new option "openssl ciphers -V"

[openssl.git] / doc / apps / ciphers.pod

diff --git a/doc/apps/ciphers.pod b/doc/apps/ciphers.pod
index 81a2c43893ef1c43b8c9b23f50c252f61bc4d7b0..00d4cb1fd802b7702ae550389676f5c742c5968d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/ciphers.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/ciphers.pod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ ciphers - SSL cipher display and cipher list tool.
 
 B<openssl> B<ciphers>
 [B<-v>]
+[B<-V>]
 [B<-ssl2>]
 [B<-ssl3>]
 [B<-tls1>]
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ B<openssl> B<ciphers>
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-The B<cipherlist> command converts OpenSSL cipher lists into ordered
+The B<ciphers> command converts textual OpenSSL cipher lists into ordered
 SSL cipher preference lists. It can be used as a test tool to determine
 the appropriate cipherlist.
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ the appropriate cipherlist.
 
 =item B<-v>
 
-verbose option. List ciphers with a complete description of
+Verbose option. List ciphers with a complete description of
 protocol version (SSLv2 or SSLv3; the latter includes TLS), key exchange,
 authentication, encryption and mac algorithms used along with any key size
 restrictions and whether the algorithm is classed as an "export" cipher.
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ Note that without the B<-v> option, ciphers may seem to appear twice
 in a cipher list; this is when similar ciphers are available for
 SSL v2 and for SSL v3/TLS v1.
 
+=item B<-V>
+
+Like B<-V>, but include cipher suite codes in output (hex format).
+
 =item B<-ssl3>
 
 only include SSL v3 ciphers.
@@ -388,7 +393,8 @@ L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)>, L<s_server(1)|s_server(1)>, L<ssl(3)|ssl(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
 
-The B<COMPLENTOFALL> and B<COMPLEMENTOFDEFAULT> selection options were
-added in version 0.9.7.
+The B<COMPLENTOFALL> and B<COMPLEMENTOFDEFAULT> selection options
+for cipherlist strings were added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.
+The B<-V> option for the B<ciphers> command was added in OpenSSL 0.9.9.
 
 =cut