1 .\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.23 (Pod::Simple 3.22)
4 .\" ========================================================================
5 .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
9 .de Vb \" Begin verbatim text
14 .de Ve \" End verbatim text
18 .\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will
19 .\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left
20 .\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. \*(C+ will
21 .\" give a nicer C++. Capital omega is used to do unbreakable dashes and
22 .\" therefore won't be available. \*(C` and \*(C' expand to `' in nroff,
23 .\" nothing in troff, for use with C<>.
25 .ds C+ C\v'-.1v'\h'-1p'\s-2+\h'-1p'+\s0\v'.1v'\h'-1p'
29 . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
30 . if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(*W\h'-12u'\(*W\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
43 .\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform.
47 .\" If the F register is turned on, we'll generate index entries on stderr for
48 .\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index
49 .\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the
50 .\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion.
53 . tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2"
63 .\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2).
64 .\" Fear. Run. Save yourself. No user-serviceable parts.
65 . \" fudge factors for nroff and troff
74 . ds #H ((1u-(\\\\n(.fu%2u))*.13m)
80 . \" simple accents for nroff and troff
90 . ds ' \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\'\h"|\\n:u"
91 . ds ` \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\`\h'|\\n:u'
92 . ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'^\h'|\\n:u'
93 . ds , \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10)',\h'|\\n:u'
94 . ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu-\*(#H-.1m)'~\h'|\\n:u'
95 . ds / \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H)'\z\(sl\h'|\\n:u'
97 . \" troff and (daisy-wheel) nroff accents
98 .ds : \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#H+.1m+\*(#F)'\v'-\*(#V'\z.\h'.2m+\*(#F'.\h'|\\n:u'\v'\*(#V'
99 .ds 8 \h'\*(#H'\(*b\h'-\*(#H'
100 .ds o \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu+\w'\(de'u-\*(#H)/2u'\v'-.3n'\*(#[\z\(de\v'.3n'\h'|\\n:u'\*(#]
101 .ds d- \h'\*(#H'\(pd\h'-\w'~'u'\v'-.25m'\f2\(hy\fP\v'.25m'\h'-\*(#H'
102 .ds D- D\\k:\h'-\w'D'u'\v'-.11m'\z\(hy\v'.11m'\h'|\\n:u'
103 .ds th \*(#[\v'.3m'\s+1I\s-1\v'-.3m'\h'-(\w'I'u*2/3)'\s-1o\s+1\*(#]
104 .ds Th \*(#[\s+2I\s-2\h'-\w'I'u*3/5'\v'-.3m'o\v'.3m'\*(#]
105 .ds ae a\h'-(\w'a'u*4/10)'e
106 .ds Ae A\h'-(\w'A'u*4/10)'E
107 . \" corrections for vroff
108 .if v .ds ~ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*9/10-\*(#H)'\s-2\u~\d\s+2\h'|\\n:u'
109 .if v .ds ^ \\k:\h'-(\\n(.wu*10/11-\*(#H)'\v'-.4m'^\v'.4m'\h'|\\n:u'
110 . \" for low resolution devices (crt and lpr)
111 .if \n(.H>23 .if \n(.V>19 \
124 .\" ========================================================================
127 .TH PKCS12 1 "2012-05-10" "1.0.1c" "OpenSSL"
128 .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
129 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
133 pkcs12 \- PKCS#12 file utility
135 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
136 \&\fBopenssl\fR \fBpkcs12\fR
139 [\fB\-inkey filename\fR]
140 [\fB\-certfile filename\fR]
142 [\fB\-caname name\fR]
143 [\fB\-in filename\fR]
144 [\fB\-out filename\fR]
152 [\fB\-des | \-des3 | \-idea | \-aes128 | \-aes192 | \-aes256 | \-camellia128 | \-camellia192 | \-camellia256 | \-nodes\fR]
154 [\fB\-maciter | \-nomaciter | \-nomac\fR]
157 [\fB\-certpbe cipher\fR]
158 [\fB\-keypbe cipher\fR]
159 [\fB\-macalg digest\fR]
162 [\fB\-password arg\fR]
164 [\fB\-passout arg\fR]
165 [\fB\-rand file(s)\fR]
166 [\fB\-CAfile file\fR]
170 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
171 The \fBpkcs12\fR command allows PKCS#12 files (sometimes referred to as
172 \&\s-1PFX\s0 files) to be created and parsed. PKCS#12 files are used by several
173 programs including Netscape, \s-1MSIE\s0 and \s-1MS\s0 Outlook.
174 .SH "COMMAND OPTIONS"
175 .IX Header "COMMAND OPTIONS"
176 There are a lot of options the meaning of some depends of whether a PKCS#12 file
177 is being created or parsed. By default a PKCS#12 file is parsed. A PKCS#12
178 file can be created by using the \fB\-export\fR option (see below).
179 .SH "PARSING OPTIONS"
180 .IX Header "PARSING OPTIONS"
181 .IP "\fB\-in filename\fR" 4
182 .IX Item "-in filename"
183 This specifies filename of the PKCS#12 file to be parsed. Standard input is used
185 .IP "\fB\-out filename\fR" 4
186 .IX Item "-out filename"
187 The filename to write certificates and private keys to, standard output by
188 default. They are all written in \s-1PEM\s0 format.
189 .IP "\fB\-pass arg\fR, \fB\-passin arg\fR" 4
190 .IX Item "-pass arg, -passin arg"
191 the PKCS#12 file (i.e. input file) password source. For more information about
192 the format of \fBarg\fR see the \fB\s-1PASS\s0 \s-1PHRASE\s0 \s-1ARGUMENTS\s0\fR section in
193 \&\fIopenssl\fR\|(1).
194 .IP "\fB\-passout arg\fR" 4
195 .IX Item "-passout arg"
196 pass phrase source to encrypt any outputed private keys with. For more
197 information about the format of \fBarg\fR see the \fB\s-1PASS\s0 \s-1PHRASE\s0 \s-1ARGUMENTS\s0\fR section
198 in \fIopenssl\fR\|(1).
199 .IP "\fB\-noout\fR" 4
201 this option inhibits output of the keys and certificates to the output file
202 version of the PKCS#12 file.
203 .IP "\fB\-clcerts\fR" 4
205 only output client certificates (not \s-1CA\s0 certificates).
206 .IP "\fB\-cacerts\fR" 4
208 only output \s-1CA\s0 certificates (not client certificates).
209 .IP "\fB\-nocerts\fR" 4
211 no certificates at all will be output.
212 .IP "\fB\-nokeys\fR" 4
214 no private keys will be output.
217 output additional information about the PKCS#12 file structure, algorithms used and
221 use \s-1DES\s0 to encrypt private keys before outputting.
224 use triple \s-1DES\s0 to encrypt private keys before outputting, this is the default.
227 use \s-1IDEA\s0 to encrypt private keys before outputting.
228 .IP "\fB\-aes128\fR, \fB\-aes192\fR, \fB\-aes256\fR" 4
229 .IX Item "-aes128, -aes192, -aes256"
230 use \s-1AES\s0 to encrypt private keys before outputting.
231 .IP "\fB\-camellia128\fR, \fB\-camellia192\fR, \fB\-camellia256\fR" 4
232 .IX Item "-camellia128, -camellia192, -camellia256"
233 use Camellia to encrypt private keys before outputting.
234 .IP "\fB\-nodes\fR" 4
236 don't encrypt the private keys at all.
237 .IP "\fB\-nomacver\fR" 4
239 don't attempt to verify the integrity \s-1MAC\s0 before reading the file.
240 .IP "\fB\-twopass\fR" 4
242 prompt for separate integrity and encryption passwords: most software
243 always assumes these are the same so this option will render such
244 PKCS#12 files unreadable.
245 .SH "FILE CREATION OPTIONS"
246 .IX Header "FILE CREATION OPTIONS"
247 .IP "\fB\-export\fR" 4
249 This option specifies that a PKCS#12 file will be created rather than
251 .IP "\fB\-out filename\fR" 4
252 .IX Item "-out filename"
253 This specifies filename to write the PKCS#12 file to. Standard output is used
255 .IP "\fB\-in filename\fR" 4
256 .IX Item "-in filename"
257 The filename to read certificates and private keys from, standard input by
258 default. They must all be in \s-1PEM\s0 format. The order doesn't matter but one
259 private key and its corresponding certificate should be present. If additional
260 certificates are present they will also be included in the PKCS#12 file.
261 .IP "\fB\-inkey filename\fR" 4
262 .IX Item "-inkey filename"
263 file to read private key from. If not present then a private key must be present
265 .IP "\fB\-name friendlyname\fR" 4
266 .IX Item "-name friendlyname"
267 This specifies the \*(L"friendly name\*(R" for the certificate and private key. This
268 name is typically displayed in list boxes by software importing the file.
269 .IP "\fB\-certfile filename\fR" 4
270 .IX Item "-certfile filename"
271 A filename to read additional certificates from.
272 .IP "\fB\-caname friendlyname\fR" 4
273 .IX Item "-caname friendlyname"
274 This specifies the \*(L"friendly name\*(R" for other certificates. This option may be
275 used multiple times to specify names for all certificates in the order they
276 appear. Netscape ignores friendly names on other certificates whereas \s-1MSIE\s0
278 .IP "\fB\-pass arg\fR, \fB\-passout arg\fR" 4
279 .IX Item "-pass arg, -passout arg"
280 the PKCS#12 file (i.e. output file) password source. For more information about
281 the format of \fBarg\fR see the \fB\s-1PASS\s0 \s-1PHRASE\s0 \s-1ARGUMENTS\s0\fR section in
282 \&\fIopenssl\fR\|(1).
283 .IP "\fB\-passin password\fR" 4
284 .IX Item "-passin password"
285 pass phrase source to decrypt any input private keys with. For more information
286 about the format of \fBarg\fR see the \fB\s-1PASS\s0 \s-1PHRASE\s0 \s-1ARGUMENTS\s0\fR section in
287 \&\fIopenssl\fR\|(1).
288 .IP "\fB\-chain\fR" 4
290 if this option is present then an attempt is made to include the entire
291 certificate chain of the user certificate. The standard \s-1CA\s0 store is used
292 for this search. If the search fails it is considered a fatal error.
293 .IP "\fB\-descert\fR" 4
295 encrypt the certificate using triple \s-1DES\s0, this may render the PKCS#12
296 file unreadable by some \*(L"export grade\*(R" software. By default the private
297 key is encrypted using triple \s-1DES\s0 and the certificate using 40 bit \s-1RC2\s0.
298 .IP "\fB\-keypbe alg\fR, \fB\-certpbe alg\fR" 4
299 .IX Item "-keypbe alg, -certpbe alg"
300 these options allow the algorithm used to encrypt the private key and
301 certificates to be selected. Any PKCS#5 v1.5 or PKCS#12 \s-1PBE\s0 algorithm name
302 can be used (see \fB\s-1NOTES\s0\fR section for more information). If a a cipher name
303 (as output by the \fBlist-cipher-algorithms\fR command is specified then it
304 is used with PKCS#5 v2.0. For interoperability reasons it is advisable to only
305 use PKCS#12 algorithms.
306 .IP "\fB\-keyex|\-keysig\fR" 4
307 .IX Item "-keyex|-keysig"
308 specifies that the private key is to be used for key exchange or just signing.
309 This option is only interpreted by \s-1MSIE\s0 and similar \s-1MS\s0 software. Normally
310 \&\*(L"export grade\*(R" software will only allow 512 bit \s-1RSA\s0 keys to be used for
311 encryption purposes but arbitrary length keys for signing. The \fB\-keysig\fR
312 option marks the key for signing only. Signing only keys can be used for
313 S/MIME signing, authenticode (ActiveX control signing) and \s-1SSL\s0 client
314 authentication, however due to a bug only \s-1MSIE\s0 5.0 and later support
315 the use of signing only keys for \s-1SSL\s0 client authentication.
316 .IP "\fB\-macalg digest\fR" 4
317 .IX Item "-macalg digest"
318 specify the \s-1MAC\s0 digest algorithm. If not included them \s-1SHA1\s0 will be used.
319 .IP "\fB\-nomaciter\fR, \fB\-noiter\fR" 4
320 .IX Item "-nomaciter, -noiter"
321 these options affect the iteration counts on the \s-1MAC\s0 and key algorithms.
322 Unless you wish to produce files compatible with \s-1MSIE\s0 4.0 you should leave
325 To discourage attacks by using large dictionaries of common passwords the
326 algorithm that derives keys from passwords can have an iteration count applied
327 to it: this causes a certain part of the algorithm to be repeated and slows it
328 down. The \s-1MAC\s0 is used to check the file integrity but since it will normally
329 have the same password as the keys and certificates it could also be attacked.
330 By default both \s-1MAC\s0 and encryption iteration counts are set to 2048, using
331 these options the \s-1MAC\s0 and encryption iteration counts can be set to 1, since
332 this reduces the file security you should not use these options unless you
333 really have to. Most software supports both \s-1MAC\s0 and key iteration counts.
334 \&\s-1MSIE\s0 4.0 doesn't support \s-1MAC\s0 iteration counts so it needs the \fB\-nomaciter\fR
336 .IP "\fB\-maciter\fR" 4
338 This option is included for compatibility with previous versions, it used
339 to be needed to use \s-1MAC\s0 iterations counts but they are now used by default.
340 .IP "\fB\-nomac\fR" 4
342 don't attempt to provide the \s-1MAC\s0 integrity.
343 .IP "\fB\-rand file(s)\fR" 4
344 .IX Item "-rand file(s)"
345 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
346 generator, or an \s-1EGD\s0 socket (see \fIRAND_egd\fR\|(3)).
347 Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
348 The separator is \fB;\fR for MS-Windows, \fB,\fR for OpenVMS, and \fB:\fR for
350 .IP "\fB\-CAfile file\fR" 4
351 .IX Item "-CAfile file"
352 \&\s-1CA\s0 storage as a file.
353 .IP "\fB\-CApath dir\fR" 4
354 .IX Item "-CApath dir"
355 \&\s-1CA\s0 storage as a directory. This directory must be a standard certificate
356 directory: that is a hash of each subject name (using \fBx509 \-hash\fR) should be
357 linked to each certificate.
358 .IP "\fB\-CSP name\fR" 4
360 write \fBname\fR as a Microsoft \s-1CSP\s0 name.
363 Although there are a large number of options most of them are very rarely
364 used. For PKCS#12 file parsing only \fB\-in\fR and \fB\-out\fR need to be used
365 for PKCS#12 file creation \fB\-export\fR and \fB\-name\fR are also used.
367 If none of the \fB\-clcerts\fR, \fB\-cacerts\fR or \fB\-nocerts\fR options are present
368 then all certificates will be output in the order they appear in the input
369 PKCS#12 files. There is no guarantee that the first certificate present is
370 the one corresponding to the private key. Certain software which requires
371 a private key and certificate and assumes the first certificate in the
372 file is the one corresponding to the private key: this may not always
373 be the case. Using the \fB\-clcerts\fR option will solve this problem by only
374 outputting the certificate corresponding to the private key. If the \s-1CA\s0
375 certificates are required then they can be output to a separate file using
376 the \fB\-nokeys \-cacerts\fR options to just output \s-1CA\s0 certificates.
378 The \fB\-keypbe\fR and \fB\-certpbe\fR algorithms allow the precise encryption
379 algorithms for private keys and certificates to be specified. Normally
380 the defaults are fine but occasionally software can't handle triple \s-1DES\s0
381 encrypted private keys, then the option \fB\-keypbe \s-1PBE\-SHA1\-RC2\-40\s0\fR can
382 be used to reduce the private key encryption to 40 bit \s-1RC2\s0. A complete
383 description of all algorithms is contained in the \fBpkcs8\fR manual page.
385 .IX Header "EXAMPLES"
386 Parse a PKCS#12 file and output it to a file:
389 \& openssl pkcs12 \-in file.p12 \-out file.pem
392 Output only client certificates to a file:
395 \& openssl pkcs12 \-in file.p12 \-clcerts \-out file.pem
398 Don't encrypt the private key:
401 \& openssl pkcs12 \-in file.p12 \-out file.pem \-nodes
404 Print some info about a PKCS#12 file:
407 \& openssl pkcs12 \-in file.p12 \-info \-noout
410 Create a PKCS#12 file:
413 \& openssl pkcs12 \-export \-in file.pem \-out file.p12 \-name "My Certificate"
416 Include some extra certificates:
419 \& openssl pkcs12 \-export \-in file.pem \-out file.p12 \-name "My Certificate" \e
420 \& \-certfile othercerts.pem
424 Some would argue that the PKCS#12 standard is one big bug :\-)
426 Versions of OpenSSL before 0.9.6a had a bug in the PKCS#12 key generation
427 routines. Under rare circumstances this could produce a PKCS#12 file encrypted
428 with an invalid key. As a result some PKCS#12 files which triggered this bug
429 from other implementations (\s-1MSIE\s0 or Netscape) could not be decrypted
430 by OpenSSL and similarly OpenSSL could produce PKCS#12 files which could
431 not be decrypted by other implementations. The chances of producing such
432 a file are relatively small: less than 1 in 256.
434 A side effect of fixing this bug is that any old invalidly encrypted PKCS#12
435 files cannot no longer be parsed by the fixed version. Under such circumstances
436 the \fBpkcs12\fR utility will report that the \s-1MAC\s0 is \s-1OK\s0 but fail with a decryption
437 error when extracting private keys.
439 This problem can be resolved by extracting the private keys and certificates
440 from the PKCS#12 file using an older version of OpenSSL and recreating the PKCS#12
441 file from the keys and certificates using a newer version of OpenSSL. For example:
444 \& old\-openssl \-in bad.p12 \-out keycerts.pem
445 \& openssl \-in keycerts.pem \-export \-name "My PKCS#12 file" \-out fixed.p12
448 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"