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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-08-01 07:23:30 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-08-01 07:23:30 +0000
commit31fe3cd6140443add082f13dae368a936c0c1336 (patch)
tree9ce4abcabec27ca39102a123b0fd7d06a657ded2 /usr.bin/openssl
parentd552e300aeb41459f2fc076ba10cf14b4ac680c5 (diff)
shorten the openssl dgst text; in particular, do not try to
list all the available digests;
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/openssl')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/openssl/openssl.177
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 53 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1 b/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1
index 0f47f6e65c4..acee5d3bb38 100644
--- a/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1
+++ b/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: openssl.1,v 1.42 2016/07/28 16:22:06 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: openssl.1,v 1.43 2016/08/01 07:23:29 jmc Exp $
.\" ====================================================================
.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
.\"
.\" OPENSSL
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 1 2016 $
.Dt OPENSSL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1060,23 +1060,15 @@ or standard output if not specified.
.It Fl outform Cm der | pem
Specify the PKCS#7 structure output format.
.El
-.\"
-.\" DGST
-.\"
.Sh DGST
.nr nS 1
.Nm "openssl dgst"
-.Bk -words
-.Oo
-.Fl gost-mac | streebog256 | streebog512 | md_gost94 |
-.Fl md4 | md5 | ripemd160 | sha1 |
-.Fl sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512 | whirlpool
-.Oc
-.Op Fl binary
.Op Fl cd
+.Op Fl binary
+.Op Fl Ar digest
.Op Fl hex
.Op Fl hmac Ar key
-.Op Fl keyform Ar PEM
+.Op Fl keyform Cm pem
.Op Fl mac Ar algorithm
.Op Fl macopt Ar nm : Ns Ar v
.Op Fl out Ar file
@@ -1087,17 +1079,8 @@ Specify the PKCS#7 structure output format.
.Op Fl sigopt Ar nm : Ns Ar v
.Op Fl verify Ar file
.Op Ar
-.Ek
.nr nS 0
.Pp
-.Nm openssl
-.Cm gost-mac | streebog256 | streebog512 | md_gost94 |
-.Cm md4 | md5 | ripemd160 | sha1 |
-.Cm sha224 | sha256 | sha384 | sha512 | whirlpool
-.Op Fl c
-.Op Fl d
-.Op Ar
-.Pp
The digest functions output the message digest of a supplied
.Ar file
or
@@ -1110,11 +1093,22 @@ The options are as follows:
.It Fl binary
Output the digest or signature in binary form.
.It Fl c
-Print out the digest in two-digit groups separated by colons; only relevant if
-.Em hex
-format output is used.
+Print out the digest in two-digit groups separated by colons.
.It Fl d
Print out BIO debugging information.
+.It Fl Ar digest
+Use the specified message
+.Ar digest .
+The default is MD5.
+The available digests can be displayed using
+.Nm openssl
+.Cm list-message-digest-commands .
+The following are equivalent:
+.Nm openssl dgst
+.Fl md5
+and
+.Nm openssl
+.Cm md5 .
.It Fl hex
Digest is to be output as a hex dump.
This is the default case for a
@@ -1123,7 +1117,7 @@ digest as opposed to a digital signature.
.It Fl hmac Ar key
Create a hashed MAC using
.Ar key .
-.It Fl keyform Ar PEM
+.It Fl keyform Cm pem
Specifies the key format to sign the digest with.
.It Fl mac Ar algorithm
Create a keyed Message Authentication Code (MAC).
@@ -1137,16 +1131,17 @@ Passes options to the MAC algorithm, specified by
.Fl mac .
The following options are supported by HMAC:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
-.It Ar key : Ns Ar string
+.It Cm key : Ns Ar string
Specifies the MAC key as an alphanumeric string
(use if the key contain printable characters only).
String length must conform to any restrictions of the MAC algorithm.
-.It Ar hexkey : Ns Ar string
+.It Cm hexkey : Ns Ar string
Specifies the MAC key in hexadecimal form (two hex digits per byte).
Key length must conform to any restrictions of the MAC algorithm.
.El
.It Fl out Ar file
-The file to output to, or standard output by default.
+The output file to write to,
+or standard output if not specified.
.It Fl passin Ar arg
The key password source.
.It Fl prverify Ar file
@@ -1175,30 +1170,6 @@ or
File or files to digest.
If no files are specified then standard input is used.
.El
-.Sh DGST NOTES
-The digest of choice for all new applications is SHA1.
-Other digests are, however, still widely used.
-.Pp
-If you wish to sign or verify data using the DSA algorithm, the dss1
-digest must be used.
-.Pp
-A source of random numbers is required for certain signing algorithms, in
-particular DSA.
-.Pp
-The signing and verify options should only be used if a single file is
-being signed or verified.
-.\"
-.\" DH
-.\"
-.Sh DH
-Diffie-Hellman Parameter Management.
-The
-.Nm dh
-command has been replaced by
-.Nm dhparam .
-See
-.Sx DHPARAM
-below.
.\"
.\" DHPARAM
.\"