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Title "SPKAC 1" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
way too many mistakes in technical documents.
spkac - SPKAC printing and generating utility Header "SYNOPSIS" \fBopenssl spkac [-in filename] [-out filename] [-key keyfile] [-passin arg] [-challenge string] [-pubkey] [-spkac spkacname] [-spksect section] [-noout] [-verify] [-engine id] Header "DESCRIPTION" The spkac command processes Netscape signed public key and challenge (\s-1SPKAC\s0) files. It can print out their contents, verify the signature and produce its own SPKACs from a supplied private key. Header "COMMAND OPTIONS" Item "-in filename" This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if this option is not specified. Ignored if the -key option is used. Item "-out filename" specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by default. Item "-key keyfile" create an \s-1SPKAC\s0 file using the private key in keyfile. The \fB-in, -noout, -spksect and -verify options are ignored if present. Item "-passin password" the input file password source. For more information about the format of arg see the \s-1PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS\s0 section in openssl\|(1). Item "-challenge string" specifies the challenge string if an \s-1SPKAC\s0 is being created. Item "-spkac spkacname" allows an alternative name form the variable containing the \s-1SPKAC.\s0 The default is \*(L"\s-1SPKAC\*(R".\s0 This option affects both generated and input \s-1SPKAC\s0 files. Item "-spksect section" allows an alternative name form the section containing the \s-1SPKAC.\s0 The default is the default section. Item "-noout" don't output the text version of the \s-1SPKAC \s0(not used if an \s-1SPKAC\s0 is being created). Item "-pubkey" output the public key of an \s-1SPKAC \s0(not used if an \s-1SPKAC\s0 is being created). Item "-verify" verifies the digital signature on the supplied \s-1SPKAC.\s0 Item "-engine id" specifying an engine (by it's unique id string) will cause req 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. Header "EXAMPLES" Print out the contents of an \s-1SPKAC:\s0

.Vb 1 openssl spkac -in spkac.cnf .Ve

Verify the signature of an \s-1SPKAC:\s0

.Vb 1 openssl spkac -in spkac.cnf -noout -verify .Ve

Create an \s-1SPKAC\s0 using the challenge string \*(L"hello\*(R":

.Vb 1 openssl spkac -key key.pem -challenge hello -out spkac.cnf .Ve

Example of an \s-1SPKAC, \s0(long lines split up for clarity):

.Vb 5 SPKAC=MIG5MGUwXDANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAANLADBIAkEA1cCoq2Wa3Ixs47uI7F\e PVwHVIPDx5yso105Y6zpozam135a8R0CpoRvkkigIyXfcCjiVi5oWk+6FfPaD03u\e PFoQIDAQABFgVoZWxsbzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQFAANBAFpQtY/FojdwkJh1bEIYuc\e 2EeM2KHTWPEepWYeawvHD0gQ3DngSC75YCWnnDdq+NQ3F+X4deMx9AaEglZtULwV\e 4= .Ve

Header "NOTES" A created \s-1SPKAC\s0 with suitable \s-1DN\s0 components appended can be fed into the ca utility.

SPKACs are typically generated by Netscape when a form is submitted containing the \s-1KEYGEN\s0 tag as part of the certificate enrollment process.

The challenge string permits a primitive form of proof of possession of private key. By checking the \s-1SPKAC\s0 signature and a random challenge string some guarantee is given that the user knows the private key corresponding to the public key being certified. This is important in some applications. Without this it is possible for a previous \s-1SPKAC\s0 to be used in a \*(L"replay attack\*(R".

Header "SEE ALSO" \fIca\|(1)