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  1. =pod
  2. {- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
  3. =head1 NAME
  4. openssl-ca - sample minimal CA application
  5. =head1 SYNOPSIS
  6. B<openssl> B<ca>
  7. [B<-help>]
  8. [B<-verbose>]
  9. [B<-config> I<filename>]
  10. [B<-name> I<section>]
  11. [B<-section> I<section>]
  12. [B<-gencrl>]
  13. [B<-revoke> I<file>]
  14. [B<-valid> I<file>]
  15. [B<-status> I<serial>]
  16. [B<-updatedb>]
  17. [B<-crl_reason> I<reason>]
  18. [B<-crl_hold> I<instruction>]
  19. [B<-crl_compromise> I<time>]
  20. [B<-crl_CA_compromise> I<time>]
  21. [B<-crl_lastupdate> I<date>]
  22. [B<-crl_nextupdate> I<date>]
  23. [B<-crldays> I<days>]
  24. [B<-crlhours> I<hours>]
  25. [B<-crlsec> I<seconds>]
  26. [B<-crlexts> I<section>]
  27. [B<-startdate> I<date>]
  28. [B<-enddate> I<date>]
  29. [B<-days> I<arg>]
  30. [B<-md> I<arg>]
  31. [B<-policy> I<arg>]
  32. [B<-keyfile> I<filename>|I<uri>]
  33. [B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE>]
  34. [B<-key> I<arg>]
  35. [B<-passin> I<arg>]
  36. [B<-cert> I<file>]
  37. [B<-certform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>]
  38. [B<-selfsign>]
  39. [B<-in> I<file>]
  40. [B<-inform> B<DER>|<PEM>]
  41. [B<-out> I<file>]
  42. [B<-notext>]
  43. [B<-outdir> I<dir>]
  44. [B<-infiles>]
  45. [B<-spkac> I<file>]
  46. [B<-ss_cert> I<file>]
  47. [B<-preserveDN>]
  48. [B<-noemailDN>]
  49. [B<-batch>]
  50. [B<-msie_hack>]
  51. [B<-extensions> I<section>]
  52. [B<-extfile> I<section>]
  53. [B<-subj> I<arg>]
  54. [B<-utf8>]
  55. [B<-sigopt> I<nm>:I<v>]
  56. [B<-vfyopt> I<nm>:I<v>]
  57. [B<-create_serial>]
  58. [B<-rand_serial>]
  59. [B<-multivalue-rdn>]
  60. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_synopsis -}
  61. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -}
  62. [I<certreq>...]
  63. =for openssl ifdef engine
  64. =head1 DESCRIPTION
  65. This command is a minimal CA application. It can be used
  66. to sign certificate requests in a variety of forms and generate
  67. CRLs. It also maintains a text database of issued certificates
  68. and their status.
  69. When signing certificates, a single certificate request can be specified
  70. with the B<-in> option, or multiple requests can be processed by
  71. specifying a set of B<certreq> files after all options.
  72. The options descriptions will be divided into each purpose.
  73. =head1 OPTIONS
  74. =over 4
  75. =item B<-help>
  76. Print out a usage message.
  77. =item B<-verbose>
  78. This prints extra details about the operations being performed.
  79. =item B<-config> I<filename>
  80. Specifies the configuration file to use.
  81. Optional; for a description of the default value,
  82. see L<openssl(1)/COMMAND SUMMARY>.
  83. =item B<-name> I<section>, B<-section> I<section>
  84. Specifies the configuration file section to use (overrides
  85. B<default_ca> in the B<ca> section).
  86. =item B<-in> I<filename>
  87. An input filename containing a single certificate request to be
  88. signed by the CA.
  89. =item B<-inform> B<DER>|B<PEM>
  90. The format of the data in CSR input files.
  91. The default is PEM.
  92. =item B<-ss_cert> I<filename>
  93. A single self-signed certificate to be signed by the CA.
  94. =item B<-spkac> I<filename>
  95. A file containing a single Netscape signed public key and challenge
  96. and additional field values to be signed by the CA. See the B<SPKAC FORMAT>
  97. section for information on the required input and output format.
  98. =item B<-infiles>
  99. If present this should be the last option, all subsequent arguments
  100. are taken as the names of files containing certificate requests.
  101. =item B<-out> I<filename>
  102. The output file to output certificates to. The default is standard
  103. output. The certificate details will also be printed out to this
  104. file in PEM format (except that B<-spkac> outputs DER format).
  105. =item B<-outdir> I<directory>
  106. The directory to output certificates to. The certificate will be
  107. written to a filename consisting of the serial number in hex with
  108. F<.pem> appended.
  109. =item B<-cert> I<filename>
  110. The CA certificate, which must match with B<-keyfile>.
  111. =item B<-certform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>
  112. The format of the data in certificate input files.
  113. This option has no effect and is retained for backward compatibility only.
  114. =item B<-keyfile> I<filename>|I<uri>
  115. The CA private key to sign requests with. This must match with B<-cert>.
  116. =item B<-keyform> B<DER>|B<PEM>|B<P12>|B<ENGINE>
  117. The format of the private key input file; the default is B<PEM>.
  118. The only value with effect is B<ENGINE>; all others have become obsolete.
  119. See L<openssl-format-options(1)> for details.
  120. =item B<-sigopt> I<nm>:I<v>
  121. Pass options to the signature algorithm during sign operations.
  122. Names and values of these options are algorithm-specific.
  123. =item B<-vfyopt> I<nm>:I<v>
  124. Pass options to the signature algorithm during verify operations.
  125. Names and values of these options are algorithm-specific.
  126. This often needs to be given while signing too, because the input
  127. certificate signature request is verified against its own public key,
  128. and that verification may need its own set of options.
  129. =item B<-key> I<password>
  130. =for openssl foreign manual ps(1)
  131. The password used to encrypt the private key. Since on some
  132. systems the command line arguments are visible (e.g., when using
  133. L<ps(1)> on Unix),
  134. this option should be used with caution.
  135. Better use B<-passin>.
  136. =item B<-passin> I<arg>
  137. The key password source for key files and certificate PKCS#12 files.
  138. For more information about the format of B<arg>
  139. see L<openssl-passphrase-options(1)>.
  140. =item B<-selfsign>
  141. Indicates the issued certificates are to be signed with the key
  142. the certificate requests were signed with (given with B<-keyfile>).
  143. Certificate requests signed with a different key are ignored. If
  144. B<-spkac>, B<-ss_cert> or B<-gencrl> are given, B<-selfsign> is
  145. ignored.
  146. A consequence of using B<-selfsign> is that the self-signed
  147. certificate appears among the entries in the certificate database
  148. (see the configuration option B<database>), and uses the same
  149. serial number counter as all other certificates sign with the
  150. self-signed certificate.
  151. =item B<-notext>
  152. Don't output the text form of a certificate to the output file.
  153. =item B<-startdate> I<date>
  154. This allows the start date to be explicitly set. The format of the
  155. date is YYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure), or
  156. YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 GeneralizedTime structure). In
  157. both formats, seconds SS and timezone Z must be present.
  158. =item B<-enddate> I<date>
  159. This allows the expiry date to be explicitly set. The format of the
  160. date is YYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure), or
  161. YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ (the same as an ASN1 GeneralizedTime structure). In
  162. both formats, seconds SS and timezone Z must be present.
  163. =item B<-days> I<arg>
  164. The number of days to certify the certificate for.
  165. =item B<-md> I<alg>
  166. The message digest to use.
  167. Any digest supported by the L<openssl-dgst(1)> command can be used. For signing
  168. algorithms that do not support a digest (i.e. Ed25519 and Ed448) any message
  169. digest that is set is ignored. This option also applies to CRLs.
  170. =item B<-policy> I<arg>
  171. This option defines the CA "policy" to use. This is a section in
  172. the configuration file which decides which fields should be mandatory
  173. or match the CA certificate. Check out the B<POLICY FORMAT> section
  174. for more information.
  175. =item B<-msie_hack>
  176. This is a deprecated option to make this command work with very old versions
  177. of the IE certificate enrollment control "certenr3". It used UniversalStrings
  178. for almost everything. Since the old control has various security bugs
  179. its use is strongly discouraged.
  180. =item B<-preserveDN>
  181. Normally the DN order of a certificate is the same as the order of the
  182. fields in the relevant policy section. When this option is set the order
  183. is the same as the request. This is largely for compatibility with the
  184. older IE enrollment control which would only accept certificates if their
  185. DNs match the order of the request. This is not needed for Xenroll.
  186. =item B<-noemailDN>
  187. The DN of a certificate can contain the EMAIL field if present in the
  188. request DN, however, it is good policy just having the e-mail set into
  189. the altName extension of the certificate. When this option is set the
  190. EMAIL field is removed from the certificate' subject and set only in
  191. the, eventually present, extensions. The B<email_in_dn> keyword can be
  192. used in the configuration file to enable this behaviour.
  193. =item B<-batch>
  194. This sets the batch mode. In this mode no questions will be asked
  195. and all certificates will be certified automatically.
  196. =item B<-extensions> I<section>
  197. The section of the configuration file containing certificate extensions
  198. to be added when a certificate is issued (defaults to B<x509_extensions>
  199. unless the B<-extfile> option is used).
  200. If no X.509 extensions are specified then a V1 certificate is created,
  201. else a V3 certificate is created.
  202. See the L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
  203. extension section format.
  204. =item B<-extfile> I<file>
  205. An additional configuration file to read certificate extensions from
  206. (using the default section unless the B<-extensions> option is also
  207. used).
  208. =item B<-subj> I<arg>
  209. Supersedes subject name given in the request.
  210. The arg must be formatted as C</type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=...>.
  211. Special characters may be escaped by C<\> (backslash), whitespace is retained.
  212. Empty values are permitted, but the corresponding type will not be included
  213. in the resulting certificate.
  214. Giving a single C</> will lead to an empty sequence of RDNs (a NULL-DN).
  215. Multi-valued RDNs can be formed by placing a C<+> character instead of a C</>
  216. between the AttributeValueAssertions (AVAs) that specify the members of the set.
  217. Example:
  218. C</DC=org/DC=OpenSSL/DC=users/UID=123456+CN=John Doe>
  219. =item B<-utf8>
  220. This option causes field values to be interpreted as UTF8 strings, by
  221. default they are interpreted as ASCII. This means that the field
  222. values, whether prompted from a terminal or obtained from a
  223. configuration file, must be valid UTF8 strings.
  224. =item B<-create_serial>
  225. If reading serial from the text file as specified in the configuration
  226. fails, specifying this option creates a new random serial to be used as next
  227. serial number.
  228. To get random serial numbers, use the B<-rand_serial> flag instead; this
  229. should only be used for simple error-recovery.
  230. =item B<-rand_serial>
  231. Generate a large random number to use as the serial number.
  232. This overrides any option or configuration to use a serial number file.
  233. =item B<-multivalue-rdn>
  234. This option has been deprecated and has no effect.
  235. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_item -}
  236. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
  237. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -}
  238. =back
  239. =head1 CRL OPTIONS
  240. =over 4
  241. =item B<-gencrl>
  242. This option generates a CRL based on information in the index file.
  243. =item B<-crl_lastupdate> I<time>
  244. Allows the value of the CRL's lastUpdate field to be explicitly set; if
  245. this option is not present, the current time is used. Accepts times in
  246. YYMMDDHHMMSSZ format (the same as an ASN1 UTCTime structure) or
  247. YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ format (the same as an ASN1 GeneralizedTime structure).
  248. =item B<-crl_nextupdate> I<time>
  249. Allows the value of the CRL's nextUpdate field to be explicitly set; if
  250. this option is present, any values given for B<-crldays>, B<-crlhours>
  251. and B<-crlsec> are ignored. Accepts times in the same formats as
  252. B<-crl_lastupdate>.
  253. =item B<-crldays> I<num>
  254. The number of days before the next CRL is due. That is the days from
  255. now to place in the CRL nextUpdate field.
  256. =item B<-crlhours> I<num>
  257. The number of hours before the next CRL is due.
  258. =item B<-crlsec> I<num>
  259. The number of seconds before the next CRL is due.
  260. =item B<-revoke> I<filename>
  261. A filename containing a certificate to revoke.
  262. =item B<-valid> I<filename>
  263. A filename containing a certificate to add a Valid certificate entry.
  264. =item B<-status> I<serial>
  265. Displays the revocation status of the certificate with the specified
  266. serial number and exits.
  267. =item B<-updatedb>
  268. Updates the database index to purge expired certificates.
  269. =item B<-crl_reason> I<reason>
  270. Revocation reason, where I<reason> is one of: B<unspecified>, B<keyCompromise>,
  271. B<CACompromise>, B<affiliationChanged>, B<superseded>, B<cessationOfOperation>,
  272. B<certificateHold> or B<removeFromCRL>. The matching of I<reason> is case
  273. insensitive. Setting any revocation reason will make the CRL v2.
  274. In practice B<removeFromCRL> is not particularly useful because it is only used
  275. in delta CRLs which are not currently implemented.
  276. =item B<-crl_hold> I<instruction>
  277. This sets the CRL revocation reason code to B<certificateHold> and the hold
  278. instruction to I<instruction> which must be an OID. Although any OID can be
  279. used only B<holdInstructionNone> (the use of which is discouraged by RFC2459)
  280. B<holdInstructionCallIssuer> or B<holdInstructionReject> will normally be used.
  281. =item B<-crl_compromise> I<time>
  282. This sets the revocation reason to B<keyCompromise> and the compromise time to
  283. I<time>. I<time> should be in GeneralizedTime format that is I<YYYYMMDDHHMMSSZ>.
  284. =item B<-crl_CA_compromise> I<time>
  285. This is the same as B<crl_compromise> except the revocation reason is set to
  286. B<CACompromise>.
  287. =item B<-crlexts> I<section>
  288. The section of the configuration file containing CRL extensions to
  289. include. If no CRL extension section is present then a V1 CRL is
  290. created, if the CRL extension section is present (even if it is
  291. empty) then a V2 CRL is created. The CRL extensions specified are
  292. CRL extensions and B<not> CRL entry extensions. It should be noted
  293. that some software (for example Netscape) can't handle V2 CRLs. See
  294. L<x509v3_config(5)> manual page for details of the
  295. extension section format.
  296. =back
  297. =head1 CONFIGURATION FILE OPTIONS
  298. The section of the configuration file containing options for this command
  299. is found as follows: If the B<-name> command line option is used,
  300. then it names the section to be used. Otherwise the section to
  301. be used must be named in the B<default_ca> option of the B<ca> section
  302. of the configuration file (or in the default section of the
  303. configuration file). Besides B<default_ca>, the following options are
  304. read directly from the B<ca> section:
  305. RANDFILE
  306. preserve
  307. msie_hack
  308. With the exception of B<RANDFILE>, this is probably a bug and may
  309. change in future releases.
  310. Many of the configuration file options are identical to command line
  311. options. Where the option is present in the configuration file
  312. and the command line the command line value is used. Where an
  313. option is described as mandatory then it must be present in
  314. the configuration file or the command line equivalent (if
  315. any) used.
  316. =over 4
  317. =item B<oid_file>
  318. This specifies a file containing additional B<OBJECT IDENTIFIERS>.
  319. Each line of the file should consist of the numerical form of the
  320. object identifier followed by whitespace then the short name followed
  321. by whitespace and finally the long name.
  322. =item B<oid_section>
  323. This specifies a section in the configuration file containing extra
  324. object identifiers. Each line should consist of the short name of the
  325. object identifier followed by B<=> and the numerical form. The short
  326. and long names are the same when this option is used.
  327. =item B<new_certs_dir>
  328. The same as the B<-outdir> command line option. It specifies
  329. the directory where new certificates will be placed. Mandatory.
  330. =item B<certificate>
  331. The same as B<-cert>. It gives the file containing the CA
  332. certificate. Mandatory.
  333. =item B<private_key>
  334. Same as the B<-keyfile> option. The file containing the
  335. CA private key. Mandatory.
  336. =item B<RANDFILE>
  337. At startup the specified file is loaded into the random number generator,
  338. and at exit 256 bytes will be written to it. (Note: Using a RANDFILE is
  339. not necessary anymore, see the L</HISTORY> section.
  340. =item B<default_days>
  341. The same as the B<-days> option. The number of days to certify
  342. a certificate for.
  343. =item B<default_startdate>
  344. The same as the B<-startdate> option. The start date to certify
  345. a certificate for. If not set the current time is used.
  346. =item B<default_enddate>
  347. The same as the B<-enddate> option. Either this option or
  348. B<default_days> (or the command line equivalents) must be
  349. present.
  350. =item B<default_crl_hours default_crl_days>
  351. The same as the B<-crlhours> and the B<-crldays> options. These
  352. will only be used if neither command line option is present. At
  353. least one of these must be present to generate a CRL.
  354. =item B<default_md>
  355. The same as the B<-md> option. Mandatory except where the signing algorithm does
  356. not require a digest (i.e. Ed25519 and Ed448).
  357. =item B<database>
  358. The text database file to use. Mandatory. This file must be present
  359. though initially it will be empty.
  360. =item B<unique_subject>
  361. If the value B<yes> is given, the valid certificate entries in the
  362. database must have unique subjects. if the value B<no> is given,
  363. several valid certificate entries may have the exact same subject.
  364. The default value is B<yes>, to be compatible with older (pre 0.9.8)
  365. versions of OpenSSL. However, to make CA certificate roll-over easier,
  366. it's recommended to use the value B<no>, especially if combined with
  367. the B<-selfsign> command line option.
  368. Note that it is valid in some circumstances for certificates to be created
  369. without any subject. In the case where there are multiple certificates without
  370. subjects this does not count as a duplicate.
  371. =item B<serial>
  372. A text file containing the next serial number to use in hex. Mandatory.
  373. This file must be present and contain a valid serial number.
  374. =item B<crlnumber>
  375. A text file containing the next CRL number to use in hex. The crl number
  376. will be inserted in the CRLs only if this file exists. If this file is
  377. present, it must contain a valid CRL number.
  378. =item B<x509_extensions>
  379. A fallback to the B<-extensions> option.
  380. =item B<crl_extensions>
  381. A fallback to the B<-crlexts> option.
  382. =item B<preserve>
  383. The same as B<-preserveDN>
  384. =item B<email_in_dn>
  385. The same as B<-noemailDN>. If you want the EMAIL field to be removed
  386. from the DN of the certificate simply set this to 'no'. If not present
  387. the default is to allow for the EMAIL filed in the certificate's DN.
  388. =item B<msie_hack>
  389. The same as B<-msie_hack>
  390. =item B<policy>
  391. The same as B<-policy>. Mandatory. See the B<POLICY FORMAT> section
  392. for more information.
  393. =item B<name_opt>, B<cert_opt>
  394. These options allow the format used to display the certificate details
  395. when asking the user to confirm signing. All the options supported by
  396. the B<x509> utilities B<-nameopt> and B<-certopt> switches can be used
  397. here, except the B<no_signame> and B<no_sigdump> are permanently set
  398. and cannot be disabled (this is because the certificate signature cannot
  399. be displayed because the certificate has not been signed at this point).
  400. For convenience the values B<ca_default> are accepted by both to produce
  401. a reasonable output.
  402. If neither option is present the format used in earlier versions of
  403. OpenSSL is used. Use of the old format is B<strongly> discouraged because
  404. it only displays fields mentioned in the B<policy> section, mishandles
  405. multicharacter string types and does not display extensions.
  406. =item B<copy_extensions>
  407. Determines how extensions in certificate requests should be handled.
  408. If set to B<none> or this option is not present then extensions are
  409. ignored and not copied to the certificate. If set to B<copy> then any
  410. extensions present in the request that are not already present are copied
  411. to the certificate. If set to B<copyall> then all extensions in the
  412. request are copied to the certificate: if the extension is already present
  413. in the certificate it is deleted first. See the B<WARNINGS> section before
  414. using this option.
  415. The main use of this option is to allow a certificate request to supply
  416. values for certain extensions such as subjectAltName.
  417. =back
  418. =head1 POLICY FORMAT
  419. The policy section consists of a set of variables corresponding to
  420. certificate DN fields. If the value is "match" then the field value
  421. must match the same field in the CA certificate. If the value is
  422. "supplied" then it must be present. If the value is "optional" then
  423. it may be present. Any fields not mentioned in the policy section
  424. are silently deleted, unless the B<-preserveDN> option is set but
  425. this can be regarded more of a quirk than intended behaviour.
  426. =head1 SPKAC FORMAT
  427. The input to the B<-spkac> command line option is a Netscape
  428. signed public key and challenge. This will usually come from
  429. the B<KEYGEN> tag in an HTML form to create a new private key.
  430. It is however possible to create SPKACs using L<openssl-spkac(1)>.
  431. The file should contain the variable SPKAC set to the value of
  432. the SPKAC and also the required DN components as name value pairs.
  433. If you need to include the same component twice then it can be
  434. preceded by a number and a '.'.
  435. When processing SPKAC format, the output is DER if the B<-out>
  436. flag is used, but PEM format if sending to stdout or the B<-outdir>
  437. flag is used.
  438. =head1 EXAMPLES
  439. Note: these examples assume that the directory structure this command
  440. assumes is already set up and the relevant files already exist. This
  441. usually involves creating a CA certificate and private key with
  442. L<openssl-req(1)>, a serial number file and an empty index file and
  443. placing them in the relevant directories.
  444. To use the sample configuration file below the directories F<demoCA>,
  445. F<demoCA/private> and F<demoCA/newcerts> would be created. The CA
  446. certificate would be copied to F<demoCA/cacert.pem> and its private
  447. key to F<demoCA/private/cakey.pem>. A file F<demoCA/serial> would be
  448. created containing for example "01" and the empty index file
  449. F<demoCA/index.txt>.
  450. Sign a certificate request:
  451. openssl ca -in req.pem -out newcert.pem
  452. Sign an SM2 certificate request:
  453. openssl ca -in sm2.csr -out sm2.crt -md sm3 \
  454. -sigopt "distid:1234567812345678" \
  455. -vfyopt "distid:1234567812345678"
  456. Sign a certificate request, using CA extensions:
  457. openssl ca -in req.pem -extensions v3_ca -out newcert.pem
  458. Generate a CRL
  459. openssl ca -gencrl -out crl.pem
  460. Sign several requests:
  461. openssl ca -infiles req1.pem req2.pem req3.pem
  462. Certify a Netscape SPKAC:
  463. openssl ca -spkac spkac.txt
  464. A sample SPKAC file (the SPKAC line has been truncated for clarity):
  465. SPKAC=MIG0MGAwXDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAANLADBIAkEAn7PDhCeV/xIxUg8V70YRxK2A5
  466. CN=Steve Test
  467. emailAddress=steve@openssl.org
  468. 0.OU=OpenSSL Group
  469. 1.OU=Another Group
  470. A sample configuration file with the relevant sections for this command:
  471. [ ca ]
  472. default_ca = CA_default # The default ca section
  473. [ CA_default ]
  474. dir = ./demoCA # top dir
  475. database = $dir/index.txt # index file.
  476. new_certs_dir = $dir/newcerts # new certs dir
  477. certificate = $dir/cacert.pem # The CA cert
  478. serial = $dir/serial # serial no file
  479. #rand_serial = yes # for random serial#'s
  480. private_key = $dir/private/cakey.pem# CA private key
  481. default_days = 365 # how long to certify for
  482. default_crl_days= 30 # how long before next CRL
  483. default_md = md5 # md to use
  484. policy = policy_any # default policy
  485. email_in_dn = no # Don't add the email into cert DN
  486. name_opt = ca_default # Subject name display option
  487. cert_opt = ca_default # Certificate display option
  488. copy_extensions = none # Don't copy extensions from request
  489. [ policy_any ]
  490. countryName = supplied
  491. stateOrProvinceName = optional
  492. organizationName = optional
  493. organizationalUnitName = optional
  494. commonName = supplied
  495. emailAddress = optional
  496. =head1 FILES
  497. Note: the location of all files can change either by compile time options,
  498. configuration file entries, environment variables or command line options.
  499. The values below reflect the default values.
  500. /usr/local/ssl/lib/openssl.cnf - master configuration file
  501. ./demoCA - main CA directory
  502. ./demoCA/cacert.pem - CA certificate
  503. ./demoCA/private/cakey.pem - CA private key
  504. ./demoCA/serial - CA serial number file
  505. ./demoCA/serial.old - CA serial number backup file
  506. ./demoCA/index.txt - CA text database file
  507. ./demoCA/index.txt.old - CA text database backup file
  508. ./demoCA/certs - certificate output file
  509. =head1 RESTRICTIONS
  510. The text database index file is a critical part of the process and
  511. if corrupted it can be difficult to fix. It is theoretically possible
  512. to rebuild the index file from all the issued certificates and a current
  513. CRL: however there is no option to do this.
  514. V2 CRL features like delta CRLs are not currently supported.
  515. Although several requests can be input and handled at once it is only
  516. possible to include one SPKAC or self-signed certificate.
  517. =head1 BUGS
  518. The use of an in-memory text database can cause problems when large
  519. numbers of certificates are present because, as the name implies
  520. the database has to be kept in memory.
  521. This command really needs rewriting or the required functionality
  522. exposed at either a command or interface level so that a more user-friendly
  523. replacement could handle things properly. The script
  524. B<CA.pl> helps a little but not very much.
  525. Any fields in a request that are not present in a policy are silently
  526. deleted. This does not happen if the B<-preserveDN> option is used. To
  527. enforce the absence of the EMAIL field within the DN, as suggested by
  528. RFCs, regardless the contents of the request' subject the B<-noemailDN>
  529. option can be used. The behaviour should be more friendly and
  530. configurable.
  531. Canceling some commands by refusing to certify a certificate can
  532. create an empty file.
  533. =head1 WARNINGS
  534. This command is quirky and at times downright unfriendly.
  535. This command was originally meant as an example of how to do
  536. things in a CA. It was not supposed to be used as a full blown CA itself:
  537. nevertheless some people are using it for this purpose.
  538. This command command is effectively a single user command: no locking
  539. is done on the various files and attempts to run more than one B<openssl ca>
  540. command on the same database can have unpredictable results.
  541. The B<copy_extensions> option should be used with caution. If care is
  542. not taken then it can be a security risk. For example if a certificate
  543. request contains a basicConstraints extension with CA:TRUE and the
  544. B<copy_extensions> value is set to B<copyall> and the user does not spot
  545. this when the certificate is displayed then this will hand the requester
  546. a valid CA certificate.
  547. This situation can be avoided by setting B<copy_extensions> to B<copy>
  548. and including basicConstraints with CA:FALSE in the configuration file.
  549. Then if the request contains a basicConstraints extension it will be
  550. ignored.
  551. It is advisable to also include values for other extensions such
  552. as B<keyUsage> to prevent a request supplying its own values.
  553. Additional restrictions can be placed on the CA certificate itself.
  554. For example if the CA certificate has:
  555. basicConstraints = CA:TRUE, pathlen:0
  556. then even if a certificate is issued with CA:TRUE it will not be valid.
  557. =head1 HISTORY
  558. Since OpenSSL 1.1.1, the program follows RFC5280. Specifically,
  559. certificate validity period (specified by any of B<-startdate>,
  560. B<-enddate> and B<-days>) and CRL last/next update time (specified by
  561. any of B<-crl_lastupdate>, B<-crl_nextupdate>, B<-crldays>, B<-crlhours>
  562. and B<-crlsec>) will be encoded as UTCTime if the dates are
  563. earlier than year 2049 (included), and as GeneralizedTime if the dates
  564. are in year 2050 or later.
  565. OpenSSL 1.1.1 introduced a new random generator (CSPRNG) with an improved
  566. seeding mechanism. The new seeding mechanism makes it unnecessary to
  567. define a RANDFILE for saving and restoring randomness. This option is
  568. retained mainly for compatibility reasons.
  569. The B<-section> option was added in OpenSSL 3.0.0.
  570. The B<-certform> and B<-multivalue-rdn> options
  571. have become obsolete in OpenSSL 3.0.0 and have no effect.
  572. All B<-keyform> values except B<ENGINE> have become obsolete in OpenSSL 3.0.0
  573. and have no effect.
  574. The B<-engine> option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  575. =head1 SEE ALSO
  576. L<openssl(1)>,
  577. L<openssl-req(1)>,
  578. L<openssl-spkac(1)>,
  579. L<openssl-x509(1)>,
  580. L<CA.pl(1)>,
  581. L<config(5)>,
  582. L<x509v3_config(5)>
  583. =head1 COPYRIGHT
  584. Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  585. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
  586. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  587. in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
  588. L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
  589. =cut