6 s_server - SSL/TLS server program
10 B<openssl> B<s_server>
18 [B<-certform DER|PEM>]
23 [B<-dcertform DER|PEM>]
25 [B<-dkeyform DER|PEM>]
27 [B<-dhparam filename>]
34 [B<-CApath directory>]
38 [B<-cipher cipherlist>]
60 [B<-no_resumption_on_reneg>]
63 [B<-status_timeout nsec>]
65 [B<-nextprotoneg protocols>]
69 The B<s_server> command implements a generic SSL/TLS server which listens
70 for connections on a given port using SSL/TLS.
78 the TCP port to listen on for connections. If not specified 4433 is used.
82 sets the SSL context id. It can be given any string value. If this option
83 is not present a default value will be used.
85 =item B<-cert certname>
87 The certificate to use, most servers cipher suites require the use of a
88 certificate and some require a certificate with a certain public key type:
89 for example the DSS cipher suites require a certificate containing a DSS
90 (DSA) key. If not specified then the filename "server.pem" will be used.
92 =item B<-certform format>
94 The certificate format to use: DER or PEM. PEM is the default.
98 The private key to use. If not specified then the certificate file will
101 =item B<-keyform format>
103 The private format to use: DER or PEM. PEM is the default.
107 the private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
108 see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
110 =item B<-dcert filename>, B<-dkey keyname>
112 specify an additional certificate and private key, these behave in the
113 same manner as the B<-cert> and B<-key> options except there is no default
114 if they are not specified (no additional certificate and key is used). As
115 noted above some cipher suites require a certificate containing a key of
116 a certain type. Some cipher suites need a certificate carrying an RSA key
117 and some a DSS (DSA) key. By using RSA and DSS certificates and keys
118 a server can support clients which only support RSA or DSS cipher suites
119 by using an appropriate certificate.
121 =item B<-dcertform format>, B<-dkeyform format>, B<-dpass arg>
123 additional certificate and private key format and passphrase respectively.
127 if this option is set then no certificate is used. This restricts the
128 cipher suites available to the anonymous ones (currently just anonymous
131 =item B<-dhparam filename>
133 the DH parameter file to use. The ephemeral DH cipher suites generate keys
134 using a set of DH parameters. If not specified then an attempt is made to
135 load the parameters from the server certificate file. If this fails then
136 a static set of parameters hard coded into the s_server program will be used.
140 if this option is set then no DH parameters will be loaded effectively
141 disabling the ephemeral DH cipher suites.
145 certain export cipher suites sometimes use a temporary RSA key, this option
146 disables temporary RSA key generation.
148 =item B<-verify depth>, B<-Verify depth>
150 The verify depth to use. This specifies the maximum length of the
151 client certificate chain and makes the server request a certificate from
152 the client. With the B<-verify> option a certificate is requested but the
153 client does not have to send one, with the B<-Verify> option the client
154 must supply a certificate or an error occurs.
156 If the ciphersuite cannot request a client certificate (for example an
157 anonymous ciphersuite or PSK) this option has no effect.
159 =item B<-crl_check>, B<-crl_check_all>
161 Check the peer certificate has not been revoked by its CA.
162 The CRL(s) are appended to the certificate file. With the B<-crl_check_all>
163 option all CRLs of all CAs in the chain are checked.
165 =item B<-CApath directory>
167 The directory to use for client certificate verification. This directory
168 must be in "hash format", see B<verify> for more information. These are
169 also used when building the server certificate chain.
171 =item B<-CAfile file>
173 A file containing trusted certificates to use during client authentication
174 and to use when attempting to build the server certificate chain. The list
175 is also used in the list of acceptable client CAs passed to the client when
176 a certificate is requested.
178 =item B<-no_alt_chains>
180 See the L<B<verify>|verify(1)> manual page for details.
184 prints out the SSL session states.
188 print extensive debugging information including a hex dump of all traffic.
192 show all protocol messages with hex dump.
196 tests non blocking I/O
200 turns on non blocking I/O
204 this option translated a line feed from the terminal into CR+LF.
208 inhibit printing of session and certificate information.
210 =item B<-psk_hint hint>
212 Use the PSK identity hint B<hint> when using a PSK cipher suite.
216 Use the PSK key B<key> when using a PSK cipher suite. The key is
217 given as a hexadecimal number without leading 0x, for example -psk
220 =item B<-ssl2>, B<-ssl3>, B<-tls1>, B<-tls1_1>, B<-tls1_2>, B<-no_ssl2>, B<-no_ssl3>, B<-no_tls1>, B<-no_tls1_1>, B<-no_tls1_2>
222 These options require or disable the use of the specified SSL or TLS protocols.
223 By default the initial handshake uses a I<version-flexible> method which will
224 negotiate the highest mutually supported protocol version.
228 there are several known bug in SSL and TLS implementations. Adding this
229 option enables various workarounds.
233 this option enables a further workaround for some some early Netscape
236 =item B<-cipher cipherlist>
238 this allows the cipher list used by the server to be modified. When
239 the client sends a list of supported ciphers the first client cipher
240 also included in the server list is used. Because the client specifies
241 the preference order, the order of the server cipherlist irrelevant. See
242 the B<ciphers> command for more information.
246 use the server's cipher preferences, rather than the client's preferences.
248 =item B<-tlsextdebug>
250 print out a hex dump of any TLS extensions received from the server.
254 disable RFC4507bis session ticket support.
258 sends a status message back to the client when it connects. This includes
259 lots of information about the ciphers used and various session parameters.
260 The output is in HTML format so this option will normally be used with a
265 emulates a simple web server. Pages will be resolved relative to the
266 current directory, for example if the URL https://myhost/page.html is
267 requested the file ./page.html will be loaded.
271 emulates a simple web server. Pages will be resolved relative to the
272 current directory, for example if the URL https://myhost/page.html is
273 requested the file ./page.html will be loaded. The files loaded are
274 assumed to contain a complete and correct HTTP response (lines that
275 are part of the HTTP response line and headers must end with CRLF).
279 specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<s_server>
280 to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
281 thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
282 for all available algorithms.
284 =item B<-id_prefix arg>
286 generate SSL/TLS session IDs prefixed by B<arg>. This is mostly useful
287 for testing any SSL/TLS code (eg. proxies) that wish to deal with multiple
288 servers, when each of which might be generating a unique range of session
289 IDs (eg. with a certain prefix).
291 =item B<-rand file(s)>
293 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
294 generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
295 Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
296 The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
299 =item B<-serverinfo file>
301 a file containing one or more blocks of PEM data. Each PEM block
302 must encode a TLS ServerHello extension (2 bytes type, 2 bytes length,
303 followed by "length" bytes of extension data). If the client sends
304 an empty TLS ClientHello extension matching the type, the corresponding
305 ServerHello extension will be returned.
307 =item B<-no_resumption_on_reneg>
309 set SSL_OP_NO_SESSION_RESUMPTION_ON_RENEGOTIATION flag.
313 enables certificate status request support (aka OCSP stapling).
315 =item B<-status_verbose>
317 enables certificate status request support (aka OCSP stapling) and gives
318 a verbose printout of the OCSP response.
320 =item B<-status_timeout nsec>
322 sets the timeout for OCSP response to B<nsec> seconds.
324 =item B<-status_url url>
326 sets a fallback responder URL to use if no responder URL is present in the
327 server certificate. Without this option an error is returned if the server
328 certificate does not contain a responder address.
330 =item B<-nextprotoneg protocols>
332 enable Next Protocol Negotiation TLS extension and provide a
333 comma-separated list of supported protocol names.
334 The list should contain most wanted protocols first.
335 Protocol names are printable ASCII strings, for example "http/1.1" or
340 =head1 CONNECTED COMMANDS
342 If a connection request is established with an SSL client and neither the
343 B<-www> nor the B<-WWW> option has been used then normally any data received
344 from the client is displayed and any key presses will be sent to the client.
346 Certain single letter commands are also recognized which perform special
347 operations: these are listed below.
353 end the current SSL connection but still accept new connections.
357 end the current SSL connection and exit.
361 renegotiate the SSL session.
365 renegotiate the SSL session and request a client certificate.
369 send some plain text down the underlying TCP connection: this should
370 cause the client to disconnect due to a protocol violation.
374 print out some session cache status information.
380 B<s_server> can be used to debug SSL clients. To accept connections from
381 a web browser the command:
383 openssl s_server -accept 443 -www
385 can be used for example.
387 Most web browsers (in particular Netscape and MSIE) only support RSA cipher
388 suites, so they cannot connect to servers which don't use a certificate
389 carrying an RSA key or a version of OpenSSL with RSA disabled.
391 Although specifying an empty list of CAs when requesting a client certificate
392 is strictly speaking a protocol violation, some SSL clients interpret this to
393 mean any CA is acceptable. This is useful for debugging purposes.
395 The session parameters can printed out using the B<sess_id> program.
399 Because this program has a lot of options and also because some of
400 the techniques used are rather old, the C source of s_server is rather
401 hard to read and not a model of how things should be done. A typical
402 SSL server program would be much simpler.
404 The output of common ciphers is wrong: it just gives the list of ciphers that
405 OpenSSL recognizes and the client supports.
407 There should be a way for the B<s_server> program to print out details of any
408 unknown cipher suites a client says it supports.
412 L<sess_id(1)|sess_id(1)>, L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)>, L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)>
416 The -no_alt_chains options was first added to OpenSSL 1.0.2b.