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OPENSSL-CMP(1SSL)                              OpenSSL                             OPENSSL-CMP(1SSL)



NAME
       openssl-cmp - Certificate Management Protocol (CMP, RFC 4210) application

SYNOPSIS
       openssl cmp [-help] [-config filename] [-section names] [-verbosity level]

       Generic message options:

       [-cmd ir|cr|kur|p10cr|rr|genm] [-infotype name] [-geninfo OID:int:N]

       Certificate enrollment options:

       [-newkey filename|uri] [-newkeypass arg] [-subject name] [-issuer name] [-days number]
       [-reqexts name] [-sans spec] [-san_nodefault] [-policies name] [-policy_oids names]
       [-policy_oids_critical] [-popo number] [-csr filename] [-out_trusted filenames|uris]
       [-implicit_confirm] [-disable_confirm] [-certout filename] [-chainout filename]

       Certificate enrollment and revocation options:

       [-oldcert filename|uri] [-revreason number]

       Message transfer options:

       [-server [http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment]] [-proxy
       [http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment]] [-no_proxy addresses]
       [-recipient name] [-path remote_path] [-keep_alive value] [-msg_timeout seconds]
       [-total_timeout seconds]

       Server authentication options:

       [-trusted filenames|uris] [-untrusted filenames|uris] [-srvcert filename|uri] [-expect_sender
       name] [-ignore_keyusage] [-unprotected_errors] [-extracertsout filename] [-cacertsout
       filename]

       Client authentication and protection options:

       [-ref value] [-secret arg] [-cert filename|uri] [-own_trusted filenames|uris] [-key
       filename|uri] [-keypass arg] [-digest name] [-mac name] [-extracerts filenames|uris]
       [-unprotected_requests]

       Credentials format options:

       [-certform PEM|DER] [-keyform PEM|DER|P12|ENGINE] [-otherpass arg] [-engine id] [-provider
       name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq]

       Random state options:

       [-rand files] [-writerand file]

       TLS connection options:

       [-tls_used] [-tls_cert filename|uri] [-tls_key filename|uri] [-tls_keypass arg] [-tls_extra
       filenames|uris] [-tls_trusted filenames|uris] [-tls_host name]

       Client-side debugging options:

       [-batch] [-repeat number] [-reqin filenames] [-reqin_new_tid] [-reqout filenames] [-rspin
       filenames] [-rspout filenames] [-use_mock_srv]

       Mock server options:

       [-port number] [-max_msgs number] [-srv_ref value] [-srv_secret arg] [-srv_cert filename|uri]
       [-srv_key filename|uri] [-srv_keypass arg] [-srv_trusted filenames|uris] [-srv_untrusted
       filenames|uris] [-rsp_cert filename|uri] [-rsp_extracerts filenames|uris] [-rsp_capubs
       filenames|uris] [-poll_count number] [-check_after number] [-grant_implicitconf] [-pkistatus
       number] [-failure number] [-failurebits number] [-statusstring arg] [-send_error]
       [-send_unprotected] [-send_unprot_err] [-accept_unprotected] [-accept_unprot_err]
       [-accept_raverified]

       Certificate verification options, for both CMP and TLS:

       [-allow_proxy_certs] [-attime timestamp] [-no_check_time] [-check_ss_sig] [-crl_check]
       [-crl_check_all] [-explicit_policy] [-extended_crl] [-ignore_critical] [-inhibit_any]
       [-inhibit_map] [-partial_chain] [-policy arg] [-policy_check] [-policy_print] [-purpose
       purpose] [-suiteB_128] [-suiteB_128_only] [-suiteB_192] [-trusted_first] [-no_alt_chains]
       [-use_deltas] [-auth_level num] [-verify_depth num] [-verify_email email] [-verify_hostname
       hostname] [-verify_ip ip] [-verify_name name] [-x509_strict] [-issuer_checks]

DESCRIPTION
       The cmp command is a client implementation for the Certificate Management Protocol (CMP) as
       defined in RFC4210.  It can be used to request certificates from a CA server, update their
       certificates, request certificates to be revoked, and perform other types of CMP requests.

OPTIONS
       -help
           Display a summary of all options

       -config filename
           Configuration file to use.  An empty string "" means none.  Default filename is from the
           environment variable "OPENSSL_CONF".

       -section names
           Section(s) to use within config file defining CMP options.  An empty string "" means no
           specific section.  Default is "cmp".

           Multiple section names may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the
           latter case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  Contents of sections named
           later may override contents of sections named before.  In any case, as usual, the
           "[default]" section and finally the unnamed section (as far as present) can provide per-
           option fallback values.

       -verbosity level
           Level of verbosity for logging, error output, etc.  0 = EMERG, 1 = ALERT, 2 = CRIT, 3 =
           ERR, 4 = WARN, 5 = NOTE, 6 = INFO, 7 = DEBUG, 8 = TRACE.  Defaults to 6 = INFO.

   Generic message options
       -cmd ir|cr|kur|p10cr|rr|genm
           CMP command to execute.  Currently implemented commands are:

           ir    - Initialization Request
           cr    - Certificate Request
           p10cr - PKCS#10 Certification Request (for legacy support)
           kur   - Key Update Request
           rr    - Revocation Request
           genm  - General Message

           ir requests initialization of an end entity into a PKI hierarchy by issuing a first
           certificate.

           cr requests issuing an additional certificate for an end entity already initialized to
           the PKI hierarchy.

           p10cr requests issuing an additional certificate similarly to cr but using legacy PKCS#10
           CSR format.

           kur requests a (key) update for an existing certificate.

           rr requests revocation of an existing certificate.

           genm requests information using a General Message, where optionally included
           InfoTypeAndValues may be used to state which info is of interest.  Upon receipt of the
           General Response, information about all received ITAV infoTypes is printed to stdout.

       -infotype name
           Set InfoType name to use for requesting specific info in genm, e.g., "signKeyPairTypes".

       -geninfo OID:int:N
           generalInfo integer values to place in request PKIHeader with given OID, e.g.,
           "1.2.3.4:int:56789".

   Certificate enrollment options
       -newkey filename|uri
           The source of the private or public key for the certificate requested in Initialization
           Request (IR), Certification Request(CR), or Key Update Request (KUR).  Defaults to the
           public key in the PKCS#10 CSR given with the -csr option, the public key of the reference
           certificate, or the current client key.

       -newkeypass arg
           Pass phrase source for the key given with the -newkey option.  If not given here, the
           password will be prompted for if needed.

           For more information about the format of arg see openssl-passphrase-options(1).

       -subject name
           X509 Distinguished Name (DN) of subject to use in the requested certificate template.
           For KUR, it defaults to the public key in the PKCS#10 CSR given with the -csr option, if
           provided, or of the reference certificate (see -oldcert) if provided.  This default is
           used for IR and CR only if no SANs are set.  If the NULL-DN ("/") is given then no
           subject is placed in the template.

           If provided and neither -cert nor -oldcert is given, the subject DN is used as fallback
           sender of outgoing CMP messages.

           The argument must be formatted as /type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=....  Special
           characters may be escaped by "\" (backslash); whitespace is retained.  Empty values are
           permitted, but the corresponding type will not be included.  Giving a single "/" will
           lead to an empty sequence of RDNs (a NULL-DN).  Multi-valued RDNs can be formed by
           placing a "+" character instead of a "/" between the AttributeValueAssertions (AVAs) that
           specify the members of the set.  Example:

           "/DC=org/DC=OpenSSL/DC=users/UID=123456+CN=John Doe"

       -issuer name
           X509 issuer Distinguished Name (DN) of the CA server to place in the requested
           certificate template in IR/CR/KUR.  If the NULL-DN ("/") is given then no issuer is
           placed in the template.

           If provided and neither -recipient nor -srvcert is given, the issuer DN is used as
           fallback recipient of outgoing CMP messages.

           The argument must be formatted as /type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=....  For details see
           the description of the -subject option.

       -days number
           Number of days the new certificate is requested to be valid for, counting from the
           current time of the host.  Also triggers the explicit request that the validity period
           starts from the current time (as seen by the host).

       -reqexts name
           Name of section in OpenSSL config file defining certificate request extensions.  If the
           -csr option is present, these extensions augment the extensions contained the given
           PKCS#10 CSR, overriding any extensions with same OIDs.

       -sans spec
           One or more IP addresses, DNS names, or URIs separated by commas or whitespace (where in
           the latter case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...")  to add as Subject
           Alternative Name(s) (SAN) certificate request extension.  If the special element
           "critical" is given the SANs are flagged as critical.  Cannot be used if any Subject
           Alternative Name extension is set via -reqexts.

       -san_nodefault
           When Subject Alternative Names are not given via -sans nor defined via -reqexts, they are
           copied by default from the reference certificate (see -oldcert).  This can be disabled by
           giving the -san_nodefault option.

       -policies name
           Name of section in OpenSSL config file defining policies to be set as certificate request
           extension.  This option cannot be used together with -policy_oids.

       -policy_oids names
           One or more OID(s), separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter case the
           whole argument must be enclosed in "...")  to add as certificate policies request
           extension.  This option cannot be used together with -policies.

       -policy_oids_critical
           Flag the policies given with -policy_oids as critical.

       -popo number
           Proof-of-Possession (POPO) method to use for IR/CR/KUR; values: "-1"..<2> where "-1" =
           NONE, 0 = RAVERIFIED, 1 = SIGNATURE (default), 2 = KEYENC.

           Note that a signature-based POPO can only be produced if a private key is provided via
           the -newkey or -key options.

       -csr filename
           PKCS#10 CSR in PEM or DER format containing a certificate request.  With -cmd p10cr it is
           used directly in a legacy P10CR message.  When used with -cmd ir, cr, or kur, it is
           transformed into the respective regular CMP request.  It may also be used with -cmd rr to
           specify the certificate to be revoked via the included subject name and public key.

       -out_trusted filenames|uris
           Trusted certificate(s) to use for validating the newly enrolled certificate.

           Multiple sources may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter
           case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  Each source may contain multiple
           certificates.

           The certificate verification options -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, and -verify_email only
           affect the certificate verification enabled via this option.

       -implicit_confirm
           Request implicit confirmation of newly enrolled certificates.

       -disable_confirm
           Do not send certificate confirmation message for newly enrolled certificate without
           requesting implicit confirmation to cope with broken servers not supporting implicit
           confirmation correctly.  WARNING: This leads to behavior violating RFC 4210.

       -certout filename
           The file where the newly enrolled certificate should be saved.

       -chainout filename
           The file where the chain of the newly enrolled certificate should be saved.

   Certificate enrollment and revocation options
       -oldcert filename|uri
           The certificate to be updated (i.e., renewed or re-keyed) in Key Update Request (KUR)
           messages or to be revoked in Revocation Request (RR) messages.  For KUR the certificate
           to be updated defaults to -cert, and the resulting certificate is called reference
           certificate.  For RR the certificate to be revoked can also be specified using -csr.

           The reference certificate, if any, is also used for deriving default subject DN and
           Subject Alternative Names and the default issuer entry in the requested certificate
           template of an IR/CR/KUR.  Its subject is used as sender of outgoing messages if -cert is
           not given.  Its issuer is used as default recipient in CMP message headers if neither
           -recipient, -srvcert, nor -issuer is given.

       -revreason number
           Set CRLReason to be included in revocation request (RR); values: 0..10 or "-1" for none
           (which is the default).

           Reason numbers defined in RFC 5280 are:

              CRLReason ::= ENUMERATED {
                   unspecified             (0),
                   keyCompromise           (1),
                   cACompromise            (2),
                   affiliationChanged      (3),
                   superseded              (4),
                   cessationOfOperation    (5),
                   certificateHold         (6),
                   -- value 7 is not used
                   removeFromCRL           (8),
                   privilegeWithdrawn      (9),
                   aACompromise           (10)
               }

   Message transfer options
       -server [http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment]
           The DNS hostname or IP address and optionally port of the CMP server to connect to using
           HTTP(S).  This excludes -port and -use_mock_srv and is ignored with -rspin.

           The scheme "https" may be given only if the -tls_used option is used.  In this case the
           default port is 443, else 80.  The optional userinfo and fragment components are ignored.
           Any given query component is handled as part of the path component.  If a path is
           included it provides the default value for the -path option.

       -proxy [http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment]
           The HTTP(S) proxy server to use for reaching the CMP server unless -no_proxy applies, see
           below.  The proxy port defaults to 80 or 443 if the scheme is "https"; apart from that
           the optional "http://" or "https://" prefix is ignored (note that TLS may be selected by
           -tls_used), as well as any path, userinfo, and query, and fragment components.  Defaults
           to the environment variable "http_proxy" if set, else "HTTP_PROXY" in case no TLS is
           used, otherwise "https_proxy" if set, else "HTTPS_PROXY".  This option is ignored if
           -server is not given.

       -no_proxy addresses
           List of IP addresses and/or DNS names of servers not to use an HTTP(S) proxy for,
           separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter case the whole argument must
           be enclosed in "...").  Default is from the environment variable "no_proxy" if set, else
           "NO_PROXY".  This option is ignored if -server is not given.

       -recipient name
           Distinguished Name (DN) to use in the recipient field of CMP request message headers,
           i.e., the CMP server (usually the addressed CA).

           The recipient field in the header of a CMP message is mandatory.  If not given explicitly
           the recipient is determined in the following order: the subject of the CMP server
           certificate given with the -srvcert option, the -issuer option, the issuer of the
           certificate given with the -oldcert option, the issuer of the CMP client certificate
           (-cert option), as far as any of those is present, else the NULL-DN as last resort.

           The argument must be formatted as /type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=....  For details see
           the description of the -subject option.

       -path remote_path
           HTTP path at the CMP server (aka CMP alias) to use for POST requests.  Defaults to any
           path given with -server, else "/".

       -keep_alive value
           If the given value is 0 then HTTP connections are not kept open after receiving a
           response, which is the default behavior for HTTP 1.0.  If the value is 1 or 2 then
           persistent connections are requested.  If the value is 2 then persistent connections are
           required, i.e., in case the server does not grant them an error occurs.  The default
           value is 1, which means preferring to keep the connection open.

       -msg_timeout seconds
           Number of seconds (or 0 for infinite) a CMP request-response message round trip is
           allowed to take before a timeout error is returned.  Default is to use the -total_timeout
           setting.

       -total_timeout seconds
           Maximum number seconds an overall enrollment transaction may take, including attempts
           polling for certificates on "waiting" PKIStatus.  Default is 0 (infinite).

   Server authentication options
       -trusted filenames|uris
           When validating signature-based protection of CMP response messages, these are the CA
           certificate(s) to trust while checking certificate chains during CMP server
           authentication.  This option gives more flexibility than the -srvcert option because the
           server-side CMP signer certificate is not pinned but may be any certificate for which a
           chain to one of the given trusted certificates can be constructed.

           If no -trusted, -srvcert, and -secret option is given then protected response messages
           from the server are not authenticated.

           Multiple sources may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter
           case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  Each source may contain multiple
           certificates.

           The certificate verification options -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, and -verify_email have
           no effect on the certificate verification enabled via this option.

       -untrusted filenames|uris
           Non-trusted intermediate CA certificate(s).  Any extra certificates given with the -cert
           option are appended to it.  All these certificates may be useful for cert path
           construction for the CMP client certificate (to include in the extraCerts field of
           outgoing messages) and for the TLS client certificate (if TLS is enabled) as well as for
           chain building when validating the CMP server certificate (checking signature-based CMP
           message protection) and when validating newly enrolled certificates.

           Multiple sources may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace.  Each file may
           contain multiple certificates.

       -srvcert filename|uri
           The specific CMP server certificate to expect and directly trust (even if it is expired)
           when validating signature-based protection of CMP response messages.  May be set
           alternatively to the -trusted option to pin the accepted server.

           If set, the subject of the certificate is also used as default value for the recipient of
           CMP requests and as default value for the expected sender of incoming CMP messages.

       -expect_sender name
           Distinguished Name (DN) expected in the sender field of incoming CMP messages.  Defaults
           to the subject DN of the pinned -srvcert, if any.

           This can be used to make sure that only a particular entity is accepted as CMP message
           signer, and attackers are not able to use arbitrary certificates of a trusted PKI
           hierarchy to fraudulently pose as a CMP server.  Note that this option gives slightly
           more freedom than setting the -srvcert, which pins the server to the holder of a
           particular certificate, while the expected sender name will continue to match after
           updates of the server cert.

           The argument must be formatted as /type0=value0/type1=value1/type2=....  For details see
           the description of the -subject option.

       -ignore_keyusage
           Ignore key usage restrictions in CMP signer certificates when validating signature-based
           protection of incoming CMP messages, else "digitalSignature" must be allowed for signer
           certificate.

       -unprotected_errors
           Accept missing or invalid protection of negative responses from the server.  This applies
           to the following message types and contents:

           •   error messages

           •   negative certificate responses (IP/CP/KUP)

           •   negative revocation responses (RP)

           •   negative PKIConf messages

           WARNING: This setting leads to unspecified behavior and it is meant exclusively to allow
           interoperability with server implementations violating RFC 4210, e.g.:

           •   section 5.1.3.1 allows exceptions from protecting only for special cases: "There MAY
               be cases in which the PKIProtection BIT STRING is deliberately not used to protect a
               message [...] because other protection, external to PKIX, will be applied instead."

           •   section 5.3.21 is clear on ErrMsgContent: "The CA MUST always sign it with a
               signature key."

           •   appendix D.4 shows PKIConf message having protection

       -extracertsout filename
           The file where to save all certificates contained in the extraCerts field of the last
           received response message (except for pollRep and PKIConf).

       -cacertsout filename
           The file where to save any CA certificates contained in the caPubs field of the last
           received certificate response (i.e., IP, CP, or KUP) message.

   Client authentication options
       -ref value
           Reference number/string/value to use as fallback senderKID; this is required if no sender
           name can be determined from the -cert or <-subject> options and is typically used when
           authenticating with pre-shared key (password-based MAC).

       -secret arg
           Prefer PBM-based message protection with given source of a secret value.  The secret is
           used for creating PBM-based protection of outgoing messages and (as far as needed) for
           validating PBM-based protection of incoming messages.  PBM stands for Password-Based
           Message Authentication Code.  This takes precedence over the -cert and -key options.

           For more information about the format of arg see openssl-passphrase-options(1).

       -cert filename|uri
           The client's current CMP signer certificate.  Requires the corresponding key to be given
           with -key.  The subject of this certificate will be used as sender of outgoing CMP
           messages, while the subject of -oldcert or -subjectName may provide fallback values.  The
           issuer of this certificate is used as one of the recipient fallback values and as
           fallback issuer entry in the certificate template of IR/CR/KUR.  When using signature-
           based message protection, this "protection certificate" will be included first in the
           extraCerts field of outgoing messages and the signature is done with the corresponding
           key.  In Initialization Request (IR) messages this can be used for authenticating using
           an external entity certificate as defined in appendix E.7 of RFC 4210.  For Key Update
           Request (KUR) messages this is also used as the certificate to be updated if the -oldcert
           option is not given.  If the file includes further certs, they are appended to the
           untrusted certs because they typically constitute the chain of the client certificate,
           which is included in the extraCerts field in signature-protected request messages.

       -own_trusted filenames|uris
           If this list of certificates is provided then the chain built for the client-side CMP
           signer certificate given with the -cert option is verified using the given certificates
           as trust anchors.

           Multiple sources may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter
           case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  Each source may contain multiple
           certificates.

           The certificate verification options -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, and -verify_email have
           no effect on the certificate verification enabled via this option.

       -key filename|uri
           The corresponding private key file for the client's current certificate given in the
           -cert option.  This will be used for signature-based message protection unless the
           -secret option indicating PBM or -unprotected_requests is given.

       -keypass arg
           Pass phrase source for the private key given with the -key option.  Also used for -cert
           and -oldcert in case it is an encrypted PKCS#12 file.  If not given here, the password
           will be prompted for if needed.

           For more information about the format of arg see openssl-passphrase-options(1).

       -digest name
           Specifies name of supported digest to use in RFC 4210's MSG_SIG_ALG and as the one-way
           function (OWF) in MSG_MAC_ALG.  If applicable, this is used for message protection and
           Proof-of-Possession (POPO) signatures.  To see the list of supported digests, use
           "openssl list -digest-commands".  Defaults to "sha256".

       -mac name
           Specifies the name of the MAC algorithm in MSG_MAC_ALG.  To get the names of supported
           MAC algorithms use "openssl list -mac-algorithms" and possibly combine such a name with
           the name of a supported digest algorithm, e.g., hmacWithSHA256.  Defaults to "hmac-sha1"
           as per RFC 4210.

       -extracerts filenames|uris
           Certificates to append in the extraCerts field when sending messages.  They can be used
           as the default CMP signer certificate chain to include.

           Multiple sources may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter
           case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  Each source may contain multiple
           certificates.

       -unprotected_requests
           Send messages without CMP-level protection.

   Credentials format options
       -certform PEM|DER
           File format to use when saving a certificate to a file.  Default value is PEM.

       -keyform PEM|DER|P12|ENGINE
           The format of the key input; unspecified by default.  See "Format Options" in openssl(1)
           for details.

       -otherpass arg
           Pass phrase source for certificate given with the -trusted, -untrusted, -own_trusted,
           -srvcert, -out_trusted, -extracerts, -srv_trusted, -srv_untrusted, -rsp_extracerts,
           -rsp_capubs, -tls_extra, and -tls_trusted options.  If not given here, the password will
           be prompted for if needed.

           For more information about the format of arg see openssl-passphrase-options(1).

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

           As an alternative to using this combination:

               -engine {engineid} -key {keyid} -keyform ENGINE

           ... it's also possible to just give the key ID in URI form to -key, like this:

               -key org.openssl.engine:{engineid}:{keyid}

           This applies to all options specifying keys: -key, -newkey, and -tls_key.

   Provider options
       -provider name
       -provider-path path
       -propquery propq
           See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).

   Random state options
       -rand files, -writerand file
           See "Random State Options" in openssl(1) for details.

   TLS connection options
       -tls_used
           Enable using TLS (even when other TLS_related options are not set) when connecting to CMP
           server via HTTP.  This option is not supported with the -port option and is ignored with
           the -use_mock_srv and -rspin options or if the -server option is not given.

       -tls_cert filename|uri
           Client's TLS certificate.  If the source includes further certs they are used (along with
           -untrusted certs) for constructing the client cert chain provided to the TLS server.

       -tls_key filename|uri
           Private key for the client's TLS certificate.

       -tls_keypass arg
           Pass phrase source for client's private TLS key -tls_key.  Also used for -tls_cert in
           case it is an encrypted PKCS#12 file.  If not given here, the password will be prompted
           for if needed.

           For more information about the format of arg see openssl-passphrase-options(1).

       -tls_extra filenames|uris
           Extra certificates to provide to TLS server during TLS handshake

       -tls_trusted filenames|uris
           Trusted certificate(s) to use for validating the TLS server certificate.  This implies
           hostname validation.

           Multiple sources may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the latter
           case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  Each source may contain multiple
           certificates.

           The certificate verification options -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, and -verify_email have
           no effect on the certificate verification enabled via this option.

       -tls_host name
           Address to be checked during hostname validation.  This may be a DNS name or an IP
           address.  If not given it defaults to the -server address.

   Client-side debugging options
       -batch
           Do not interactively prompt for input, for instance when a password is needed.  This can
           be useful for batch processing and testing.

       -repeat number
           Invoke the command the given positive number of times with the same parameters.  Default
           is one invocation.

       -reqin filenames
           Take sequence of CMP requests from file(s).

           Multiple filenames may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace (where in the
           latter case the whole argument must be enclosed in "...").  As many files are read as
           needed for a complete transaction.

       -reqin_new_tid
           Use a fresh transactionID for CMP request messages read using -reqin, which requires re-
           protecting them as far as they were protected before.  This may be needed in case the
           sequence of requests is reused and the CMP server complains that the transaction ID has
           already been used.

       -reqout filenames
           Save sequence of CMP requests to file(s).

           Multiple filenames may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace.  As many files
           are written as needed to store the complete transaction.

       -rspin filenames
           Process sequence of CMP responses provided in file(s), skipping server.  This excludes
           -server, -port, and -use_mock_srv.

           Multiple filenames may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace.  As many files
           are read as needed for the complete transaction.

       -rspout filenames
           Save sequence of CMP responses to file(s).

           Multiple filenames may be given, separated by commas and/or whitespace.  As many files
           are written as needed to store the complete transaction.

       -use_mock_srv
           Test the client using the internal CMP server mock-up at API level, bypassing socket-
           based transfer via HTTP.  This excludes -server, -port, and -rspin.

   Mock server options
       -port number
           Act as HTTP-based CMP server mock-up listening on the given port.  This excludes -server,
           -rspin, and -use_mock_srv.

       -max_msgs number
           Maximum number of CMP (request) messages the CMP HTTP server mock-up should handle, which
           must be nonnegative.  The default value is 0, which means that no limit is imposed.  In
           any case the server terminates on internal errors, but not when it detects a CMP-level
           error that it can successfully answer with an error message.

       -srv_ref value
           Reference value to use as senderKID of server in case no -srv_cert is given.

       -srv_secret arg
           Password source for server authentication with a pre-shared key (secret).

       -srv_cert filename|uri
           Certificate of the server.

       -srv_key filename|uri
           Private key used by the server for signing messages.

       -srv_keypass arg
           Server private key (and cert) file pass phrase source.

       -srv_trusted filenames|uris
           Trusted certificates for client authentication.

           The certificate verification options -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, and -verify_email have
           no effect on the certificate verification enabled via this option.

       -srv_untrusted filenames|uris
           Intermediate CA certs that may be useful when validating client certificates.

       -rsp_cert filename|uri
           Certificate to be returned as mock enrollment result.

       -rsp_extracerts filenames|uris
           Extra certificates to be included in mock certification responses.

       -rsp_capubs filenames|uris
           CA certificates to be included in mock Initialization Response (IP) message.

       -poll_count number
           Number of times the client must poll before receiving a certificate.

       -check_after number
           The checkAfter value (number of seconds to wait) to include in poll response.

       -grant_implicitconf
           Grant implicit confirmation of newly enrolled certificate.

       -pkistatus number
           PKIStatus to be included in server response.  Valid range is 0 (accepted) .. 6
           (keyUpdateWarning).

       -failure number
           A single failure info bit number to be included in server response.  Valid range is 0
           (badAlg) .. 26 (duplicateCertReq).

       -failurebits number Number representing failure bits to be included in server response. Valid
       range is 0 .. 2^27 - 1.
       -statusstring arg
           Text to be included as status string in server response.

       -send_error
           Force server to reply with error message.

       -send_unprotected
           Send response messages without CMP-level protection.

       -send_unprot_err
           In case of negative responses, server shall send unprotected error messages, certificate
           responses (IP/CP/KUP), and revocation responses (RP).  WARNING: This setting leads to
           behavior violating RFC 4210.

       -accept_unprotected
           Accept missing or invalid protection of requests.

       -accept_unprot_err
           Accept unprotected error messages from client.

       -accept_raverified
           Accept RAVERIFED as proof-of-possession (POPO).

   Certificate verification options, for both CMP and TLS
       -allow_proxy_certs, -attime, -no_check_time, -check_ss_sig, -crl_check, -crl_check_all,
       -explicit_policy, -extended_crl, -ignore_critical, -inhibit_any, -inhibit_map,
       -no_alt_chains, -partial_chain, -policy, -policy_check, -policy_print, -purpose, -suiteB_128,
       -suiteB_128_only, -suiteB_192, -trusted_first, -use_deltas, -auth_level, -verify_depth,
       -verify_email, -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, -verify_name, -x509_strict -issuer_checks
           Set various options of certificate chain verification.  See "Verification Options" in
           openssl-verification-options(1) for details.

           The certificate verification options -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, and -verify_email only
           affect the certificate verification enabled via the -out_trusted option.

NOTES
       When setting up CMP configurations and experimenting with enrollment options typically
       various errors occur until the configuration is correct and complete.  When the CMP server
       reports an error the client will by default check the protection of the CMP response message.
       Yet some CMP services tend not to protect negative responses.  In this case the client will
       reject them, and thus their contents are not shown although they usually contain hints that
       would be helpful for diagnostics.  For assisting in such cases the CMP client offers a
       workaround via the -unprotected_errors option, which allows accepting such negative messages.

EXAMPLES
   Simple examples using the default OpenSSL configuration file
       This CMP client implementation comes with demonstrative CMP sections in the example
       configuration file openssl/apps/openssl.cnf, which can be used to interact conveniently with
       the Insta Demo CA.

       In order to enroll an initial certificate from that CA it is sufficient to issue the
       following shell commands.

         export OPENSSL_CONF=/path/to/openssl/apps/openssl.cnf

         openssl genrsa -out insta.priv.pem
         openssl cmp -section insta

       This should produce the file insta.cert.pem containing a new certificate for the private key
       held in insta.priv.pem.  It can be viewed using, e.g.,

         openssl x509 -noout -text -in insta.cert.pem

       In case the network setup requires using an HTTP proxy it may be given as usual via the
       environment variable http_proxy or via the -proxy option in the configuration file or the CMP
       command-line argument -proxy, for example

         -proxy http://192.168.1.1:8080

       In the Insta Demo CA scenario both clients and the server may use the pre-shared secret insta
       and the reference value 3078 to authenticate to each other.

       Alternatively, CMP messages may be protected in signature-based manner, where the trust
       anchor in this case is insta.ca.crt and the client may use any certificate already obtained
       from that CA, as specified in the [signature] section of the example configuration.  This can
       be used in combination with the [insta] section simply by

         openssl cmp -section insta,signature

       By default the CMP IR message type is used, yet CR works equally here.  This may be specified
       directly at the command line:

         openssl cmp -section insta -cmd cr

       or by referencing in addition the [cr] section of the example configuration:

         openssl cmp -section insta,cr

       In order to update the enrolled certificate one may call

         openssl cmp -section insta,kur

       using with PBM-based protection or

         openssl cmp -section insta,kur,signature

       using signature-based protection.

       In a similar way any previously enrolled certificate may be revoked by

         openssl cmp -section insta,rr -trusted insta.ca.crt

       or

         openssl cmp -section insta,rr,signature

       Many more options can be given in the configuration file and/or on the command line.  For
       instance, the -reqexts CLI option may refer to a section in the configuration file defining
       X.509 extensions to use in certificate requests, such as "v3_req" in
       openssl/apps/openssl.cnf:

         openssl cmp -section insta,cr -reqexts v3_req

   Certificate enrollment
       The following examples do not make use of a configuration file at first.  They assume that a
       CMP server can be contacted on the local TCP port 80 and accepts requests under the alias
       /pkix/.

       For enrolling its very first certificate the client generates a client key and sends an
       initial request message to the local CMP server using a pre-shared secret key for mutual
       authentication.  In this example the client does not have the CA certificate yet, so we
       specify the name of the CA with the -recipient option and save any CA certificates that we
       may receive in the "capubs.pem" file.

       In below command line usage examples the "\" at line ends is used just for formatting; each
       of the command invocations should be on a single line.

         openssl genrsa -out cl_key.pem
         openssl cmp -cmd ir -server 127.0.0.1:80/pkix/ -recipient "/CN=CMPserver" \
           -ref 1234 -secret pass:1234-5678 \
           -newkey cl_key.pem -subject "/CN=MyName" \
           -cacertsout capubs.pem -certout cl_cert.pem

   Certificate update
       Then, when the client certificate and its related key pair needs to be updated, the client
       can send a key update request taking the certs in "capubs.pem" as trusted for authenticating
       the server and using the previous cert and key for its own authentication.  Then it can start
       using the new cert and key.

         openssl genrsa -out cl_key_new.pem
         openssl cmp -cmd kur -server 127.0.0.1:80/pkix/ \
           -trusted capubs.pem \
           -cert cl_cert.pem -key cl_key.pem \
           -newkey cl_key_new.pem -certout cl_cert.pem
         cp cl_key_new.pem cl_key.pem

       This command sequence can be repated as often as needed.

   Requesting information from CMP server
       Requesting "all relevant information" with an empty General Message.  This prints information
       about all received ITAV infoTypes to stdout.

         openssl cmp -cmd genm -server 127.0.0.1/pkix/ -recipient "/CN=CMPserver" \
           -ref 1234 -secret pass:1234-5678

   Using a custom configuration file
       For CMP client invocations, in particular for certificate enrollment, usually many parameters
       need to be set, which is tedious and error-prone to do on the command line.  Therefore, the
       client offers the possibility to read options from sections of the OpenSSL config file,
       usually called openssl.cnf.  The values found there can still be extended and even overridden
       by any subsequently loaded sections and on the command line.

       After including in the configuration file the following sections:

         [cmp]
         server = 127.0.0.1
         path = pkix/
         trusted = capubs.pem
         cert = cl_cert.pem
         key = cl_key.pem
         newkey = cl_key.pem
         certout = cl_cert.pem

         [init]
         recipient = "/CN=CMPserver"
         trusted =
         cert =
         key =
         ref = 1234
         secret = pass:1234-5678-1234-567
         subject = "/CN=MyName"
         cacertsout = capubs.pem

       the above enrollment transactions reduce to

         openssl cmp -section cmp,init
         openssl cmp -cmd kur -newkey cl_key_new.pem

       and the above transaction using a general message reduces to

         openssl cmp -section cmp,init -cmd genm

SEE ALSO
       openssl-genrsa(1), openssl-ecparam(1), openssl-list(1), openssl-req(1), openssl-x509(1),
       x509v3_config(5)

HISTORY
       The cmp application was added in OpenSSL 3.0.

       The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2007-2022 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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NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS
-help -config filename -section names -verbosity level Generic message options -cmd ir|cr|kur|p10cr|rr|genm -infotype name -geninfo OID:int:N Certificate enrollment options -newkey filename|uri -newkeypass arg -subject name -issuer name -days number -reqexts name -sans spec -san_nodefault -policies name -policy_oids names -policy_oids_critical -popo number -csr filename -out_trusted filenames|uris -implicit_confirm -disable_confirm -certout filename -chainout filename Certificate enrollment and revocation options -oldcert filename|uri -revreason number Message transfer options -server [http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment] -proxy [http[s]://][userinfo@]host[:port][/path][?query][#fragment] -no_proxy addresses -recipient name -path remote_path -keep_alive value -msg_timeout seconds -total_timeout seconds Server authentication options -trusted filenames|uris -untrusted filenames|uris -srvcert filename|uri -expect_sender name -ignore_keyusage -unprotected_errors -extracertsout filename -cacertsout filename Client authentication options -ref value -secret arg -cert filename|uri -own_trusted filenames|uris -key filename|uri -keypass arg -digest name -mac name -extracerts filenames|uris -unprotected_requests Credentials format options -certform PEM|DER -keyform PEM|DER|P12|ENGINE -otherpass arg -engine id Provider options -provider name -provider-path path -propquery propq Random state options -rand files, -writerand file TLS connection options -tls_used -tls_cert filename|uri -tls_key filename|uri -tls_keypass arg -tls_extra filenames|uris -tls_trusted filenames|uris -tls_host name Client-side debugging options -batch -repeat number -reqin filenames -reqin_new_tid -reqout filenames -rspin filenames -rspout filenames -use_mock_srv Mock server options -port number -max_msgs number -srv_ref value -srv_secret arg -srv_cert filename|uri -srv_key filename|uri -srv_keypass arg -srv_trusted filenames|uris -srv_untrusted filenames|uris -rsp_cert filename|uri -rsp_extracerts filenames|uris -rsp_capubs filenames|uris -poll_count number -check_after number -grant_implicitconf -pkistatus number -failure number -failurebits number Number representing failure bits to be included in server response. Valid -statusstring arg -send_error -send_unprotected -send_unprot_err -accept_unprotected -accept_unprot_err -accept_raverified Certificate verification options, for both CMP and TLS -allow_proxy_certs, -attime, -no_check_time, -check_ss_sig, -crl_check, -crl_check_all, -explicit_policy, -extended_crl, -ignore_critical, -inhibit_any, -inhibit_map, -no_alt_chains, -partial_chain, -policy, -policy_check, -policy_print, -purpose, -suiteB_128, -suiteB_128_only, -suiteB_192, -trusted_first, -use_deltas, -auth_level, -verify_depth, -verify_email, -verify_hostname, -verify_ip, -verify_name, -x509_strict -issuer_checks
NOTES EXAMPLES
Simple examples using the default OpenSSL configuration file Certificate enrollment Certificate update Requesting information from CMP server Using a custom configuration file
SEE ALSO HISTORY COPYRIGHT

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