ocsp(1ssl)

ocsp1ssl

Openssl application commands

Part of openssl-cmds(1ssl).

Usage

openssl {cmd -help | [{-option | -option arg}] ... [arg] ...}

Overview

Every cmd listed above is a (sub-)command of the openssl(1) application. It has its own detailed manual page at openssl-cmd(1). For example, to view the manual page for the openssl dgst command, type "man openssl-dgst".

Options

Among others, every subcommand has a help option.

-help

Print out a usage message for the subcommand.

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 11 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. 8
  7. 9
  8. 10
  9. 11
  10. 12
  11. 13
  12. Arch

-help since Debian 9 (Stretch).

-CA until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -CAfile until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -CApath until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -VAfile until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -attime until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -auth_level until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -cert until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -check_ss_sig until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -crl_check until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -crl_check_all until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -digest until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -explicit_policy until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -extended_crl until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -header until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -host until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -ignore_critical until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -ignore_err until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -index until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -inhibit_any until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -inhibit_map until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -issuer until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -multi until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -ndays until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -nmin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-CAfile until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no-CApath until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_alt_chains until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_cert_checks until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_cert_verify until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_chain until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_check_time until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_explicit until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_intern until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_nonce until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -no_signature_verify until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -nonce until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -noverify until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -nrequest until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -out until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -partial_chain until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -path until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -policy until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -policy_check until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -policy_print until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -port until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -purpose until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -req_text until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -reqin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -reqout until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -resp_key_id until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -resp_no_certs until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -resp_text until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -respin until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -respout until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rkey until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rother until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rsigner until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -rsigopt until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -serial until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -sign_other until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -signer until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -signkey until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -status_age until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -suiteB_128 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -suiteB_128_only until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -suiteB_192 until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -text until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -timeout until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -trust_other until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -trusted_first until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -url until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -use_deltas until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -validity_period until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -verify_depth until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -verify_email until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -verify_hostname until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -verify_ip until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -verify_name until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -verify_other until Debian 11 (Bullseye); -x509_strict until Debian 11 (Bullseye).

History

Initially, the manual page entry for the "openssl cmd" command used to be available at cmd(1). Later, the alias openssl-cmd(1) was introduced, which made it easier to group the openssl commands using the apropos(1) command or the shell's tab completion.

In order to reduce cluttering of the global manual page namespace, the manual page entries without the 'openssl-' prefix have been deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0 and will be removed in OpenSSL 4.0.

From openssl 3.6.5-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.