This section describes a version of the openssl program that is available with Eric Young’s OpenSSL package, which can be downloaded from the OpenSSL Web site, http://www.openssl.org. OpenSSL is a publicly available implementation of the SSL protocol. Consult Appendix C for information about the copyright terms of OpenSSL.

	Note
	For complete documentation of the OpenSSL utilities, consult the documentation at the OpenSSL web site http://www.openssl.org/docs.

An openssl command line takes the following form:

openssl utility arguments

For example:

openssl x509 -in OrbixCA -text

This appendix describes the following openssl utilities:

To get a list of the arguments associated with a particular command, use the -help option as follows:

openssl utility -help

For example:

openssl x509 -help