Message Digest Commands
- md2
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MD2 Digest
- md5
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MD5 Digest
- mdc2
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MDC2 Digest
- rmd160
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RMD-160 Digest
- sha
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SHA Digest
- sha1
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SHA-1 Digest
- sha224
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SHA-224 Digest
- sha256
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SHA-256 Digest
- sha384
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SHA-384 Digest
- sha512
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SHA-512 Digest
Encoding and Cipher Commands
- base64
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Base64 Encoding
- bf bf-cbc bf-cfb bf-ecb bf-ofb
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Blowfish Cipher
- cast cast-cbc
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CAST Cipher
- cast5-cbc cast5-cfb cast5-ecb cast5-ofb
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CAST5 Cipher
- des des-cbc des-cfb des-ecb des-ede des-ede-cbc des-ede-cfb des-ede-ofb des-ofb
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DES Cipher
- des3 desx des-ede3 des-ede3-cbc des-ede3-cfb des-ede3-ofb
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Triple-DES Cipher
- idea idea-cbc idea-cfb idea-ecb idea-ofb
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IDEA Cipher
- rc2 rc2-cbc rc2-cfb rc2-ecb rc2-ofb
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RC2 Cipher
- rc4
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RC4 Cipher
- rc5 rc5-cbc rc5-cfb rc5-ecb rc5-ofb
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RC5 Cipher
OPTIONS
Details of which options are available depend on the specific command. This section describes some common options with common behavior.
Common Options
- -help
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Provides a terse summary of all options.
Pass Phrase Options
Several commands accept password arguments, typically using -passin and -passout for input and output passwords respectively. These allow the password to be obtained from a variety of sources. Both of these options take a single argument whose format is described below. If no password argument is given and a password is required then the user is prompted to enter one: this will typically be read from the current terminal with echoing turned off.
- pass:password
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The actual password is password. Since the password is visible to utilities (like 'ps' under Unix) this form should only be used where security is not important.
- env:var
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Obtain the password from the environment variable var. Since the environment of other processes is visible on certain platforms (e.g. ps under certain Unix OSes) this option should be used with caution.
- file:pathname
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The first line of pathname is the password. If the same pathname argument is supplied to -passin and -passout arguments then the first line will be used for the input password and the next line for the output password. pathname need not refer to a regular file: it could for example refer to a device or named pipe.
- fd:number
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Read the password from the file descriptor number. This can be used to send the data via a pipe for example.
- stdin
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Read the password from standard input.
SEE ALSO
ca(1), cms(1), crl(1), dgst(1), dsa(1), ec(1), enc(1), errstr(1), genpkey(1), nseq(1), passwd(1), pkcs7(1), pkey(1), pkeyutl(1), rehash(1), rsa(1), s_client(1), s_time(1), smime(1), spkac(1), verify(1), x509(1), ssl(7), HISTORY
The list-XXX-algorithms pseudo-commands were added in OpenSSL 1.0.0; For notes on the availability of other commands, see their individual manual pages.
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