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  1. =pod
  2. {- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -}
  3. =head1 NAME
  4. openssl-enc - symmetric cipher routines
  5. =head1 SYNOPSIS
  6. B<openssl> B<enc>|I<cipher>
  7. [B<-I<cipher>>]
  8. [B<-help>]
  9. [B<-list>]
  10. [B<-ciphers>]
  11. [B<-in> I<filename>]
  12. [B<-out> I<filename>]
  13. [B<-pass> I<arg>]
  14. [B<-e>]
  15. [B<-d>]
  16. [B<-a>]
  17. [B<-base64>]
  18. [B<-A>]
  19. [B<-k> I<password>]
  20. [B<-kfile> I<filename>]
  21. [B<-K> I<key>]
  22. [B<-iv> I<IV>]
  23. [B<-S> I<salt>]
  24. [B<-salt>]
  25. [B<-nosalt>]
  26. [B<-z>]
  27. [B<-md> I<digest>]
  28. [B<-iter> I<count>]
  29. [B<-pbkdf2>]
  30. [B<-p>]
  31. [B<-P>]
  32. [B<-bufsize> I<number>]
  33. [B<-nopad>]
  34. [B<-v>]
  35. [B<-debug>]
  36. [B<-none>]
  37. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_synopsis -}{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_synopsis -}
  38. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -}
  39. B<openssl> I<cipher> [B<...>]
  40. =head1 DESCRIPTION
  41. The symmetric cipher commands allow data to be encrypted or decrypted
  42. using various block and stream ciphers using keys based on passwords
  43. or explicitly provided. Base64 encoding or decoding can also be performed
  44. either by itself or in addition to the encryption or decryption.
  45. =head1 OPTIONS
  46. =over 4
  47. =item B<-I<cipher>>
  48. The cipher to use.
  49. =item B<-help>
  50. Print out a usage message.
  51. =item B<-list>
  52. List all supported ciphers.
  53. =item B<-ciphers>
  54. Alias of -list to display all supported ciphers.
  55. =item B<-in> I<filename>
  56. The input filename, standard input by default.
  57. =item B<-out> I<filename>
  58. The output filename, standard output by default.
  59. =item B<-pass> I<arg>
  60. The password source. For more information about the format of I<arg>
  61. see L<openssl-passphrase-options(1)>.
  62. =item B<-e>
  63. Encrypt the input data: this is the default.
  64. =item B<-d>
  65. Decrypt the input data.
  66. =item B<-a>
  67. Base64 process the data. This means that if encryption is taking place
  68. the data is base64 encoded after encryption. If decryption is set then
  69. the input data is base64 decoded before being decrypted.
  70. =item B<-base64>
  71. Same as B<-a>
  72. =item B<-A>
  73. If the B<-a> option is set then base64 process the data on one line.
  74. =item B<-k> I<password>
  75. The password to derive the key from. This is for compatibility with previous
  76. versions of OpenSSL. Superseded by the B<-pass> argument.
  77. =item B<-kfile> I<filename>
  78. Read the password to derive the key from the first line of I<filename>.
  79. This is for compatibility with previous versions of OpenSSL. Superseded by
  80. the B<-pass> argument.
  81. =item B<-md> I<digest>
  82. Use the specified digest to create the key from the passphrase.
  83. The default algorithm is sha-256.
  84. =item B<-iter> I<count>
  85. Use a given number of iterations on the password in deriving the encryption key.
  86. High values increase the time required to brute-force the resulting file.
  87. This option enables the use of PBKDF2 algorithm to derive the key.
  88. =item B<-pbkdf2>
  89. Use PBKDF2 algorithm with a default iteration count of 10000
  90. unless otherwise specified by the B<-iter> command line option.
  91. =item B<-nosalt>
  92. Don't use a salt in the key derivation routines. This option B<SHOULD NOT> be
  93. used except for test purposes or compatibility with ancient versions of
  94. OpenSSL.
  95. =item B<-salt>
  96. Use salt (randomly generated or provide with B<-S> option) when
  97. encrypting, this is the default.
  98. =item B<-S> I<salt>
  99. The actual salt to use: this must be represented as a string of hex digits.
  100. If this option is used while encrypting, the same exact value will be needed
  101. again during decryption.
  102. =item B<-K> I<key>
  103. The actual key to use: this must be represented as a string comprised only
  104. of hex digits. If only the key is specified, the IV must additionally specified
  105. using the B<-iv> option. When both a key and a password are specified, the
  106. key given with the B<-K> option will be used and the IV generated from the
  107. password will be taken. It does not make much sense to specify both key
  108. and password.
  109. =item B<-iv> I<IV>
  110. The actual IV to use: this must be represented as a string comprised only
  111. of hex digits. When only the key is specified using the B<-K> option, the
  112. IV must explicitly be defined. When a password is being specified using
  113. one of the other options, the IV is generated from this password.
  114. =item B<-p>
  115. Print out the key and IV used.
  116. =item B<-P>
  117. Print out the key and IV used then immediately exit: don't do any encryption
  118. or decryption.
  119. =item B<-bufsize> I<number>
  120. Set the buffer size for I/O.
  121. =item B<-nopad>
  122. Disable standard block padding.
  123. =item B<-v>
  124. Verbose print; display some statistics about I/O and buffer sizes.
  125. =item B<-debug>
  126. Debug the BIOs used for I/O.
  127. =item B<-z>
  128. Compress or decompress encrypted data using zlib after encryption or before
  129. decryption. This option exists only if OpenSSL was compiled with the zlib
  130. or zlib-dynamic option.
  131. =item B<-none>
  132. Use NULL cipher (no encryption or decryption of input).
  133. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_r_item -}
  134. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -}
  135. {- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_engine_item -}
  136. =back
  137. =head1 NOTES
  138. The program can be called either as C<openssl I<cipher>> or
  139. C<openssl enc -I<cipher>>. The first form doesn't work with
  140. engine-provided ciphers, because this form is processed before the
  141. configuration file is read and any ENGINEs loaded.
  142. Use the L<openssl-list(1)> command to get a list of supported ciphers.
  143. Engines which provide entirely new encryption algorithms (such as the ccgost
  144. engine which provides gost89 algorithm) should be configured in the
  145. configuration file. Engines specified on the command line using B<-engine>
  146. option can only be used for hardware-assisted implementations of
  147. ciphers which are supported by the OpenSSL core or another engine specified
  148. in the configuration file.
  149. When the enc command lists supported ciphers, ciphers provided by engines,
  150. specified in the configuration files are listed too.
  151. A password will be prompted for to derive the key and IV if necessary.
  152. The B<-salt> option should B<ALWAYS> be used if the key is being derived
  153. from a password unless you want compatibility with previous versions of
  154. OpenSSL.
  155. Without the B<-salt> option it is possible to perform efficient dictionary
  156. attacks on the password and to attack stream cipher encrypted data. The reason
  157. for this is that without the salt the same password always generates the same
  158. encryption key.
  159. When the salt is generated at random (that means when encrypting using a
  160. passphrase without explicit salt given using B<-S> option), the first bytes
  161. of the encrypted data are reserved to store the salt for later decrypting.
  162. Some of the ciphers do not have large keys and others have security
  163. implications if not used correctly. A beginner is advised to just use
  164. a strong block cipher, such as AES, in CBC mode.
  165. All the block ciphers normally use PKCS#5 padding, also known as standard
  166. block padding. This allows a rudimentary integrity or password check to
  167. be performed. However, since the chance of random data passing the test
  168. is better than 1 in 256 it isn't a very good test.
  169. If padding is disabled then the input data must be a multiple of the cipher
  170. block length.
  171. All RC2 ciphers have the same key and effective key length.
  172. Blowfish and RC5 algorithms use a 128 bit key.
  173. Please note that OpenSSL 3.0 changed the effect of the B<-S> option.
  174. Any explicit salt value specified via this option is no longer prepended to the
  175. ciphertext when encrypting, and must again be explicitly provided when decrypting.
  176. Conversely, when the B<-S> option is used during decryption, the ciphertext
  177. is expected to not have a prepended salt value.
  178. When using OpenSSL 3.0 or later to decrypt data that was encrypted with an
  179. explicit salt under OpenSSL 1.1.1 do not use the B<-S> option, the salt will
  180. then be read from the ciphertext.
  181. To generate ciphertext that can be decrypted with OpenSSL 1.1.1 do not use
  182. the B<-S> option, the salt will be then be generated randomly and prepended
  183. to the output.
  184. =head1 SUPPORTED CIPHERS
  185. Note that some of these ciphers can be disabled at compile time
  186. and some are available only if an appropriate engine is configured
  187. in the configuration file. The output when invoking this command
  188. with the B<-list> option (that is C<openssl enc -list>) is
  189. a list of ciphers, supported by your version of OpenSSL, including
  190. ones provided by configured engines.
  191. This command does not support authenticated encryption modes
  192. like CCM and GCM, and will not support such modes in the future.
  193. This is due to having to begin streaming output (e.g., to standard output
  194. when B<-out> is not used) before the authentication tag could be validated.
  195. When this command is used in a pipeline, the receiving end will not be
  196. able to roll back upon authentication failure. The AEAD modes currently in
  197. common use also suffer from catastrophic failure of confidentiality and/or
  198. integrity upon reuse of key/iv/nonce, and since B<openssl enc> places the
  199. entire burden of key/iv/nonce management upon the user, the risk of
  200. exposing AEAD modes is too great to allow. These key/iv/nonce
  201. management issues also affect other modes currently exposed in this command,
  202. but the failure modes are less extreme in these cases, and the
  203. functionality cannot be removed with a stable release branch.
  204. For bulk encryption of data, whether using authenticated encryption
  205. modes or other modes, L<openssl-cms(1)> is recommended, as it provides a
  206. standard data format and performs the needed key/iv/nonce management.
  207. base64 Base 64
  208. bf-cbc Blowfish in CBC mode
  209. bf Alias for bf-cbc
  210. blowfish Alias for bf-cbc
  211. bf-cfb Blowfish in CFB mode
  212. bf-ecb Blowfish in ECB mode
  213. bf-ofb Blowfish in OFB mode
  214. cast-cbc CAST in CBC mode
  215. cast Alias for cast-cbc
  216. cast5-cbc CAST5 in CBC mode
  217. cast5-cfb CAST5 in CFB mode
  218. cast5-ecb CAST5 in ECB mode
  219. cast5-ofb CAST5 in OFB mode
  220. chacha20 ChaCha20 algorithm
  221. des-cbc DES in CBC mode
  222. des Alias for des-cbc
  223. des-cfb DES in CFB mode
  224. des-ofb DES in OFB mode
  225. des-ecb DES in ECB mode
  226. des-ede-cbc Two key triple DES EDE in CBC mode
  227. des-ede Two key triple DES EDE in ECB mode
  228. des-ede-cfb Two key triple DES EDE in CFB mode
  229. des-ede-ofb Two key triple DES EDE in OFB mode
  230. des-ede3-cbc Three key triple DES EDE in CBC mode
  231. des-ede3 Three key triple DES EDE in ECB mode
  232. des3 Alias for des-ede3-cbc
  233. des-ede3-cfb Three key triple DES EDE CFB mode
  234. des-ede3-ofb Three key triple DES EDE in OFB mode
  235. desx DESX algorithm.
  236. gost89 GOST 28147-89 in CFB mode (provided by ccgost engine)
  237. gost89-cnt GOST 28147-89 in CNT mode (provided by ccgost engine)
  238. idea-cbc IDEA algorithm in CBC mode
  239. idea same as idea-cbc
  240. idea-cfb IDEA in CFB mode
  241. idea-ecb IDEA in ECB mode
  242. idea-ofb IDEA in OFB mode
  243. rc2-cbc 128 bit RC2 in CBC mode
  244. rc2 Alias for rc2-cbc
  245. rc2-cfb 128 bit RC2 in CFB mode
  246. rc2-ecb 128 bit RC2 in ECB mode
  247. rc2-ofb 128 bit RC2 in OFB mode
  248. rc2-64-cbc 64 bit RC2 in CBC mode
  249. rc2-40-cbc 40 bit RC2 in CBC mode
  250. rc4 128 bit RC4
  251. rc4-64 64 bit RC4
  252. rc4-40 40 bit RC4
  253. rc5-cbc RC5 cipher in CBC mode
  254. rc5 Alias for rc5-cbc
  255. rc5-cfb RC5 cipher in CFB mode
  256. rc5-ecb RC5 cipher in ECB mode
  257. rc5-ofb RC5 cipher in OFB mode
  258. seed-cbc SEED cipher in CBC mode
  259. seed Alias for seed-cbc
  260. seed-cfb SEED cipher in CFB mode
  261. seed-ecb SEED cipher in ECB mode
  262. seed-ofb SEED cipher in OFB mode
  263. sm4-cbc SM4 cipher in CBC mode
  264. sm4 Alias for sm4-cbc
  265. sm4-cfb SM4 cipher in CFB mode
  266. sm4-ctr SM4 cipher in CTR mode
  267. sm4-ecb SM4 cipher in ECB mode
  268. sm4-ofb SM4 cipher in OFB mode
  269. aes-[128|192|256]-cbc 128/192/256 bit AES in CBC mode
  270. aes[128|192|256] Alias for aes-[128|192|256]-cbc
  271. aes-[128|192|256]-cfb 128/192/256 bit AES in 128 bit CFB mode
  272. aes-[128|192|256]-cfb1 128/192/256 bit AES in 1 bit CFB mode
  273. aes-[128|192|256]-cfb8 128/192/256 bit AES in 8 bit CFB mode
  274. aes-[128|192|256]-ctr 128/192/256 bit AES in CTR mode
  275. aes-[128|192|256]-ecb 128/192/256 bit AES in ECB mode
  276. aes-[128|192|256]-ofb 128/192/256 bit AES in OFB mode
  277. aria-[128|192|256]-cbc 128/192/256 bit ARIA in CBC mode
  278. aria[128|192|256] Alias for aria-[128|192|256]-cbc
  279. aria-[128|192|256]-cfb 128/192/256 bit ARIA in 128 bit CFB mode
  280. aria-[128|192|256]-cfb1 128/192/256 bit ARIA in 1 bit CFB mode
  281. aria-[128|192|256]-cfb8 128/192/256 bit ARIA in 8 bit CFB mode
  282. aria-[128|192|256]-ctr 128/192/256 bit ARIA in CTR mode
  283. aria-[128|192|256]-ecb 128/192/256 bit ARIA in ECB mode
  284. aria-[128|192|256]-ofb 128/192/256 bit ARIA in OFB mode
  285. camellia-[128|192|256]-cbc 128/192/256 bit Camellia in CBC mode
  286. camellia[128|192|256] Alias for camellia-[128|192|256]-cbc
  287. camellia-[128|192|256]-cfb 128/192/256 bit Camellia in 128 bit CFB mode
  288. camellia-[128|192|256]-cfb1 128/192/256 bit Camellia in 1 bit CFB mode
  289. camellia-[128|192|256]-cfb8 128/192/256 bit Camellia in 8 bit CFB mode
  290. camellia-[128|192|256]-ctr 128/192/256 bit Camellia in CTR mode
  291. camellia-[128|192|256]-ecb 128/192/256 bit Camellia in ECB mode
  292. camellia-[128|192|256]-ofb 128/192/256 bit Camellia in OFB mode
  293. =head1 EXAMPLES
  294. Just base64 encode a binary file:
  295. openssl base64 -in file.bin -out file.b64
  296. Decode the same file
  297. openssl base64 -d -in file.b64 -out file.bin
  298. Encrypt a file using AES-128 using a prompted password
  299. and PBKDF2 key derivation:
  300. openssl enc -aes128 -pbkdf2 -in file.txt -out file.aes128
  301. Decrypt a file using a supplied password:
  302. openssl enc -aes128 -pbkdf2 -d -in file.aes128 -out file.txt \
  303. -pass pass:<password>
  304. Encrypt a file then base64 encode it (so it can be sent via mail for example)
  305. using AES-256 in CTR mode and PBKDF2 key derivation:
  306. openssl enc -aes-256-ctr -pbkdf2 -a -in file.txt -out file.aes256
  307. Base64 decode a file then decrypt it using a password supplied in a file:
  308. openssl enc -aes-256-ctr -pbkdf2 -d -a -in file.aes256 -out file.txt \
  309. -pass file:<passfile>
  310. =head1 BUGS
  311. The B<-A> option when used with large files doesn't work properly.
  312. The B<openssl enc> command only supports a fixed number of algorithms with
  313. certain parameters. So if, for example, you want to use RC2 with a
  314. 76 bit key or RC4 with an 84 bit key you can't use this program.
  315. =head1 HISTORY
  316. The default digest was changed from MD5 to SHA256 in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
  317. The B<-list> option was added in OpenSSL 1.1.1e.
  318. The B<-ciphers> and B<-engine> options were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
  319. =head1 COPYRIGHT
  320. Copyright 2000-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  321. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
  322. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  323. in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
  324. L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
  325. =cut