openssl-crl (1)

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NAME

openssl-crl, crl - CRL utility

SYNOPSIS

openssl crl [-help] [-inform PEM|DER] [-outform PEM|DER] [-text] [-in filename] [-out filename] [-nameopt option] [-noout] [-hash] [-issuer] [-lastupdate] [-nextupdate] [-CAfile file] [-CApath dir]

DESCRIPTION

The crl command processes files in or format.

OPTIONS

-help

Print out a usage message.

-inform DER|PEM

This specifies the input format.

DER

format is

DER

encoded

CRL

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 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.

-text

print out the

CRL

in text form.

-nameopt option

option which determines how the subject or issuer names are displayed. See the description of -nameopt in x509(1).

-noout

don't output the encoded version of the

CRL.

-hash

output a hash of the issuer name. This can be use to lookup CRLs in a directory by issuer name.

-hash_old

outputs the ``hash'' of the

CRL

issuer name using the older algorithm as used by OpenSSL versions before 1.0.0.

-issuer

output the issuer name.

-lastupdate

output the lastUpdate field.

-nextupdate

output the nextUpdate field.

-CAfile file

verify the signature on a

CRL

by looking up the issuing certificate in file

-CApath dir

verify the signature on a

CRL

by looking up the issuing certificate in dir. This directory must be a standard certificate directory: that is a hash of each subject name (using x509 -hash) should be linked to each certificate.

NOTES

The format uses the header and footer lines:

 -----BEGIN X509 CRL-----
 -----END X509 CRL-----

EXAMPLES

Convert a file from to

 openssl crl -in crl.pem -outform DER -out crl.der

Output the text form of a

encoded certificate:

 openssl crl -in crl.der -text -noout

BUGS

Ideally it should be possible to create a using appropriate options and files too.

SEE ALSO

crl2pkcs7(1), ca(1), x509(1)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the ``License''). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file

in the source distribution or at <www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.