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=head1 NAME
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smime - S/MIME utility
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<openssl> B<smime>
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[B<-encrypt>]
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[B<-decrypt>]
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[B<-sign>]
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[B<-verify>]
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[B<-pk7out>]
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[B<-des>]
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[B<-des3>]
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[B<-rc2-40>]
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[B<-rc2-64>]
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[B<-rc2-128>]
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[B<-aes128>]
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[B<-aes192>]
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[B<-aes256>]
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[B<-camellia128>]
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[B<-camellia192>]
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[B<-camellia256>]
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[B<-in file>]
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[B<-certfile file>]
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[B<-signer file>]
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[B<-recip file>]
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[B<-inform SMIME|PEM|DER>]
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[B<-passin arg>]
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[B<-inkey file>]
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[B<-out file>]
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[B<-outform SMIME|PEM|DER>]
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[B<-content file>]
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[B<-to addr>]
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[B<-from ad>]
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[B<-subject s>]
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[B<-text>]
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[B<-rand file(s)>]
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[cert.pem]...
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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The B<smime> command handles S/MIME mail. It can encrypt, decrypt, sign and
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verify S/MIME messages.
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=head1 COMMAND OPTIONS
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There are five operation options that set the type of operation to be performed.
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The meaning of the other options varies according to the operation type.
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=over 4
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=item B<-encrypt>
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encrypt mail for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
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to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted mail in MIME format.
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=item B<-decrypt>
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decrypt mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects an
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encrypted mail message in MIME format for the input file. The decrypted mail
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is written to the output file.
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=item B<-sign>
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sign mail using the supplied certificate and private key. Input file is
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the message to be signed. The signed message in MIME format is written
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to the output file.
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=item B<-verify>
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verify signed mail. Expects a signed mail message on input and outputs
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the signed data. Both clear text and opaque signing is supported.
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=item B<-pk7out>
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takes an input message and writes out a PEM encoded PKCS#7 structure.
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=item B<-in filename>
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the input message to be encrypted or signed or the MIME message to
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be decrypted or verified.
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=item B<-inform SMIME|PEM|DER>
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this specifies the input format for the PKCS#7 structure. The default
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is B<SMIME> which reads an S/MIME format message. B<PEM> and B<DER>
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format change this to expect PEM and DER format PKCS#7 structures
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instead. This currently only affects the input format of the PKCS#7
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structure, if no PKCS#7 structure is being input (for example with
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B<-encrypt> or B<-sign>) this option has no effect.
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=item B<-out filename>
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the message text that has been decrypted or verified or the output MIME
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format message that has been signed or verified.
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=item B<-outform SMIME|PEM|DER>
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this specifies the output format for the PKCS#7 structure. The default
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is B<SMIME> which write an S/MIME format message. B<PEM> and B<DER>
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format change this to write PEM and DER format PKCS#7 structures
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instead. This currently only affects the output format of the PKCS#7
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structure, if no PKCS#7 structure is being output (for example with
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B<-verify> or B<-decrypt>) this option has no effect.
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=item B<-content filename>
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This specifies a file containing the detached content, this is only
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useful with the B<-verify> command. This is only usable if the PKCS#7
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structure is using the detached signature form where the content is
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not included. This option will override any content if the input format
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is S/MIME and it uses the multipart/signed MIME content type.
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=item B<-text>
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this option adds plain text (text/plain) MIME headers to the supplied
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message if encrypting or signing. If decrypting or verifying it strips
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off text headers: if the decrypted or verified message is not of MIME
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type text/plain then an error occurs.
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=item B<-CAfile file>
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a file containing trusted CA certificates, only used with B<-verify>.
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=item B<-CApath dir>
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a directory containing trusted CA certificates, only used with
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B<-verify>. This directory must be a standard certificate directory: that
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is a hash of each subject name (using B<x509 -hash>) should be linked
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to each certificate.
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=item B<-des -des3 -rc2-40 -rc2-64 -rc2-128 -aes128 -aes192 -aes256 -camellia128 -camellia192 -camellia256>
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the encryption algorithm to use. DES (56 bits), triple DES (168 bits),
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40, 64 or 128 bit RC2, 128, 192 or 256 bit AES, or 128, 192 or 256 bit Camellia respectively. If not
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specified 40 bit RC2 is used. Only used with B<-encrypt>.
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=item B<-nointern>
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when verifying a message normally certificates (if any) included in
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the message are searched for the signing certificate. With this option
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only the certificates specified in the B<-certfile> option are used.
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The supplied certificates can still be used as untrusted CAs however.
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=item B<-noverify>
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do not verify the signers certificate of a signed message.
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=item B<-nochain>
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do not do chain verification of signers certificates: that is don't
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use the certificates in the signed message as untrusted CAs.
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=item B<-nosigs>
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don't try to verify the signatures on the message.
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=item B<-nocerts>
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when signing a message the signer's certificate is normally included
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with this option it is excluded. This will reduce the size of the
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signed message but the verifier must have a copy of the signers certificate
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available locally (passed using the B<-certfile> option for example).
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=item B<-noattr>
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normally when a message is signed a set of attributes are included which
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include the signing time and supported symmetric algorithms. With this
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option they are not included.
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=item B<-binary>
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normally the input message is converted to "canonical" format which is
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effectively using CR and LF as end of line: as required by the S/MIME
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specification. When this option is present no translation occurs. This
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is useful when handling binary data which may not be in MIME format.
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=item B<-nodetach>
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when signing a message use opaque signing: this form is more resistant
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to translation by mail relays but it cannot be read by mail agents that
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do not support S/MIME. Without this option cleartext signing with
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the MIME type multipart/signed is used.
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=item B<-certfile file>
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allows additional certificates to be specified. When signing these will
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be included with the message. When verifying these will be searched for
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the signers certificates. The certificates should be in PEM format.
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=item B<-signer file>
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the signers certificate when signing a message. If a message is
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being verified then the signers certificates will be written to this
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file if the verification was successful.
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=item B<-recip file>
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the recipients certificate when decrypting a message. This certificate
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must match one of the recipients of the message or an error occurs.
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=item B<-inkey file>
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the private key to use when signing or decrypting. This must match the
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corresponding certificate. If this option is not specified then the
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private key must be included in the certificate file specified with
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the B<-recip> or B<-signer> file.
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=item B<-passin arg>
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the private key password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
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see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.
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=item B<-rand file(s)>
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a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
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generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
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Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
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The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
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all others.
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=item B<cert.pem...>
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one or more certificates of message recipients: used when encrypting
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a message.
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=item B<-to, -from, -subject>
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the relevant mail headers. These are included outside the signed
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portion of a message so they may be included manually. If signing
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then many S/MIME mail clients check the signers certificate's email
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address matches that specified in the From: address.
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=back
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=head1 NOTES
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The MIME message must be sent without any blank lines between the
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headers and the output. Some mail programs will automatically add
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a blank line. Piping the mail directly to sendmail is one way to
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achieve the correct format.
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The supplied message to be signed or encrypted must include the
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necessary MIME headers or many S/MIME clients wont display it
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properly (if at all). You can use the B<-text> option to automatically
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add plain text headers.
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A "signed and encrypted" message is one where a signed message is
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then encrypted. This can be produced by encrypting an already signed
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message: see the examples section.
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This version of the program only allows one signer per message but it
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will verify multiple signers on received messages. Some S/MIME clients
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choke if a message contains multiple signers. It is possible to sign
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messages "in parallel" by signing an already signed message.
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The options B<-encrypt> and B<-decrypt> reflect common usage in S/MIME
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clients. Strictly speaking these process PKCS#7 enveloped data: PKCS#7
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encrypted data is used for other purposes.
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=head1 EXIT CODES
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=over 4
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=item 0
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the operation was completely successfully.
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=item 1
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an error occurred parsing the command options.
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=item 2
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one of the input files could not be read.
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=item 3
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an error occurred creating the PKCS#7 file or when reading the MIME
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message.
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=item 4
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an error occurred decrypting or verifying the message.
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=item 5
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the message was verified correctly but an error occurred writing out
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the signers certificates.
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=back
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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Create a cleartext signed message:
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openssl smime -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg \
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-signer mycert.pem
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Create and opaque signed message:
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openssl smime -sign -in message.txt -text -out mail.msg -nodetach \
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-signer mycert.pem
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Create a signed message, include some additional certificates and
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read the private key from another file:
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openssl smime -sign -in in.txt -text -out mail.msg \
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-signer mycert.pem -inkey mykey.pem -certfile mycerts.pem
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Send a signed message under Unix directly to sendmail, including headers:
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openssl smime -sign -in in.txt -text -signer mycert.pem \
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-from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
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-subject "Signed message" | sendmail someone@somewhere
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Verify a message and extract the signer's certificate if successful:
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openssl smime -verify -in mail.msg -signer user.pem -out signedtext.txt
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Send encrypted mail using triple DES:
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openssl smime -encrypt -in in.txt -from steve@openssl.org \
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-to someone@somewhere -subject "Encrypted message" \
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-des3 user.pem -out mail.msg
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Sign and encrypt mail:
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openssl smime -sign -in ml.txt -signer my.pem -text \
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| openssl smime -encrypt -out mail.msg \
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-from steve@openssl.org -to someone@somewhere \
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-subject "Signed and Encrypted message" -des3 user.pem
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Note: the encryption command does not include the B<-text> option because the message
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being encrypted already has MIME headers.
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Decrypt mail:
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openssl smime -decrypt -in mail.msg -recip mycert.pem -inkey key.pem
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The output from Netscape form signing is a PKCS#7 structure with the
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detached signature format. You can use this program to verify the
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signature by line wrapping the base64 encoded structure and surrounding
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it with:
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2002-11-09 18:05:33 +00:00
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-----BEGIN PKCS7-----
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-----END PKCS7-----
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and using the command:
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openssl smime -verify -inform PEM -in signature.pem -content content.txt
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Alternatively you can base64 decode the signature and use:
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openssl smime -verify -inform DER -in signature.der -content content.txt
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Create an encrypted message using 128 bit Camellia:
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openssl smime -encrypt -in plain.txt -camellia128 -out mail.msg cert.pem
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1999-12-15 01:26:17 +00:00
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=head1 BUGS
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The MIME parser isn't very clever: it seems to handle most messages that I've thrown
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at it but it may choke on others.
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The code currently will only write out the signer's certificate to a file: if the
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signer has a separate encryption certificate this must be manually extracted. There
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should be some heuristic that determines the correct encryption certificate.
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Ideally a database should be maintained of a certificates for each email address.
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The code doesn't currently take note of the permitted symmetric encryption
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algorithms as supplied in the SMIMECapabilities signed attribute. This means the
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user has to manually include the correct encryption algorithm. It should store
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the list of permitted ciphers in a database and only use those.
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No revocation checking is done on the signer's certificate.
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The current code can only handle S/MIME v2 messages, the more complex S/MIME v3
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structures may cause parsing errors.
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=cut
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