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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH NAME openssl\-rsautl \- RSA command .SH SYNOPSIS .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" \&\fBopenssl\fR \fBrsautl\fR [\fB\-help\fR] [\fB\-in\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-passin\fR \fIarg\fR] [\fB\-rev\fR] [\fB\-out\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-inkey\fR \fIfilename\fR|\fIuri\fR] [\fB\-keyform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBP12\fR|\fBENGINE\fR] [\fB\-pubin\fR] [\fB\-certin\fR] [\fB\-sign\fR] [\fB\-verify\fR] [\fB\-encrypt\fR] [\fB\-decrypt\fR] [\fB\-pkcs\fR] [\fB\-x931\fR] [\fB\-oaep\fR] [\fB\-raw\fR] [\fB\-hexdump\fR] [\fB\-asn1parse\fR] [\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR] [\fB\-rand\fR \fIfiles\fR] [\fB\-writerand\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-provider\fR \fIname\fR] [\fB\-provider\-path\fR \fIpath\fR] [\fB\-propquery\fR \fIpropq\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" This command has been deprecated. The \fBopenssl\-pkeyutl\fR\|(1) command should be used instead. .PP This command can be used to sign, verify, encrypt and decrypt data using the RSA algorithm. .SH OPTIONS .IX Header "OPTIONS" .IP \fB\-help\fR 4 .IX Item "-help" Print out a usage message. .IP "\fB\-in\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4 .IX Item "-in filename" This specifies the input filename to read data from or standard input if this option is not specified. .IP "\fB\-passin\fR \fIarg\fR" 4 .IX Item "-passin arg" The passphrase used in the output file. See see \fBopenssl\-passphrase\-options\fR\|(1). .IP \fB\-rev\fR 4 .IX Item "-rev" Reverse the order of the input. .IP "\fB\-out\fR \fIfilename\fR" 4 .IX Item "-out filename" Specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by default. .IP "\fB\-inkey\fR \fIfilename\fR|\fIuri\fR" 4 .IX Item "-inkey filename|uri" The input key, by default it should be an RSA private key. .IP "\fB\-keyform\fR \fBDER\fR|\fBPEM\fR|\fBP12\fR|\fBENGINE\fR" 4 .IX Item "-keyform DER|PEM|P12|ENGINE" The key format; unspecified by default. See \fBopenssl\-format\-options\fR\|(1) for details. .IP \fB\-pubin\fR 4 .IX Item "-pubin" The input file is an RSA public key. .IP \fB\-certin\fR 4 .IX Item "-certin" The input is a certificate containing an RSA public key. .IP \fB\-sign\fR 4 .IX Item "-sign" Sign the input data and output the signed result. This requires an RSA private key. .IP \fB\-verify\fR 4 .IX Item "-verify" Verify the input data and output the recovered data. .IP \fB\-encrypt\fR 4 .IX Item "-encrypt" Encrypt the input data using an RSA public key. .IP \fB\-decrypt\fR 4 .IX Item "-decrypt" Decrypt the input data using an RSA private key. .IP "\fB\-pkcs\fR, \fB\-oaep\fR, \fB\-x931\fR, \fB\-raw\fR" 4 .IX Item "-pkcs, -oaep, -x931, -raw" The padding to use: PKCS#1 v1.5 (the default), PKCS#1 OAEP, ANSI X9.31, or no padding, respectively. For signatures, only \fB\-pkcs\fR and \fB\-raw\fR can be used. .IP \fB\-hexdump\fR 4 .IX Item "-hexdump" Hex dump the output data. .IP \fB\-asn1parse\fR 4 .IX Item "-asn1parse" Parse the ASN.1 output data, this is useful when combined with the \&\fB\-verify\fR option. .IP "\fB\-engine\fR \fIid\fR" 4 .IX Item "-engine id" See "Engine Options" in \fBopenssl\fR\|(1). This option is deprecated. .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. .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). .SH NOTES .IX Header "NOTES" Since this command uses the RSA algorithm directly, it can only be used to sign or verify small pieces of data. .SH EXAMPLES .IX Header "EXAMPLES" Examples equivalent to these can be found in the documentation for the non-deprecated \fBopenssl\-pkeyutl\fR\|(1) command. .PP Sign some data using a private key: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl rsautl \-sign \-in file \-inkey key.pem \-out sig .Ve .PP Recover the signed data .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl rsautl \-verify \-in sig \-inkey key.pem .Ve .PP Examine the raw signed data: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl rsautl \-verify \-in sig \-inkey key.pem \-raw \-hexdump \& \& 0000 \- 00 01 ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0010 \- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0020 \- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0030 \- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0040 \- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0050 \- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0060 \- ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\-ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ................ \& 0070 \- ff ff ff ff 00 68 65 6c\-6c 6f 20 77 6f 72 6c 64 .....hello world .Ve .PP The PKCS#1 block formatting is evident from this. If this was done using encrypt and decrypt the block would have been of type 2 (the second byte) and random padding data visible instead of the 0xff bytes. .PP It is possible to analyse the signature of certificates using this command in conjunction with \fBopenssl\-asn1parse\fR\|(1). Consider the self signed example in \fIcerts/pca\-cert.pem\fR. Running \fBopenssl\-asn1parse\fR\|(1) as follows yields: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl asn1parse \-in pca\-cert.pem \& \& 0:d=0 hl=4 l= 742 cons: SEQUENCE \& 4:d=1 hl=4 l= 591 cons: SEQUENCE \& 8:d=2 hl=2 l= 3 cons: cont [ 0 ] \& 10:d=3 hl=2 l= 1 prim: INTEGER :02 \& 13:d=2 hl=2 l= 1 prim: INTEGER :00 \& 16:d=2 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE \& 18:d=3 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :md5WithRSAEncryption \& 29:d=3 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL \& 31:d=2 hl=2 l= 92 cons: SEQUENCE \& 33:d=3 hl=2 l= 11 cons: SET \& 35:d=4 hl=2 l= 9 cons: SEQUENCE \& 37:d=5 hl=2 l= 3 prim: OBJECT :countryName \& 42:d=5 hl=2 l= 2 prim: PRINTABLESTRING :AU \& .... \& 599:d=1 hl=2 l= 13 cons: SEQUENCE \& 601:d=2 hl=2 l= 9 prim: OBJECT :md5WithRSAEncryption \& 612:d=2 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL \& 614:d=1 hl=3 l= 129 prim: BIT STRING .Ve .PP The final BIT STRING contains the actual signature. It can be extracted with: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl asn1parse \-in pca\-cert.pem \-out sig \-noout \-strparse 614 .Ve .PP The certificate public key can be extracted with: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl x509 \-in test/testx509.pem \-pubkey \-noout >pubkey.pem .Ve .PP The signature can be analysed with: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl rsautl \-in sig \-verify \-asn1parse \-inkey pubkey.pem \-pubin \& \& 0:d=0 hl=2 l= 32 cons: SEQUENCE \& 2:d=1 hl=2 l= 12 cons: SEQUENCE \& 4:d=2 hl=2 l= 8 prim: OBJECT :md5 \& 14:d=2 hl=2 l= 0 prim: NULL \& 16:d=1 hl=2 l= 16 prim: OCTET STRING \& 0000 \- f3 46 9e aa 1a 4a 73 c9\-37 ea 93 00 48 25 08 b5 .F...Js.7...H%.. .Ve .PP This is the parsed version of an ASN1 DigestInfo structure. It can be seen that the digest used was md5. The actual part of the certificate that was signed can be extracted with: .PP .Vb 1 \& openssl asn1parse \-in pca\-cert.pem \-out tbs \-noout \-strparse 4 .Ve .PP and its digest computed with: .PP .Vb 2 \& openssl md5 \-c tbs \& MD5(tbs)= f3:46:9e:aa:1a:4a:73:c9:37:ea:93:00:48:25:08:b5 .Ve .PP which it can be seen agrees with the recovered value above. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" \&\fBopenssl\fR\|(1), \&\fBopenssl\-pkeyutl\fR\|(1), \&\fBopenssl\-dgst\fR\|(1), \&\fBopenssl\-rsa\fR\|(1), \&\fBopenssl\-genrsa\fR\|(1) .SH HISTORY .IX Header "HISTORY" This command was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. .PP The \fB\-engine\fR option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. .SH COPYRIGHT .IX Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2000\-2023 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 .