Man1 - pkcs7.1ssl

openssl-pkcs7, pkcs7 - PKCS#7 utility

openssl pkcs7 [*-help*] [*-inform PEM|DER*] [*-outform PEM|DER*] [*-in filename*] [*-out filename*] [*-print_certs*] [*-text*] [*-noout*] [*-engine id*]

The pkcs7 command processes PKCS#7 files in DER or PEM format.

-help

Print out a usage message.

-inform DER|PEM

This specifies the input format. DER format is DER encoded PKCS#7 v1.5 structure.*PEM* (the default) is a base64 encoded version of the DER form with header and footer lines.

-outform DER|PEM

This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning and default as the -inform option.

-in filename

This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this option is not specified.

-out filename

Specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by default.

-print_certs

Prints out any certificates or CRLs contained in the file. They are preceded by their subject and issuer names in one line format.

-text

Prints out certificates details in full rather than just subject and issuer names.

-noout

Don’t output the encoded version of the PKCS#7 structure (or certificates is -print_certs is set).

-engine id

Specifying an engine (by its unique id string) will cause pkcs7 to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default for all available algorithms.

Convert a PKCS#7 file from PEM to DER:

openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -outform DER -out file.der

Output all certificates in a file:

openssl pkcs7 -in file.pem -print_certs -out certs.pem

The PEM PKCS#7 format uses the header and footer lines:

–—BEGIN PKCS7–— –—END PKCS7–—

For compatibility with some CAs it will also accept:

–—BEGIN CERTIFICATE–— –—END CERTIFICATE–—

There is no option to print out all the fields of a PKCS#7 file.

This PKCS#7 routines only understand PKCS#7 v 1.5 as specified in RFC2315 they cannot currently parse, for example, the new CMS as described in RFC2630.

crl2pkcs7 (1)

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