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/usr/bin/openssl

the OpenSSL cryptography suite

From openssl-4.0 4.0.3-r8 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running openssl --help (exit 0) · terse output. permalink

help:

Standard commands
asn1parse         ca                ciphers           cmp
cms               configutl         crl               crl2pkcs7
dgst              dhparam           dsa               dsaparam
ec                ech               ecparam           enc
errstr            fipsinstall       gendsa            genpkey
genrsa            help              info              kdf
list              mac               nseq              ocsp
passwd            pkcs12            pkcs7             pkcs8
pkey              pkeyparam         pkeyutl           prime
rand              rehash            req               rsa
rsautl            s_client          s_server          s_time
sess_id           skeyutl           smime             speed
spkac             srp               storeutl          ts
verify            version           x509

Message Digest commands (see the `dgst' command for more details)
blake2b512        blake2s256        md4               md5
rmd160            sha1              sha224            sha256
sha3-224          sha3-256          sha3-384          sha3-512
sha384            sha512            sha512-224        sha512-256
shake128          shake256          sm3

Cipher commands (see the `enc' command for more details)
aes-128-cbc       aes-128-ecb       aes-192-cbc       aes-192-ecb
aes-256-cbc       aes-256-ecb       base64            bf
bf-cbc            bf-cfb            bf-ecb            bf-ofb
brotli            camellia-128-cbc  camellia-128-ecb  camellia-192-cbc
camellia-192-ecb  camellia-256-cbc  camellia-256-ecb  cast
cast-cbc          cast5-cbc         cast5-cfb         cast5-ecb
cast5-ofb         des               des-cbc           des-cfb
des-ecb           des-ede           des-ede-cbc       des-ede-cfb
des-ede-ofb       des-ede3          des-ede3-cbc      des-ede3-cfb
des-ede3-ofb      des-ofb           des3              desx
rc2               rc2-40-cbc        rc2-64-cbc        rc2-cbc
rc2-cfb           rc2-ecb           rc2-ofb           rc4
rc4-40            rc5               rc5-cbc           rc5-cfb
rc5-ecb           rc5-ofb
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-helpProvides a terse summary of all options.man
-versionProvides a terse summary of the openssl program version.man
-rand filesA file or files containing random data used to seed the random number generator.man
-writerand fileWrites the seed data to the specified file upon exit.man
-tls1, -tls1_1, -tls1_2, -tls1_3, -no_ssl3, -no_tls1, -no_tls1_1, -no_tls1_2, -no_tls1_3These options require or disable the use of the specified SSL or TLS protocols.man
-dtls, -dtls1, -dtls1_2These options specify to use DTLS instead of TLS.man
-provider nameLoad and initialize the provider identified by name.man
-provider-path pathSpecifies the search path that is to be used for looking for providers.man
-propquery propqSpecifies the property query clause to be used when fetching algorithms from the loaded providers.man

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