openssl-dsaparam

Print out a usage message.

The DSA parameters input format; unspecified by default. See openssl-format-options(1) for details.

The DSA parameters output format; the default is PEM. See openssl-format-options(1) for details. Parameters are a sequence of ASN.1 INTEGERs: p, q, and g. This is compatible with RFC 2459 DSS-Parms structure.

This specifies the input file to read parameters from or standard input if this option is not specified. If the numbits parameter is included then this option will be ignored.

This specifies the output file to write parameters to. Standard output is used if this option is not present. The output filename can be the same as the input filename, which leads to replacing the file contents. Note that file I/O is not atomic. The output file is truncated and then written.

This option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters.

This option prints out the DSA parameters in human readable form.

This option will generate a DSA either using the specified or generated parameters.

Print extra details about the operations being performed.

Print fewer details about the operations being performed, which may be handy during batch scripts and pipelines.

See "Random State Options" in openssl(1) for details.

See "Engine Options" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated.

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See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).