openssl-pkeyparam.1ossl - Man Page

public key algorithm parameter processing command

Synopsis

openssl pkeyparam [-help] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-text] [-noout] [-check] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq]

Description

This command processes public key algorithm parameters. They can be checked for correctness and their components printed out.

Options

-help

Print out a usage message.

-in filename

This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if this option is not specified.

-out filename

This specifies the output filename to write parameters to or standard output if this option is not specified.

-text

Prints out the parameters in plain text in addition to the encoded version.

-noout

Do not output the encoded version of the parameters.

-check

This option checks the correctness of parameters.

-engine id

See "Engine Options" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated.

-provider name
-provider-path path
-propquery propq

See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).

Examples

Print out text version of parameters:

 openssl pkeyparam -in param.pem -text

Notes

There are no -inform or -outform options for this command because only PEM format is supported because the key type is determined by the PEM headers.

See Also

openssl(1), openssl-genpkey(1), openssl-rsa(1), openssl-pkcs8(1), openssl-dsa(1), openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-gendsa(1)

History

The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.

Referenced By

openssl.1ossl(1), openssl-cmds.1ossl(1), openssl-dhparam.1ossl(1), openssl-dsaparam.1ossl(1), openssl-ecparam.1ossl(1).

2024-09-12 3.2.2 OpenSSL