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  135. .IX Title "OPENSSL-GENRSA 1ossl"
  136. .TH OPENSSL-GENRSA 1ossl "2025-06-29" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. openssl\-genrsa \- generate an RSA private key
  143. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  144. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  145. \&\fBopenssl\fR \fBgenrsa\fR
  146. [\fB\-help\fR]
  147. [\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR]
  148. [\fB\-passout\fR \fIarg\fR]
  149. [\fB\-aes128\fR]
  150. [\fB\-aes192\fR]
  151. [\fB\-aes256\fR]
  152. [\fB\-aria128\fR]
  153. [\fB\-aria192\fR]
  154. [\fB\-aria256\fR]
  155. [\fB\-camellia128\fR]
  156. [\fB\-camellia192\fR]
  157. [\fB\-camellia256\fR]
  158. [\fB\-des\fR]
  159. [\fB\-des3\fR]
  160. [\fB\-idea\fR]
  161. [\fB\-F4\fR]
  162. [\fB\-f4\fR]
  163. [\fB\-3\fR]
  164. [\fB\-primes\fR \fInum\fR]
  165. [\fB\-verbose\fR]
  166. [\fB\-quiet\fR]
  167. [\fB\-traditional\fR]
  168. [\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR]
  169. [\fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR]
  170. [\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR]
  171. [\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR]
  172. [\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR]
  173. [\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR]
  174. [\fBnumbits\fR]
  175. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  176. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  177. This command generates an \s-1RSA\s0 private key.
  178. .SH "OPTIONS"
  179. .IX Header "OPTIONS"
  180. .IP "\fB\-help\fR" 4
  181. .IX Item "-help"
  182. Print out a usage message.
  183. .IP "\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
  184. .IX Item "-out filename"
  185. Output the key to the specified file. If this argument is not specified then
  186. standard output is used.
  187. .IP "\fB\-passout\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
  188. .IX Item "-passout arg"
  189. The output file password source. For more information about the format
  190. see \fBopenssl\-passphrase\-options\fR\|(1).
  191. .IP "\fB\-aes128\fR, \fB\-aes192\fR, \fB\-aes256\fR, \fB\-aria128\fR, \fB\-aria192\fR, \fB\-aria256\fR, \fB\-camellia128\fR, \fB\-camellia192\fR, \fB\-camellia256\fR, \fB\-des\fR, \fB\-des3\fR, \fB\-idea\fR" 4
  192. .IX Item "-aes128, -aes192, -aes256, -aria128, -aria192, -aria256, -camellia128, -camellia192, -camellia256, -des, -des3, -idea"
  193. These options encrypt the private key with specified
  194. cipher before outputting it. If none of these options is
  195. specified no encryption is used. If encryption is used a pass phrase is prompted
  196. for if it is not supplied via the \fB\-passout\fR argument.
  197. .IP "\fB\-F4\fR, \fB\-f4\fR, \fB\-3\fR" 4
  198. .IX Item "-F4, -f4, -3"
  199. The public exponent to use, either 65537 or 3. The default is 65537.
  200. The \fB\-3\fR option has been deprecated.
  201. .IP "\fB\-primes\fR \fInum\fR" 4
  202. .IX Item "-primes num"
  203. Specify the number of primes to use while generating the \s-1RSA\s0 key. The \fInum\fR
  204. parameter must be a positive integer that is greater than 1 and less than 16.
  205. If \fInum\fR is greater than 2, then the generated key is called a 'multi\-prime'
  206. \&\s-1RSA\s0 key, which is defined in \s-1RFC 8017.\s0
  207. .IP "\fB\-verbose\fR" 4
  208. .IX Item "-verbose"
  209. Print extra details about the operations being performed.
  210. .IP "\fB\-quiet\fR" 4
  211. .IX Item "-quiet"
  212. Print fewer details about the operations being performed, which may
  213. be handy during batch scripts and pipelines.
  214. .IP "\fB\-traditional\fR" 4
  215. .IX Item "-traditional"
  216. Write the key using the traditional PKCS#1 format instead of the PKCS#8 format.
  217. .IP "\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR, \fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
  218. .IX Item "-rand files, -writerand file"
  219. See \*(L"Random State Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1) for details.
  220. .IP "\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR" 4
  221. .IX Item "-engine id"
  222. See \*(L"Engine Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1).
  223. This option is deprecated.
  224. .IP "\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR" 4
  225. .IX Item "-provider name"
  226. .PD 0
  227. .IP "\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
  228. .IX Item "-provider-path path"
  229. .IP "\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR" 4
  230. .IX Item "-propquery propq"
  231. .PD
  232. See \*(L"Provider Options\*(R" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1), \fBprovider\fR\|(7), and \fBproperty\fR\|(7).
  233. .IP "\fBnumbits\fR" 4
  234. .IX Item "numbits"
  235. The size of the private key to generate in bits. This must be the last option
  236. specified. The default is 2048 and values less than 512 are not allowed.
  237. .SH "NOTES"
  238. .IX Header "NOTES"
  239. \&\s-1RSA\s0 private key generation essentially involves the generation of two or more
  240. prime numbers. When generating a private key various symbols will be output to
  241. indicate the progress of the generation. A \fB.\fR represents each number which
  242. has passed an initial sieve test, \fB+\fR means a number has passed a single
  243. round of the Miller-Rabin primality test, \fB*\fR means the current prime starts
  244. a regenerating progress due to some failed tests. A newline means that the number
  245. has passed all the prime tests (the actual number depends on the key size).
  246. .PP
  247. Because key generation is a random process the time taken to generate a key
  248. may vary somewhat. But in general, more primes lead to less generation time
  249. of a key.
  250. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  251. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  252. \&\fBopenssl\fR\|(1),
  253. \&\fBopenssl\-genpkey\fR\|(1),
  254. \&\fBopenssl\-gendsa\fR\|(1)
  255. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  256. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  257. Copyright 2000\-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  258. .PP
  259. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  260. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  261. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  262. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.