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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-08-13 18:23:40 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2016-08-13 18:23:40 +0000
commit87cb4eb384deffcaad81d38b31df2ded305fdd87 (patch)
treeaa96d557b2c121e4f91d7f2f6b9b655c71eb75cd /usr.bin/openssl
parent14dc8fc0da8aacc2e243136d6d46dda6595df3fd (diff)
shorten gendsa;
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/openssl')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/openssl/openssl.132
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1 b/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1
index f5c766e9cd7..ec9d47d6e4c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1
+++ b/usr.bin/openssl/openssl.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: openssl.1,v 1.50 2016/08/12 06:21:12 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: openssl.1,v 1.51 2016/08/13 18:23:39 jmc Exp $
.\" ====================================================================
.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved.
.\"
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
.\"
.\" OPENSSL
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 12 2016 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 13 2016 $
.Dt OPENSSL 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ be used
since it makes it possible to perform efficient dictionary
attacks on the password and to attack stream cipher encrypted data.
.It Fl out Ar file
-The output file to read from,
+The output file to write to,
or standard output if none is specified.
.It Fl P
Print out the salt, key, and IV used, then immediately exit;
@@ -1851,28 +1851,27 @@ The options are as follows:
.It Fl stats
Print debugging statistics about various aspects of the hash table.
.El
-.\"
-.\" GENDSA
-.\"
.Sh GENDSA
.nr nS 1
.Nm "openssl gendsa"
-.Bk -words
.Oo
.Fl aes128 | aes192 | aes256 |
.Fl des | des3
.Oc
.Op Fl out Ar file
.Op Ar paramfile
-.Ek
.nr nS 0
.Pp
The
.Nm gendsa
command generates a DSA private key from a DSA parameter file
-(which will typically be generated by the
+(typically generated by the
.Nm openssl dsaparam
command).
+DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it is
+much quicker than,
+for example,
+RSA key generation.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
@@ -1880,24 +1879,17 @@ The options are as follows:
.Fl aes128 | aes192 | aes256 |
.Fl des | des3
.Xc
-These options encrypt the private key with the AES, DES,
+Encrypt the private key with the AES, DES,
or the triple DES ciphers, respectively, before outputting it.
A pass phrase is prompted for.
If none of these options are specified, no encryption is used.
.It Fl out Ar file
-The output
-.Ar file .
-If this argument is not specified, standard output is used.
+The output file to write to,
+or standard output if none is specified.
.It Ar paramfile
-This option specifies the DSA parameter file to use.
+Specify the DSA parameter file to use.
The parameters in this file determine the size of the private key.
-DSA parameters can be generated and examined using the
-.Nm openssl dsaparam
-command.
.El
-.Sh GENDSA NOTES
-DSA key generation is little more than random number generation so it is
-much quicker than RSA key generation, for example.
.\"
.\" GENPKEY
.\"