5 dhparam - DH parameter manipulation and generation
27 This command is used to manipulate DH parameter files.
33 =item B<-inform DER|PEM>
35 This specifies the input format. The B<DER> option uses an ASN1 DER encoded
36 form compatible with the PKCS#3 DHparameter structure. The PEM form is the
37 default format: it consists of the B<DER> format base64 encoded with
38 additional header and footer lines.
40 =item B<-outform DER|PEM>
42 This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
45 =item B<-in> I<filename>
47 This specifies the input filename to read parameters from or standard input if
48 this option is not specified.
50 =item B<-out> I<filename>
52 This specifies the output filename parameters to. Standard output is used
53 if this option is not present. The output filename should B<not> be the same
54 as the input filename.
58 If this option is used, DSA rather than DH parameters are read or created;
59 they are converted to DH format. Otherwise, "strong" primes (such
60 that (p-1)/2 is also prime) will be used for DH parameter generation.
62 DH parameter generation with the B<-dsaparam> option is much faster,
63 and the recommended exponent length is shorter, which makes DH key
64 exchange more efficient. Beware that with such DSA-style DH
65 parameters, a fresh DH key should be created for each use to
66 avoid small-subgroup attacks that may be possible otherwise.
70 check if the parameters are valid primes and generator.
74 The generator to use, either 2 or 5. 2 is the default. If present then the
75 input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead.
77 =item B<-rand> I<file(s)>
79 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
80 generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
81 Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
82 The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
87 this option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size
88 I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If not present then a value of 512
89 is used. If this option is present then the input file is ignored and
90 parameters are generated instead.
94 this option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters.
98 this option prints out the DH parameters in human readable form.
102 this option converts the parameters into C code. The parameters can then
103 be loaded by calling the B<get_dh>I<numbits>B<()> function.
107 specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<dhparam>
108 to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
109 thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
110 for all available algorithms.
116 The program B<dhparam> combines the functionality of the programs B<dh> and
117 B<gendh> in previous versions of OpenSSL and SSLeay. The B<dh> and B<gendh>
118 programs are retained for now but may have different purposes in future
123 PEM format DH parameters use the header and footer lines:
125 -----BEGIN DH PARAMETERS-----
126 -----END DH PARAMETERS-----
128 OpenSSL currently only supports the older PKCS#3 DH, not the newer X9.42
131 This program manipulates DH parameters not keys.
135 There should be a way to generate and manipulate DH keys.
139 L<dsaparam(1)|dsaparam(1)>
143 The B<dhparam> command was added in OpenSSL 0.9.5.
144 The B<-dsaparam> option was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6.