default is 2048.
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=item B<qbits>:I<numbits>
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=item B<dh_paramgen_subprime_len>:I<numbits>
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The number of bits in the sub prime parameter I<q>. The default is 224.
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Only relevant if used in conjunction with the B<dh_paramgen_type> option to
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generate DHX parameters.
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=item B<safeprime-generator>:I<value>
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=item B<dh_paramgen_generator>:I<value>
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The value to use for the generator I<g>. The default is 2.
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The B<algorithm> option must be B<"DH"> for this parameter to be used.
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=item B<type>:I<string>
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The type name of DH parameters to generate. Valid values are:
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=over 4
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=item "generator"
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Use a safe prime generator with the option B<safeprime_generator>
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The B<algorithm> option must be B<"DH">.
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=item "fips186_4"
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FIPS186-4 parameter generation.
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The B<algorithm> option must be B<"DHX">.
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=item "fips186_2"
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FIPS186-4 parameter generation.
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The B<algorithm> option must be B<"DHX">.
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=item "group"
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Can be used with the option B<pbits> to select one of
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"ffdhe2048", "ffdhe3072", "ffdhe4096", "ffdhe6144" or "ffdhe8192".
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The B<algorithm> option must be B<"DH">.
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=item "default"
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Selects a default type based on the B<algorithm>. This is used by the
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OpenSSL default provider to set the type for backwards compatability.
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If B<algorithm> is B<"DH"> then B<"generator"> is used.
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If B<algorithm> is B<"DHX"> then B<"fips186_2"> is used.
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=back
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=item B<dh_paramgen_type>:I<value>
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The type of DH parameters to generate. Valid values are 0, 1, 2 or 3
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which correspond to setting the option B<type> to
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"generator", "fips186_2", "fips186_4" or "group".
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=item B<digest>:I<digest>
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The digest to use during parameter generation. Must be one of B<sha1>, B<sha224>
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or B<sha256>. If set, then the number of bits in B<qbits> will match the output
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size of the specified digest and the B<qbits> parameter will be
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ignored. If not set, then a digest will be used that gives an output matching
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the number of bits in B<q>, i.e. B<sha1> if q length is 160, B<sha224> if it is
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224 or B<sha256> if it is 256.
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This is only used by "fips186_4" and "fips186_2" key generation.
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=item B<properties>:I<query>
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The I<digest> property I<query> string to use when fetching a digest from a provider.
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This is only used by "fips186_4" and "fips186_2" key generation.
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=item B<gindex>:I<index>
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The index to use for canonical generation and verification of the generator g.
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Set this to a positive value ranging from 0..255 to use this mode. Larger values
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will only use the bottom byte.
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This I<index> must then be reused during key validation to verify the value of g.
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If this value is not set then g is not verifiable. The default value is -1.
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This is only used by "fips186_4" and "fips186_2" key generation.
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=item B<hexseed>:I<seed>
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The seed I<seed> data to use instead of generating a random seed internally.
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This should be used for testing purposes only. This will either produced fixed
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values for the generated parameters OR it will fail if the seed did not
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generate valid primes.
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This is only used by "fips186_4" and "fips186_2" key generation.
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=back
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=head2 EC Parameter Generation Options
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The EC parameter generation options are the same as for key generation. See
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L</EC Key Generation Options> above.
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=head1 NOTES
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The use of the genpkey program is encouraged over the algorithm specific
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utilities because additional algorithm options and ENGINE provided algorithms
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can be used.
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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Generate an RSA private key using default parameters:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out key.pem
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Encrypt output private key using 128 bit AES and the passphrase "hello":
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openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out key.pem -aes-128-cbc -pass pass:hello
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Generate a 2048 bit RSA key using 3 as the public exponent:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out key.pem \
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-pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_pubexp:3
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Generate 2048 bit DSA parameters that can be validated: The output values for
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gindex and seed are required for key validation purposes and are not saved to
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the output pem file).
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DSA -out dsap.pem -pkeyopt pbits:2048 \
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-pkeyopt qbits:224 -pkeyopt digest:SHA256 -pkeyopt gindex:1 -text
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Generate DSA key from parameters:
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openssl genpkey -paramfile dsap.pem -out dsakey.pem
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Generate 4096 bit DH Key using safe prime group ffdhe4096:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm DH -out dhkey.pem -pkeyopt group:ffdhe4096
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Generate 2048 bit X9.42 DH key with 256 bit subgroup using RFC5114 group3:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm DHX -out dhkey.pem -pkeyopt dh_rfc5114:3
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Generate a DH key using a DH parameters file:
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openssl genpkey -paramfile dhp.pem -out dhkey.pem
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Output DH parameters for safe prime group ffdhe2048:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DH -out dhp.pem -pkeyopt group:ffdhe2048
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Output 2048 bit X9.42 DH parameters with 224 bit subgroup using RFC5114 group2:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DHX -out dhp.pem -pkeyopt dh_rfc5114:2
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Output 2048 bit X9.42 DH parameters with 224 bit subgroup using FIP186-4 keygen:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DHX -out dhp.pem -text \
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-pkeyopt pbits:2048 -pkeyopt qbits:224 -pkeyopt digest:SHA256 \
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-pkeyopt gindex:1 -pkeyopt dh_paramgen_type:2
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Output 1024 bit X9.42 DH parameters with 160 bit subgroup using FIP186-2 keygen:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DHX -out dhp.pem -text \
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-pkeyopt pbits:1024 -pkeyopt qbits:160 -pkeyopt digest:SHA1 \
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-pkeyopt gindex:1 -pkeyopt dh_paramgen_type:1
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Output 2048 bit DH parameters:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DH -out dhp.pem \
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-pkeyopt dh_paramgen_prime_len:2048
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Output 2048 bit DH parameters using a generator:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DH -out dhpx.pem \
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-pkeyopt dh_paramgen_prime_len:2048 \
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-pkeyopt dh_paramgen_type:1
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Generate EC parameters:
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openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm EC -out ecp.pem \
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-pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:secp384r1 \
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-pkeyopt ec_param_enc:named_curve
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Generate EC key from parameters:
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openssl genpkey -paramfile ecp.pem -out eckey.pem
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Generate EC key directly:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm EC -out eckey.pem \
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-pkeyopt ec_paramgen_curve:P-384 \
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-pkeyopt ec_param_enc:named_curve
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Generate an X25519 private key:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm X25519 -out xkey.pem
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Generate an ED448 private key:
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openssl genpkey -algorithm ED448 -out xkey.pem
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=head1 HISTORY
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The ability to use NIST curve names, and to generate an EC key directly,
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were added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
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The ability to generate X25519 keys was added in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
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The ability to generate X448, ED25519 and ED448 keys was added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
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The B<-engine> option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
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=head1 COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 2006-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
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this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
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in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
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L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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=cut
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