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5.3 KiB
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167 lines
5.3 KiB
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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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pkcs8 - PKCS#8 format private key conversion tool
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<openssl> B<pkcs8>
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[B<-topk8>]
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[B<-inform PEM|DER>]
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[B<-outform PEM|DER>]
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[B<-in filename>]
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[B<-out filename>]
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[B<-noiter>]
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[B<-nocrypt>]
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[B<-nooct>]
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[B<-v2 alg>]
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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The B<pkcs8> command processes private keys in PKCS#8 format. It can handle
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both unencrypted PKCS#8 PrivateKeyInfo format and EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo
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format with a variety of PKCS#5 (v1.5 and v2.0) and PKCS#12 algorithms.
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=head1 COMMAND OPTIONS
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=over 4
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=item B<-topk8>
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Normally a PKCS#8 private key is expected on input and a traditional format
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private key will be written. With the B<-topk8> option the situation is
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reversed: it reads a traditional format private key and writes a PKCS#8
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format key.
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=item B<-inform DER|PEM>
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This specifies the input format. If a PKCS#8 format key is expected on input
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then either a B<DER> or B<PEM> encoded version of a PKCS#8 key will be
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expected. Otherwise the B<DER> or B<PEM> format of the traditional format
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private key is used.
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=item B<-outform DER|PEM>
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This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning as the
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B<-inform> option.
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=item B<-in filename>
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This specifies the input filename to read a key from or standard input if this
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option is not specified. If the key is encrypted a pass phrase will be
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prompted for.
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=item B<-out filename>
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This specifies the output filename to write a key to or standard output by
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default. If any encryption options are set then a pass phrase will be
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prompted for. The output filename should B<not> be the same as the input
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filename.
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=item B<-nocrypt>
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PKCS#8 keys generated or input are normally PKCS#8 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo
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structures using an appropriate password based encryption algorithm. With
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this option an unencrypted PrivateKeyInfo structure is expected or output.
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This option does not encrypt private keys at all and should only be used
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when absolutely necessary. Certain software such as some versions of Java
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code signing software used unencrypted private keys.
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=item B<-nooct>
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This option generates private keys in a broken format that some software
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uses. Specifically the private key should be enclosed in a OCTET STRING
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but some software just includes the structure itself without the
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surrounding OCTET STRING.
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=item B<-v2 alg>
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This option enables the use of PKCS#5 v2.0 algorithms. Normally PKCS#8
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private keys are encrypted with the password based encryption algorithm
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called B<pbeWithMD5AndDES-CBC> this uses 56 bit DES encryption but it
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was the strongest encryption algorithm supported in PKCS#5 v1.5. Using
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the B<-v2> option PKCS#5 v2.0 algorithms are used which can use any
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encryption algorithm such as 168 bit triple DES or 128 bit RC2 however
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not many implementations support PKCS#5 v2.0 yet. If you are just using
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private keys with OpenSSL then this doesn't matter.
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The B<alg> argument is the encryption algorithm to use, valid values include
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B<des>, B<des3> and B<rc2>. It is recommended that B<des3> is used.
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=back
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=head1 NOTES
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The encrypted form of a PEM encode PKCS#8 files uses the following
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headers and footers:
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-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
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-----END ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----
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The unencrypted form uses:
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-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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-----END PRIVATE KEY-----
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Private keys encrypted using PKCS#5 v2.0 algorithms and high iteration
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counts are more secure that those encrypted using the traditional
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SSLeay compatible formats. So if additional security is considered
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important the keys should be converted.
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The default encryption is only 56 bits because this is the encryption
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that most current implementations of PKCS#8 will support.
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Some software may use PKCS#12 password based encryption algorithms
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with PKCS#8 format private keys: these are handled automatically
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but there is no option to produce them.
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It is possible to write out DER encoded encrypted private keys in
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PKCS#8 format because the encryption details are included at an ASN1
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level whereas the traditional format includes them at a PEM level.
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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Convert a private from traditional to PKCS#5 v2.0 format using triple
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DES:
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openssl pkcs8 -in key.pem -topk8 -v2 des3 -out enckey.pem
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Convert a private key to PKCS#8 using a PKCS#5 1.5 compatible algorithm
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(DES):
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openssl pkcs8 -in key.pem -topk8 -out enckey.pem
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Read a DER unencrypted PKCS#8 format private key:
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openssl pkcs8 -inform DER -nocrypt -in key.der -out key.pem
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Convert a private key from any PKCS#8 format to traditional format:
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openssl pkcs8 -in pk8.pem -out key.pem
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=head1 STANDARDS
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Test vectors from this implementation were posted to the pkcs-tng mailing
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list using triple DES, DES and RC2 with high iteration counts, several
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people confirmed that they could decrypt the private keys produced and
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Therefore it can be assumed that the PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation is
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reasonably accurate at least as far as these algorithms are concerned.
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=head1 BUGS
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It isn't possible to produce keys encrypted using PKCS#5 v1.5 algorithms
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other than B<pbeWithMD5AndDES-CBC> using this utility.
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There should be an option that prints out the encryption algorithm
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in use and other details such as the iteration count.
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PKCS#8 using triple DES and PKCS#5 v2.0 should be the default private
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key format for OpenSSL: for compatability several of the utilities use
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the old format at present.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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dsa(1), rsa(1), genrsa(1), gendsa(1)
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=cut
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