| =pod |
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| =head1 NAME |
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| genrsa - generate an RSA private key |
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| =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| B<openssl> B<genrsa> |
| [B<-help>] |
| [B<-out filename>] |
| [B<-passout arg>] |
| [B<-aes128>] |
| [B<-aes192>] |
| [B<-aes256>] |
| [B<-camellia128>] |
| [B<-camellia192>] |
| [B<-camellia256>] |
| [B<-des>] |
| [B<-des3>] |
| [B<-idea>] |
| [B<-f4>] |
| [B<-3>] |
| [B<-rand file(s)>] |
| [B<-engine id>] |
| [B<numbits>] |
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| =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| The B<genrsa> command generates an RSA 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 filename> |
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| Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not specified then |
| standard output is used. |
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| =item B<-passout arg> |
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| the output file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg> |
| see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)>. |
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| =item B<-aes128|-aes192|-aes256|-camellia128|-camellia192|-camellia256|-des|-des3|-idea> |
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| These options encrypt the private key with specified |
| cipher before outputting it. If none of these options is |
| specified no encryption is used. If encryption is used a pass phrase is prompted |
| for if it is not supplied via the B<-passout> argument. |
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| =item B<-F4|-3> |
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| the public exponent to use, either 65537 or 3. The default is 65537. |
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| =item B<-rand file(s)> |
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| a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number |
| generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)>). |
| Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character. |
| The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for |
| all others. |
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| =item B<-engine id> |
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| specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<genrsa> |
| 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. |
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| =item B<numbits> |
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| the size of the private key to generate in bits. This must be the last option |
| specified. The default is 512. |
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| =back |
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| =head1 NOTES |
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| RSA private key generation essentially involves the generation of two prime |
| numbers. When generating a private key various symbols will be output to |
| indicate the progress of the generation. A B<.> represents each number which |
| has passed an initial sieve test, B<+> means a number has passed a single |
| round of the Miller-Rabin primality test. A newline means that the number has |
| passed all the prime tests (the actual number depends on the key size). |
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| Because key generation is a random process the time taken to generate a key |
| may vary somewhat. |
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| =head1 BUGS |
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| A quirk of the prime generation algorithm is that it cannot generate small |
| primes. Therefore the number of bits should not be less that 64. For typical |
| private keys this will not matter because for security reasons they will |
| be much larger (typically 1024 bits). |
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| =head1 SEE ALSO |
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| L<gendsa(1)> |
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| =head1 COPYRIGHT |
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| Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. |
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| Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use |
| this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy |
| in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at |
| L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. |
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| =cut |
