OPENSSL-PRIME

Section: OpenSSL (1SSL)
Updated: 2024-03-03
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NAME

openssl-prime - compute prime numbers  

SYNOPSIS

openssl prime [-help] [-hex] [-generate] [-bits num] [-safe] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq] [-checks num] [number ...]  

DESCRIPTION

This command checks if the specified numbers are prime.

If no numbers are given on the command line, the -generate flag should be used to generate primes according to the requirements specified by the rest of the flags.  

OPTIONS

-help
Display an option summary.
-hex
Generate hex output.
-generate
Generate a prime number.
-bits num
Generate a prime with num bits.
-safe
When used with -generate, generates a ``safe'' prime. If the number generated is n, then check that "(n-1)/2" is also prime.
-provider name
-provider-path path
-propquery propq
See ``Provider Options'' in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).
-checks num
This parameter is ignored.
 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2017-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

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 <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.


 

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