=item B<-cipher>
-These options encrypt the private key with the supplied cipher. Any algorithm
+This option encrypts the private key with the supplied cipher. Any algorithm
name accepted by EVP_get_cipherbyname() is acceptable such as B<des3>.
=item B<-engine id>
-specifying an engine (by it's unique B<id> string) will cause B<req>
+specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<genpkey>
to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
-for all available algorithms.
+for all available algorithms. If used this option should precede all other
+options.
=item B<-algorithm alg>
-public key algorithm to use such as RSA, DSA or DH.
+public key algorithm to use such as RSA, DSA or DH. If used this option must
+precede any B<-pkeyopt> options. The options B<-paramfile> and B<-algorithm>
+are mutually exclusive.
=item B<-pkeyopt opt:value>
=item B<-genparam>
-generate a set of parameters instead of a private key.
+generate a set of parameters instead of a private key. If used this option must
+precede and B<-algorithm>, B<-paramfile> or B<-pkeyopt> options.
=item B<-paramfile filename>
Some public key algorithms generate a private key based on a set of parameters.
-They can be supplied using this option. If this option is used the public
-key algorithm used is determined by the parameters.
+They can be supplied using this option. If this option is used the public key
+algorithm used is determined by the parameters. If used this option must
+precede and B<-pkeyopt> options. The options B<-paramfile> and B<-algorithm>
+are mutually exclusive.
+
+=item B<-text>
+
+Print an (unencrypted) text representation of private and public keys and
+parameters along with the PEM or DER structure.
=back
The value to use for the generator B<g>.
+=item B<dh_rfc5114:num>
+
+If this option is set then the appropriate RFC5114 parameters are used
+instead of generating new parameters. The value B<num> can take the
+values 1, 2 or 3 corresponding to RFC5114 DH parameters consisting of
+1024 bit group with 160 bit subgroup, 2048 bit group with 224 bit subgroup
+and 2048 bit group with 256 bit subgroup as mentioned in RFC5114 sections
+2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 respectively.
+
=back
=head1 EC PARAMETER GENERATION OPTIONS
=back
+=head1 GOST2001 KEY GENERATION AND PARAMETER OPTIONS
+
+Gost 2001 support is not enabled by default. To enable this algorithm,
+one should load the ccgost engine in the OpenSSL configuration file.
+See README.gost file in the engines/ccgost directiry of the source
+distribution for more details.
+
+Use of a parameter file for the GOST R 34.10 algorithm is optional.
+Parameters can be specified during key generation directly as well as
+during generation of parameter file.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<paramset:name>
+
+Specifies GOST R 34.10-2001 parameter set according to RFC 4357.
+Parameter set can be specified using abbreviated name, object short name or
+numeric OID. Following parameter sets are supported:
+
+ paramset OID Usage
+ A 1.2.643.2.2.35.1 Signature
+ B 1.2.643.2.2.35.2 Signature
+ C 1.2.643.2.2.35.3 Signature
+ XA 1.2.643.2.2.36.0 Key exchange
+ XB 1.2.643.2.2.36.1 Key exchange
+ test 1.2.643.2.2.35.0 Test purposes
+
+=back
+
+
+
=head1 NOTES
The use of the genpkey program is encouraged over the algorithm specific
Generate an RSA private key using default parameters:
- openssl genpkey -algoritm RSA -out key.pem
+ openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out key.pem
Encrypt output private key using 128 bit AES and the passphrase "hello":
- openssl genpkey -algoritm RSA -out key.pem -aes-128-cbc -pass pass:hello
+ openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out key.pem -aes-128-cbc -pass pass:hello
Generate a 2048 bit RSA key using 3 as the public exponent:
- openssl genpkey -algoritm RSA -out key.pem -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 \
+ openssl genpkey -algorithm RSA -out key.pem -pkeyopt rsa_keygen_bits:2048 \
-pkeyopt rsa_keygen_pubexp:3
Generate 1024 bit DSA parameters:
openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DH -out dhp.pem \
-pkeyopt dh_paramgen_prime_len:1024
+Output RFC5114 2048 bit DH parameters with 224 bit subgroup:
+
+ openssl genpkey -genparam -algorithm DH -out dhp.pem -pkeyopt dh_rfc5114:2
+
Generate DH key from parameters:
openssl genpkey -paramfile dhp.pem -out dhkey.pem