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- .IX Title "OPENSSL-CMS 1ossl"
- .TH OPENSSL-CMS 1ossl 2025-01-17 3.4.0 OpenSSL
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- .nh
- .SH NAME
- openssl\-cms \- CMS command
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
- \&\fBopenssl\fR \fBcms\fR
- [\fB\-help\fR]
- .PP
- General options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-in\fR \fIfilename\fR]
- [\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR]
- [\fB\-config\fR \fIconfigfile\fR]
- .PP
- Operation options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-encrypt\fR]
- [\fB\-decrypt\fR]
- [\fB\-sign\fR]
- [\fB\-verify\fR]
- [\fB\-resign\fR]
- [\fB\-sign_receipt\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_receipt\fR \fIreceipt\fR]
- [\fB\-digest\fR \fIdigest\fR]
- [\fB\-digest_create\fR]
- [\fB\-digest_verify\fR]
- [\fB\-compress\fR]
- [\fB\-uncompress\fR]
- [\fB\-EncryptedData_encrypt\fR]
- [\fB\-EncryptedData_decrypt\fR]
- [\fB\-data_create\fR]
- [\fB\-data_out\fR]
- [\fB\-cmsout\fR]
- .PP
- File format options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-inform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBSMIME\fR]
- [\fB\-outform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBSMIME\fR]
- [\fB\-rctform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBSMIME\fR]
- [\fB\-stream\fR]
- [\fB\-indef\fR]
- [\fB\-noindef\fR]
- [\fB\-binary\fR]
- [\fB\-crlfeol\fR]
- [\fB\-asciicrlf\fR]
- .PP
- Keys and password options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-pwri_password\fR \fIpassword\fR]
- [\fB\-secretkey\fR \fIkey\fR]
- [\fB\-secretkeyid\fR \fIid\fR]
- [\fB\-inkey\fR \fIfilename\fR|\fIuri\fR]
- [\fB\-passin\fR \fIarg\fR]
- [\fB\-keyopt\fR \fIname\fR:\fIparameter\fR]
- [\fB\-keyform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBP12\fR|\fBENGINE\fR]
- [\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR]
- [\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR]
- [\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR]
- [\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR]
- [\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR]
- [\fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR]
- .PP
- Encryption options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-originator\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fB\-recip\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fIrecipient-cert\fR ...]
- [\fB\-\fR\f(BIcipher\fR]
- [\fB\-wrap\fR \fIcipher\fR]
- [\fB\-aes128\-wrap\fR]
- [\fB\-aes192\-wrap\fR]
- [\fB\-aes256\-wrap\fR]
- [\fB\-des3\-wrap\fR]
- [\fB\-debug_decrypt\fR]
- .PP
- Signing options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-md\fR \fIdigest\fR]
- [\fB\-signer\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fB\-certfile\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fB\-cades\fR]
- [\fB\-nodetach\fR]
- [\fB\-nocerts\fR]
- [\fB\-noattr\fR]
- [\fB\-nosmimecap\fR]
- [\fB\-receipt_request_all\fR]
- [\fB\-receipt_request_first\fR]
- [\fB\-receipt_request_from\fR \fIemailaddress\fR]
- [\fB\-receipt_request_to\fR \fIemailaddress\fR]
- .PP
- Verification options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-signer\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fB\-content\fR \fIfilename\fR]
- [\fB\-no_content_verify\fR]
- [\fB\-no_attr_verify\fR]
- [\fB\-nosigs\fR]
- [\fB\-noverify\fR]
- [\fB\-nointern\fR]
- [\fB\-cades\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_retcode\fR]
- [\fB\-CAfile\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fB\-no\-CAfile\fR]
- [\fB\-CApath\fR \fIdir\fR]
- [\fB\-no\-CApath\fR]
- [\fB\-CAstore\fR \fIuri\fR]
- [\fB\-no\-CAstore\fR]
- .PP
- Output options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-keyid\fR]
- [\fB\-econtent_type\fR \fItype\fR]
- [\fB\-text\fR]
- [\fB\-certsout\fR \fIfile\fR]
- [\fB\-to\fR \fIaddr\fR]
- [\fB\-from\fR \fIaddr\fR]
- [\fB\-subject\fR \fIsubj\fR]
- .PP
- Printing options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-noout\fR]
- [\fB\-print\fR]
- [\fB\-nameopt\fR \fIoption\fR]
- [\fB\-receipt_request_print\fR]
- .PP
- Validation options:
- .PP
- [\fB\-allow_proxy_certs\fR]
- [\fB\-attime\fR \fItimestamp\fR]
- [\fB\-no_check_time\fR]
- [\fB\-check_ss_sig\fR]
- [\fB\-crl_check\fR]
- [\fB\-crl_check_all\fR]
- [\fB\-explicit_policy\fR]
- [\fB\-extended_crl\fR]
- [\fB\-ignore_critical\fR]
- [\fB\-inhibit_any\fR]
- [\fB\-inhibit_map\fR]
- [\fB\-partial_chain\fR]
- [\fB\-policy\fR \fIarg\fR]
- [\fB\-policy_check\fR]
- [\fB\-policy_print\fR]
- [\fB\-purpose\fR \fIpurpose\fR]
- [\fB\-suiteB_128\fR]
- [\fB\-suiteB_128_only\fR]
- [\fB\-suiteB_192\fR]
- [\fB\-trusted_first\fR]
- [\fB\-no_alt_chains\fR]
- [\fB\-use_deltas\fR]
- [\fB\-auth_level\fR \fInum\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_depth\fR \fInum\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_email\fR \fIemail\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_hostname\fR \fIhostname\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_ip\fR \fIip\fR]
- [\fB\-verify_name\fR \fIname\fR]
- [\fB\-x509_strict\fR]
- [\fB\-issuer_checks\fR]
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
- This command handles data in CMS format such as S/MIME v3.1 email messages.
- It can encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify, compress, uncompress, and print messages.
- .SH OPTIONS
- .IX Header "OPTIONS"
- There are a number of operation options that set the type of operation to be
- performed: encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify, resign, sign_receipt, verify_receipt,
- digest_create, digest_verify, compress, uncompress,
- EncryptedData_encrypt, EncryptedData_decrypt, data_create, data_out, or cmsout.
- The relevance of the other options depends on the operation type
- and their meaning may vary according to it.
- .IP \fB\-help\fR 4
- .IX Item "-help"
- Print out a usage message.
- .SS "General options"
- .IX Subsection "General options"
- .IP "\fB\-in\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-in filename"
- The input message to be encrypted or signed or the message to be decrypted
- or verified.
- .IP "\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-out filename"
- The message text that has been decrypted or verified or the output MIME
- format message that has been signed or verified.
- .IP "\fB\-config\fR \fIconfigfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-config configfile"
- See "Configuration Option" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1).
- .SS "Operation options"
- .IX Subsection "Operation options"
- .IP \fB\-encrypt\fR 4
- .IX Item "-encrypt"
- Encrypt data for the given recipient certificates. Input file is the message
- to be encrypted. The output file is the encrypted data in MIME format. The
- actual CMS type is \fBEnvelopedData\fR.
- .Sp
- Note that no revocation check is done for the recipient cert, so if that
- key has been compromised, others may be able to decrypt the text.
- .IP \fB\-decrypt\fR 4
- .IX Item "-decrypt"
- Decrypt data using the supplied certificate and private key. Expects
- encrypted datain MIME format for the input file. The decrypted data
- is written to the output file.
- .IP \fB\-sign\fR 4
- .IX Item "-sign"
- Sign data using the supplied certificate and private key. Input file is
- the message to be signed. The signed data in MIME format is written
- to the output file.
- .IP \fB\-verify\fR 4
- .IX Item "-verify"
- Verify signed data. Expects a signed data on input and outputs
- the signed data. Both clear text and opaque signing is supported.
- .IP \fB\-resign\fR 4
- .IX Item "-resign"
- Resign a message: take an existing message and one or more new signers.
- .IP \fB\-sign_receipt\fR 4
- .IX Item "-sign_receipt"
- Generate and output a signed receipt for the supplied message. The input
- message \fBmust\fR contain a signed receipt request. Functionality is otherwise
- similar to the \fB\-sign\fR operation.
- .IP "\fB\-verify_receipt\fR \fIreceipt\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-verify_receipt receipt"
- Verify a signed receipt in filename \fBreceipt\fR. The input message \fBmust\fR
- contain the original receipt request. Functionality is otherwise similar
- to the \fB\-verify\fR operation.
- .IP "\fB\-digest\fR \fIdigest\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-digest digest"
- When used with \fB\-sign\fR, provides the digest in hexadecimal form instead of
- computing it from the original message content. Cannot be combined with \fB\-in\fR
- or \fB\-nodetach\fR.
- .Sp
- This operation is the CMS equivalent of \fBopenssl\-pkeyutl\fR\|(1) signing.
- When signing a pre-computed digest, the security relies on the digest and its
- computation from the original message being trusted.
- .IP \fB\-digest_create\fR 4
- .IX Item "-digest_create"
- Create a CMS \fBDigestedData\fR type.
- .IP \fB\-digest_verify\fR 4
- .IX Item "-digest_verify"
- Verify a CMS \fBDigestedData\fR type and output the content.
- .IP \fB\-compress\fR 4
- .IX Item "-compress"
- Create a CMS \fBCompressedData\fR type. OpenSSL must be compiled with \fBzlib\fR
- support for this option to work, otherwise it will output an error.
- .IP \fB\-uncompress\fR 4
- .IX Item "-uncompress"
- Uncompress a CMS \fBCompressedData\fR type and output the content. OpenSSL must be
- compiled with \fBzlib\fR support for this option to work, otherwise it will
- output an error.
- .IP \fB\-EncryptedData_encrypt\fR 4
- .IX Item "-EncryptedData_encrypt"
- Encrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
- \&\fBEncryptedData\fR type and output the content.
- .IP \fB\-EncryptedData_decrypt\fR 4
- .IX Item "-EncryptedData_decrypt"
- Decrypt content using supplied symmetric key and algorithm using a CMS
- \&\fBEncryptedData\fR type and output the content.
- .IP \fB\-data_create\fR 4
- .IX Item "-data_create"
- Create a CMS \fBData\fR type.
- .IP \fB\-data_out\fR 4
- .IX Item "-data_out"
- \&\fBData\fR type and output the content.
- .IP \fB\-cmsout\fR 4
- .IX Item "-cmsout"
- Takes an input message and writes out a PEM encoded CMS structure.
- .SS "File format options"
- .IX Subsection "File format options"
- .IP "\fB\-inform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBSMIME\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-inform DER|PEM|SMIME"
- The input format of the CMS structure (if one is being read);
- the default is \fBSMIME\fR.
- See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .IP "\fB\-outform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBSMIME\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-outform DER|PEM|SMIME"
- The output format of the CMS structure (if one is being written);
- the default is \fBSMIME\fR.
- See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .IP "\fB\-rctform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBSMIME\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-rctform DER|PEM|SMIME"
- The signed receipt format for use with the \fB\-receipt_verify\fR; the default
- is \fBSMIME\fR.
- See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .IP "\fB\-stream\fR, \fB\-indef\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-stream, -indef"
- The \fB\-stream\fR and \fB\-indef\fR options are equivalent and enable streaming I/O
- for encoding operations. This permits single pass processing of data without
- the need to hold the entire contents in memory, potentially supporting very
- large files. Streaming is automatically set for S/MIME signing with detached
- data if the output format is \fBSMIME\fR it is currently off by default for all
- other operations.
- .IP \fB\-noindef\fR 4
- .IX Item "-noindef"
- Disable streaming I/O where it would produce and indefinite length constructed
- encoding. This option currently has no effect. In future streaming will be
- enabled by default on all relevant operations and this option will disable it.
- .IP \fB\-binary\fR 4
- .IX Item "-binary"
- Normally the input message is converted to "canonical" format which is
- effectively using CR and LF as end of line: as required by the S/MIME
- specification. When this option is present no translation occurs. This
- is useful when handling binary data which may not be in MIME format.
- .IP \fB\-crlfeol\fR 4
- .IX Item "-crlfeol"
- Normally the output file uses a single \fBLF\fR as end of line. When this
- option is present \fBCRLF\fR is used instead.
- .IP \fB\-asciicrlf\fR 4
- .IX Item "-asciicrlf"
- When signing use ASCII CRLF format canonicalisation. This strips trailing
- whitespace from all lines, deletes trailing blank lines at EOF and sets
- the encapsulated content type. This option is normally used with detached
- content and an output signature format of DER. This option is not normally
- needed when verifying as it is enabled automatically if the encapsulated
- content format is detected.
- .SS "Keys and password options"
- .IX Subsection "Keys and password options"
- .IP "\fB\-pwri_password\fR \fIpassword\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-pwri_password password"
- Specify password for recipient.
- .IP "\fB\-secretkey\fR \fIkey\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-secretkey key"
- Specify symmetric key to use. The key must be supplied in hex format and be
- consistent with the algorithm used. Supported by the \fB\-EncryptedData_encrypt\fR
- \&\fB\-EncryptedData_decrypt\fR, \fB\-encrypt\fR and \fB\-decrypt\fR options. When used
- with \fB\-encrypt\fR or \fB\-decrypt\fR the supplied key is used to wrap or unwrap the
- content encryption key using an AES key in the \fBKEKRecipientInfo\fR type.
- .IP "\fB\-secretkeyid\fR \fIid\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-secretkeyid id"
- The key identifier for the supplied symmetric key for \fBKEKRecipientInfo\fR type.
- This option \fBmust\fR be present if the \fB\-secretkey\fR option is used with
- \&\fB\-encrypt\fR. With \fB\-decrypt\fR operations the \fIid\fR is used to locate the
- relevant key if it is not supplied then an attempt is used to decrypt any
- \&\fBKEKRecipientInfo\fR structures.
- .IP "\fB\-inkey\fR \fIfilename\fR|\fIuri\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-inkey filename|uri"
- The private key to use when signing or decrypting. This must match the
- corresponding certificate. If this option is not specified then the
- private key must be included in the certificate file specified with
- the \fB\-recip\fR or \fB\-signer\fR file. When signing this option can be used
- multiple times to specify successive keys.
- .IP "\fB\-passin\fR \fIarg\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-passin arg"
- The private key password source. For more information about the format of \fBarg\fR
- see \fBopenssl\-passphrase\-options\fR\|(1).
- .IP "\fB\-keyopt\fR \fIname\fR:\fIparameter\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-keyopt name:parameter"
- For signing and encryption this option can be used multiple times to
- set customised parameters for the preceding key or certificate. It can
- currently be used to set RSA-PSS for signing, RSA-OAEP for encryption
- or to modify default parameters for ECDH.
- .IP "\fB\-keyform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBP12\fR|\fBENGINE\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-keyform DER|PEM|P12|ENGINE"
- The format of the private key file; unspecified by default.
- See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .IP "\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-engine id"
- See "Engine Options" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1).
- This option is deprecated.
- .IP "\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-provider name"
- .PD 0
- .IP "\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-provider-path path"
- .IP "\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-propquery propq"
- .PD
- See "Provider Options" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1), \fBprovider\fR\|(7), and \fBproperty\fR\|(7).
- .IP "\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR, \fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-rand files, -writerand file"
- See "Random State Options" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1) for details.
- .SS "Encryption and decryption options"
- .IX Subsection "Encryption and decryption options"
- .IP "\fB\-originator\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-originator file"
- A certificate of the originator of the encrypted message. Necessary for
- decryption when Key Agreement is in use for a shared key.
- .IP "\fB\-recip\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-recip file"
- When decrypting a message this specifies the certificate of the recipient.
- The certificate must match one of the recipients of the message.
- .Sp
- When encrypting a message this option may be used multiple times to specify
- each recipient. This form \fBmust\fR be used if customised parameters are
- required (for example to specify RSA-OAEP).
- .Sp
- Only certificates carrying RSA, Diffie-Hellman or EC keys are supported by this
- option.
- .IP "\fIrecipient-cert\fR ..." 4
- .IX Item "recipient-cert ..."
- This is an alternative to using the \fB\-recip\fR option when encrypting a message.
- One or more certificate filenames may be given.
- .IP \fB\-\fR\f(BIcipher\fR 4
- .IX Item "-cipher"
- The encryption algorithm to use. For example triple DES (168 bits) \- \fB\-des3\fR
- or 256 bit AES \- \fB\-aes256\fR. Any standard algorithm name (as used by the
- \&\fBEVP_get_cipherbyname()\fR function) can also be used preceded by a dash, for
- example \fB\-aes\-128\-cbc\fR. See \fBopenssl\-enc\fR\|(1) for a list of ciphers
- supported by your version of OpenSSL.
- .Sp
- Currently the AES variants with GCM mode are the only supported AEAD
- algorithms.
- .Sp
- If not specified triple DES is used. Only used with \fB\-encrypt\fR and
- \&\fB\-EncryptedData_create\fR commands.
- .IP "\fB\-wrap\fR \fIcipher\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-wrap cipher"
- Cipher algorithm to use for key wrap when encrypting the message using Key
- Agreement for key transport. The algorithm specified should be suitable for key
- wrap.
- .IP "\fB\-aes128\-wrap\fR, \fB\-aes192\-wrap\fR, \fB\-aes256\-wrap\fR, \fB\-des3\-wrap\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-aes128-wrap, -aes192-wrap, -aes256-wrap, -des3-wrap"
- Use AES128, AES192, AES256, or 3DES\-EDE, respectively, to wrap key.
- Depending on the OpenSSL build options used, \fB\-des3\-wrap\fR may not be supported.
- .IP \fB\-debug_decrypt\fR 4
- .IX Item "-debug_decrypt"
- This option sets the \fBCMS_DEBUG_DECRYPT\fR flag. This option should be used
- with caution: see the notes section below.
- .SS "Signing options"
- .IX Subsection "Signing options"
- .IP "\fB\-md\fR \fIdigest\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-md digest"
- Digest algorithm to use when signing or resigning. If not present then the
- default digest algorithm for the signing key will be used (usually SHA1).
- .IP "\fB\-signer\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-signer file"
- A signing certificate. When signing or resigning a message, this option can be
- used multiple times if more than one signer is required.
- .IP "\fB\-certfile\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-certfile file"
- Allows additional certificates to be specified. When signing these will
- be included with the message. When verifying, these will be searched for
- signer certificates and will be used for chain building.
- .Sp
- The input can be in PEM, DER, or PKCS#12 format.
- .IP \fB\-cades\fR 4
- .IX Item "-cades"
- When used with \fB\-sign\fR,
- add an ESS signingCertificate or ESS signingCertificateV2 signed-attribute
- to the SignerInfo, in order to make the signature comply with the requirements
- for a CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES).
- .IP \fB\-nodetach\fR 4
- .IX Item "-nodetach"
- When signing a message use opaque signing: this form is more resistant
- to translation by mail relays but it cannot be read by mail agents that
- do not support S/MIME. Without this option cleartext signing with
- the MIME type multipart/signed is used.
- .IP \fB\-nocerts\fR 4
- .IX Item "-nocerts"
- When signing a message the signer's certificate is normally included
- with this option it is excluded. This will reduce the size of the
- signed message but the verifier must have a copy of the signers certificate
- available locally (passed using the \fB\-certfile\fR option for example).
- .IP \fB\-noattr\fR 4
- .IX Item "-noattr"
- Normally when a message is signed a set of attributes are included which
- include the signing time and supported symmetric algorithms. With this
- option they are not included.
- .IP \fB\-nosmimecap\fR 4
- .IX Item "-nosmimecap"
- Exclude the list of supported algorithms from signed attributes, other options
- such as signing time and content type are still included.
- .IP "\fB\-receipt_request_all\fR, \fB\-receipt_request_first\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-receipt_request_all, -receipt_request_first"
- For \fB\-sign\fR option include a signed receipt request. Indicate requests should
- be provided by all recipient or first tier recipients (those mailed directly
- and not from a mailing list). Ignored it \fB\-receipt_request_from\fR is included.
- .IP "\fB\-receipt_request_from\fR \fIemailaddress\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-receipt_request_from emailaddress"
- For \fB\-sign\fR option include a signed receipt request. Add an explicit email
- address where receipts should be supplied.
- .IP "\fB\-receipt_request_to\fR \fIemailaddress\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-receipt_request_to emailaddress"
- Add an explicit email address where signed receipts should be sent to. This
- option \fBmust\fR but supplied if a signed receipt is requested.
- .SS "Verification options"
- .IX Subsection "Verification options"
- .IP "\fB\-signer\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-signer file"
- If a message has been verified successfully then the signers certificate(s)
- will be written to this file if the verification was successful.
- .IP "\fB\-content\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-content filename"
- This specifies a file containing the detached content for operations taking
- S/MIME input, such as the \fB\-verify\fR command. This is only usable if the CMS
- structure is using the detached signature form where the content is
- not included. This option will override any content if the input format
- is S/MIME and it uses the multipart/signed MIME content type.
- .IP \fB\-no_content_verify\fR 4
- .IX Item "-no_content_verify"
- Do not verify signed content signatures.
- .IP \fB\-no_attr_verify\fR 4
- .IX Item "-no_attr_verify"
- Do not verify signed attribute signatures.
- .IP \fB\-nosigs\fR 4
- .IX Item "-nosigs"
- Don't verify message signature.
- .IP \fB\-noverify\fR 4
- .IX Item "-noverify"
- Do not verify the signers certificate of a signed message.
- .IP \fB\-nointern\fR 4
- .IX Item "-nointern"
- When verifying a message normally certificates (if any) included in
- the message are searched for the signing certificate. With this option
- only the certificates specified in the \fB\-certfile\fR option are used.
- The supplied certificates can still be used as untrusted CAs however.
- .IP \fB\-cades\fR 4
- .IX Item "-cades"
- When used with \fB\-verify\fR, require and check signer certificate digest.
- See the NOTES section for more details.
- .IP \fB\-verify_retcode\fR 4
- .IX Item "-verify_retcode"
- Exit nonzero on verification failure.
- .IP "\fB\-CAfile\fR \fIfile\fR, \fB\-no\-CAfile\fR, \fB\-CApath\fR \fIdir\fR, \fB\-no\-CApath\fR, \fB\-CAstore\fR \fIuri\fR, \fB\-no\-CAstore\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-CAfile file, -no-CAfile, -CApath dir, -no-CApath, -CAstore uri, -no-CAstore"
- See "Trusted Certificate Options" in \fBopenssl\-verification\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .SS "Output options"
- .IX Subsection "Output options"
- .IP \fB\-keyid\fR 4
- .IX Item "-keyid"
- Use subject key identifier to identify certificates instead of issuer name and
- serial number. The supplied certificate \fBmust\fR include a subject key
- identifier extension. Supported by \fB\-sign\fR and \fB\-encrypt\fR options.
- .IP "\fB\-econtent_type\fR \fItype\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-econtent_type type"
- Set the encapsulated content type to \fItype\fR if not supplied the \fBData\fR type
- is used. The \fItype\fR argument can be any valid OID name in either text or
- numerical format.
- .IP \fB\-text\fR 4
- .IX Item "-text"
- This option adds plain text (text/plain) MIME headers to the supplied
- message if encrypting or signing. If decrypting or verifying it strips
- off text headers: if the decrypted or verified message is not of MIME
- type text/plain then an error occurs.
- .IP "\fB\-certsout\fR \fIfile\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-certsout file"
- Any certificates contained in the input message are written to \fIfile\fR.
- .IP "\fB\-to\fR, \fB\-from\fR, \fB\-subject\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-to, -from, -subject"
- The relevant email headers. These are included outside the signed
- portion of a message so they may be included manually. If signing
- then many S/MIME mail clients check the signers certificate's email
- address matches that specified in the From: address.
- .SS "Printing options"
- .IX Subsection "Printing options"
- .IP \fB\-noout\fR 4
- .IX Item "-noout"
- For the \fB\-cmsout\fR operation do not output the parsed CMS structure.
- This is useful if the syntax of the CMS structure is being checked.
- .IP \fB\-print\fR 4
- .IX Item "-print"
- For the \fB\-cmsout\fR operation print out all fields of the CMS structure.
- This implies \fB\-noout\fR.
- This is mainly useful for testing purposes.
- .IP "\fB\-nameopt\fR \fIoption\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-nameopt option"
- For the \fB\-cmsout\fR operation when \fB\-print\fR option is in use, specifies
- printing options for string fields. For most cases \fButf8\fR is reasonable value.
- See \fBopenssl\-namedisplay\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .IP \fB\-receipt_request_print\fR 4
- .IX Item "-receipt_request_print"
- For the \fB\-verify\fR operation print out the contents of any signed receipt
- requests.
- .SS "Validation options"
- .IX Subsection "Validation options"
- .IP "\fB\-allow_proxy_certs\fR, \fB\-attime\fR, \fB\-no_check_time\fR, \fB\-check_ss_sig\fR, \fB\-crl_check\fR, \fB\-crl_check_all\fR, \fB\-explicit_policy\fR, \fB\-extended_crl\fR, \fB\-ignore_critical\fR, \fB\-inhibit_any\fR, \fB\-inhibit_map\fR, \fB\-no_alt_chains\fR, \fB\-partial_chain\fR, \fB\-policy\fR, \fB\-policy_check\fR, \fB\-policy_print\fR, \fB\-purpose\fR, \fB\-suiteB_128\fR, \fB\-suiteB_128_only\fR, \fB\-suiteB_192\fR, \fB\-trusted_first\fR, \fB\-use_deltas\fR, \fB\-auth_level\fR, \fB\-verify_depth\fR, \fB\-verify_email\fR, \fB\-verify_hostname\fR, \fB\-verify_ip\fR, \fB\-verify_name\fR, \fB\-x509_strict\fR \fB\-issuer_checks\fR" 4
- .IX Item "-allow_proxy_certs, -attime, -no_check_time, -check_ss_sig, -crl_check, -crl_check_all, -explicit_policy, -extended_crl, -ignore_critical, -inhibit_any, -inhibit_map, -no_alt_chains, -partial_chain, -policy, -policy_check, -policy_print, -purpose, -suiteB_128, -suiteB_128_only, -suiteB_192, -trusted_first, -use_deltas, -auth_level, -verify_depth, -verify_email, -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, -verify_name, -x509_strict -issuer_checks"
- Set various options of certificate chain verification.
- See "Verification Options" in \fBopenssl\-verification\-options\fR\|(1) for details.
- .Sp
- Any validation errors cause the command to exit.
- .SH NOTES
- .IX Header "NOTES"
- The MIME message must be sent without any blank lines between the
- headers and the output. Some mail programs will automatically add
- a blank line. Piping the mail directly to sendmail is one way to
- achieve the correct format.
- .PP
- The supplied message to be signed or encrypted must include the
- necessary MIME headers or many S/MIME clients won't display it
- properly (if at all). You can use the \fB\-text\fR option to automatically
- add plain text headers.
- .PP
- A "signed and encrypted" message is one where a signed message is
- then encrypted. This can be produced by encrypting an already signed
- message: see the examples section.
- .PP
- This version of the program only allows one signer per message but it
- will verify multiple signers on received messages. Some S/MIME clients
- choke if a message contains multiple signers. It is possible to sign
- messages "in parallel" by signing an already signed message.
- .PP
- The options \fB\-encrypt\fR and \fB\-decrypt\fR reflect common usage in S/MIME
- clients. Strictly speaking these process CMS enveloped data: CMS
- encrypted data is used for other purposes.
- .PP
- The \fB\-resign\fR option uses an existing message digest when adding a new
- signer. This means that attributes must be present in at least one existing
- signer using the same message digest or this operation will fail.
- .PP
- The \fB\-stream\fR and \fB\-indef\fR options enable streaming I/O support.
- As a result the encoding is BER using indefinite length constructed encoding
- and no longer DER. Streaming is supported for the \fB\-encrypt\fR operation and the
- \&\fB\-sign\fR operation if the content is not detached.
- .PP
- Streaming is always used for the \fB\-sign\fR operation with detached data but
- since the content is no longer part of the CMS structure the encoding
- remains DER.
- .PP
- If the \fB\-decrypt\fR option is used without a recipient certificate then an
- attempt is made to locate the recipient by trying each potential recipient
- in turn using the supplied private key. To thwart the MMA attack
- (Bleichenbacher's attack on PKCS #1 v1.5 RSA padding) all recipients are
- tried whether they succeed or not and if no recipients match the message
- is "decrypted" using a random key which will typically output garbage.
- The \fB\-debug_decrypt\fR option can be used to disable the MMA attack protection
- and return an error if no recipient can be found: this option should be used
- with caution. For a fuller description see \fBCMS_decrypt\fR\|(3)).
- .SH "CADES BASIC ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE (CADES-BES)"
- .IX Header "CADES BASIC ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE (CADES-BES)"
- A CAdES Basic Electronic Signature (CAdES-BES),
- as defined in the European Standard ETSI EN 319 122\-1 V1.1.1, contains:
- .IP \(bu 4
- The signed user data as defined in CMS (RFC 3852);
- .IP \(bu 4
- Content-type of the EncapsulatedContentInfo value being signed;
- .IP \(bu 4
- Message-digest of the eContent OCTET STRING within encapContentInfo being signed;
- .IP \(bu 4
- An ESS signingCertificate or ESS signingCertificateV2 attribute,
- as defined in Enhanced Security Services (ESS), RFC 2634 and RFC 5035.
- An ESS signingCertificate attribute only allows for SHA\-1 as digest algorithm.
- An ESS signingCertificateV2 attribute allows for any digest algorithm.
- .IP \(bu 4
- The digital signature value computed on the user data and, when present, on the signed attributes.
- .Sp
- NOTE that the \fB\-cades\fR option applies to the \fB\-sign\fR or \fB\-verify\fR operations.
- With this option, the \fB\-verify\fR operation also requires that the
- signingCertificate attribute is present and checks that the given identifiers
- match the verification trust chain built during the verification process.
- .SH "EXIT CODES"
- .IX Header "EXIT CODES"
- .IP 0 4
- The operation was completely successfully.
- .IP 1 4
- .IX Item "1"
- An error occurred parsing the command options.
- .IP 2 4
- .IX Item "2"
- One of the input files could not be read.
- .IP 3 4
- .IX Item "3"
- An error occurred creating the CMS file or when reading the MIME
- message.
- .IP 4 4
- .IX Item "4"
- An error occurred decrypting or verifying the message.
- .IP 5 4
- .IX Item "5"
- The message was verified correctly but an error occurred writing out
- the signers certificates.
- .SH "COMPATIBILITY WITH PKCS#7 FORMAT"
- .IX Header "COMPATIBILITY WITH PKCS#7 FORMAT"
- \&\fBopenssl\-smime\fR\|(1) can only process the older \fBPKCS#7\fR format.
- \&\fBopenssl cms\fR supports Cryptographic Message Syntax format.
- Use of some features will result in messages which cannot be processed by
- applications which only support the older format. These are detailed below.
- .PP
- The use of the \fB\-keyid\fR option with \fB\-sign\fR or \fB\-encrypt\fR.
- .PP
- The \fB\-outform\fR \fIPEM\fR option uses different headers.
- .PP
- The \fB\-compress\fR option.
- .PP
- The \fB\-secretkey\fR option when used with \fB\-encrypt\fR.
- .PP
- The use of PSS with \fB\-sign\fR.
- .PP
- The use of OAEP or non-RSA keys with \fB\-encrypt\fR.
- .PP
- Additionally the \fB\-EncryptedData_create\fR and \fB\-data_create\fR type cannot
- be processed by the older \fBopenssl\-smime\fR\|(1) command.
- .SH EXAMPLES
- .IX Header "EXAMPLES"
- Create a cleartext signed message:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in message.txt \-text \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-signer mycert.pem
- .Ve
- .PP
- Create an opaque signed message
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in message.txt \-text \-out mail.msg \-nodetach \e
- \& \-signer mycert.pem
- .Ve
- .PP
- Create a signed message, include some additional certificates and
- read the private key from another file:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in in.txt \-text \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-signer mycert.pem \-inkey mykey.pem \-certfile mycerts.pem
- .Ve
- .PP
- Create a signed message with two signers, use key identifier:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in message.txt \-text \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-signer mycert.pem \-signer othercert.pem \-keyid
- .Ve
- .PP
- Send a signed message under Unix directly to sendmail, including headers:
- .PP
- .Vb 3
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in in.txt \-text \-signer mycert.pem \e
- \& \-from steve@openssl.org \-to someone@somewhere \e
- \& \-subject "Signed message" | sendmail someone@somewhere
- .Ve
- .PP
- Verify a message and extract the signer's certificate if successful:
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& openssl cms \-verify \-in mail.msg \-signer user.pem \-out signedtext.txt
- .Ve
- .PP
- Send encrypted mail using triple DES:
- .PP
- .Vb 3
- \& openssl cms \-encrypt \-in in.txt \-from steve@openssl.org \e
- \& \-to someone@somewhere \-subject "Encrypted message" \e
- \& \-des3 user.pem \-out mail.msg
- .Ve
- .PP
- Sign and encrypt mail:
- .PP
- .Vb 4
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in ml.txt \-signer my.pem \-text \e
- \& | openssl cms \-encrypt \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-from steve@openssl.org \-to someone@somewhere \e
- \& \-subject "Signed and Encrypted message" \-des3 user.pem
- .Ve
- .PP
- Note: the encryption command does not include the \fB\-text\fR option because the
- message being encrypted already has MIME headers.
- .PP
- Decrypt a message:
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& openssl cms \-decrypt \-in mail.msg \-recip mycert.pem \-inkey key.pem
- .Ve
- .PP
- The output from Netscape form signing is a PKCS#7 structure with the
- detached signature format. You can use this program to verify the
- signature by line wrapping the base64 encoded structure and surrounding
- it with:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& \-\-\-\-\-BEGIN PKCS7\-\-\-\-\-
- \& \-\-\-\-\-END PKCS7\-\-\-\-\-
- .Ve
- .PP
- and using the command,
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& openssl cms \-verify \-inform PEM \-in signature.pem \-content content.txt
- .Ve
- .PP
- alternatively you can base64 decode the signature and use
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& openssl cms \-verify \-inform DER \-in signature.der \-content content.txt
- .Ve
- .PP
- Create an encrypted message using 128 bit Camellia:
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& openssl cms \-encrypt \-in plain.txt \-camellia128 \-out mail.msg cert.pem
- .Ve
- .PP
- Add a signer to an existing message:
- .PP
- .Vb 1
- \& openssl cms \-resign \-in mail.msg \-signer newsign.pem \-out mail2.msg
- .Ve
- .PP
- Sign a message using RSA-PSS:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-sign \-in message.txt \-text \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-signer mycert.pem \-keyopt rsa_padding_mode:pss
- .Ve
- .PP
- Create an encrypted message using RSA-OAEP:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-encrypt \-in plain.txt \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-recip cert.pem \-keyopt rsa_padding_mode:oaep
- .Ve
- .PP
- Use SHA256 KDF with an ECDH certificate:
- .PP
- .Vb 2
- \& openssl cms \-encrypt \-in plain.txt \-out mail.msg \e
- \& \-recip ecdhcert.pem \-keyopt ecdh_kdf_md:sha256
- .Ve
- .PP
- Print CMS signed binary data in human-readable form:
- .PP
- openssl cms \-in signed.cms \-binary \-inform DER \-cmsout \-print
- .SH BUGS
- .IX Header "BUGS"
- The MIME parser isn't very clever: it seems to handle most messages that I've
- thrown at it but it may choke on others.
- .PP
- The code currently will only write out the signer's certificate to a file: if
- the signer has a separate encryption certificate this must be manually
- extracted. There should be some heuristic that determines the correct
- encryption certificate.
- .PP
- Ideally a database should be maintained of a certificates for each email
- address.
- .PP
- The code doesn't currently take note of the permitted symmetric encryption
- algorithms as supplied in the SMIMECapabilities signed attribute. this means the
- user has to manually include the correct encryption algorithm. It should store
- the list of permitted ciphers in a database and only use those.
- .PP
- No revocation checking is done on the signer's certificate.
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
- \&\fBossl_store\-file\fR\|(7)
- .SH HISTORY
- .IX Header "HISTORY"
- The use of multiple \fB\-signer\fR options and the \fB\-resign\fR command were first
- added in OpenSSL 1.0.0.
- .PP
- The \fB\-keyopt\fR option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
- .PP
- Support for RSA-OAEP and RSA-PSS was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
- .PP
- The use of non-RSA keys with \fB\-encrypt\fR and \fB\-decrypt\fR
- was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2.
- .PP
- The \-no_alt_chains option was added in OpenSSL 1.0.2b.
- .PP
- The \fB\-nameopt\fR option was added in OpenSSL 3.0.0.
- .PP
- The \fB\-engine\fR option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
- .PP
- The \fB\-digest\fR option was added in OpenSSL 3.2.
- .SH COPYRIGHT
- .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
- Copyright 2008\-2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
- .PP
- Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
- this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
- in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
- <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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