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| =pod
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| =head1 NAME
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| openssl-format-options - OpenSSL command input and output format options
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| 
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| =head1 SYNOPSIS
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| 
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| B<openssl>
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| I<command>
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| [ I<options> ... ]
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| [ I<parameters> ... ]
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| 
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| =head1 DESCRIPTION
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| 
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| Several OpenSSL commands can take input or generate output in a variety
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| of formats.
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| Since OpenSSL 3.0 keys, single certificates, and CRLs can be read from
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| files in any of the B<DER>, B<PEM> or B<P12> formats,
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| while specifying their input format is no more needed.
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| In order to access a key via an engine the input format B<ENGINE> may be used;
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| alternatively the key identifier in the <uri> argument of the respective key
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| option may be preceded by C<org.openssl.engine:>.
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| See L<openssl(1)/Engine Options> for an example usage of the latter.
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| 
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| =head1 OPTIONS
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| 
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| =head2 Format Options
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| 
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| The options to specify the format are as follows.
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| Refer to the individual man page to see which options are accepted.
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| 
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| =over 4
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| 
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| =item B<-inform> I<format>, B<-outform> I<format>
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| 
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| The format of the input or output streams.
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| 
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| =item B<-keyform> I<format>
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| 
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| Format of a private key input source.
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| The only value with effect is B<ENGINE>; all others have become obsolete.
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| See L<openssl(1)/Format Options> for details.
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| 
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| =item B<-CRLform> I<format>
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| 
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| Format of a CRL input source.
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| 
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| =back
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| 
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| =head2 Format Option Arguments
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| 
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| The possible format arguments are described below.
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| Both uppercase and lowercase are accepted.
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| 
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| The list of acceptable format arguments, and the default,
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| is described in each command documentation.
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| 
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| =over 4
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| 
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| =item B<DER>
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| 
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| A binary format, encoded or parsed according to Distinguished Encoding Rules
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| (DER) of the ASN.1 data language.
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| 
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| =item B<ENGINE>
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| 
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| Used to specify that the cryptographic material is in an OpenSSL B<engine>.
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| An engine must be configured or specified using the B<-engine> option.
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| A password or PIN may be supplied to the engine using the B<-passin> option.
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| 
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| =item B<P12>
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| 
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| A DER-encoded file containing a PKCS#12 object.
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| It might be necessary to provide a decryption password to retrieve
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| the private key.
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| 
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| =item B<PEM>
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| 
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| A text format defined in IETF RFC 1421 and IETF RFC 7468. Briefly, this is
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| a block of base-64 encoding (defined in IETF RFC 4648), with specific
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| lines used to mark the start and end:
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| 
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|  Text before the BEGIN line is ignored.
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|  ----- BEGIN object-type -----
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|  OT43gQKBgQC/2OHZoko6iRlNOAQ/tMVFNq7fL81GivoQ9F1U0Qr+DH3ZfaH8eIkX
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|  xT0ToMPJUzWAn8pZv0snA0um6SIgvkCuxO84OkANCVbttzXImIsL7pFzfcwV/ERK
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|  UM6j0ZuSMFOCr/lGPAoOQU0fskidGEHi1/kW+suSr28TqsyYZpwBDQ==
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|  ----- END object-type -----
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|  Text after the END line is also ignored
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| 
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| The I<object-type> must match the type of object that is expected.
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| For example a C<BEGIN X509 CERTIFICATE> will not match if the command
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| is trying to read a private key. The types supported include:
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| 
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|  ANY PRIVATE KEY
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|  CERTIFICATE
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|  CERTIFICATE REQUEST
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|  CMS
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|  DH PARAMETERS
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|  DSA PARAMETERS
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|  DSA PUBLIC KEY
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|  EC PARAMETERS
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|  EC PRIVATE KEY
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|  ECDSA PUBLIC KEY
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|  ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY
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|  PARAMETERS
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|  PKCS #7 SIGNED DATA
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|  PKCS7
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|  PRIVATE KEY
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|  PUBLIC KEY
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|  RSA PRIVATE KEY
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|  SSL SESSION PARAMETERS
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|  TRUSTED CERTIFICATE
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|  X509 CRL
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|  X9.42 DH PARAMETERS
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| 
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| The following legacy I<object-type>'s are also supported for compatibility
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| with earlier releases:
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|  DSA PRIVATE KEY
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|  NEW CERTIFICATE REQUEST
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|  RSA PUBLIC KEY
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|  X509 CERTIFICATE
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| 
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| =item B<SMIME>
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| 
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| An S/MIME object as described in IETF RFC 8551.
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| Earlier versions were known as CMS and are compatible.
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| Note that the parsing is simple and might fail to parse some legal data.
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| 
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| =back
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| 
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| =head1 COPYRIGHT
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| 
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| Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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| 
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| Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
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| this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
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| in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
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| L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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| 
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| =cut
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