OPENSSL(1) - General Commands Manual # OPENSSL(1) - General Commands Manual
NAME # openssl - OpenSSL command line tool
SYNOPSIS # openssl command [command_opt …] [command_arg …]
openssl list-standard-commands | list-message-digest-commands | list-cipher-commands | list-cipher-algorithms | list-message-digest-algorithms | list-public-key-algorithms
openssl no-‌command
DESCRIPTION # OpenSSL is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocol, as well as related cryptography standards.
The openssl program is a command line tool for using the various cryptography functions of openssl’s crypto library from the shell.
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SSL(8) - System Manager’s Manual # SSL(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # ssl - details for libssl and libcrypto
DESCRIPTION # This document describes some of the issues relating to the use of the OpenSSL libssl and libcrypto libraries. This document is intended as an overview of what the libraries do, and what uses them.
The libssl and libcrypto libraries implement the TLS version 1 protocol. It is most commonly used by the HTTPS protocol for encrypted web transactions, as can be done with httpd(8).
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STARTTLS(8) - System Manager’s Manual # STARTTLS(8) - System Manager’s Manual
NAME # starttls - ESMTP over TLS/SSL
DESCRIPTION # STARTTLS is an ESMTP option, defined in RFC 3207, which is used to conduct ESMTP transactions over TLS circuits. This is used to increase the security of mail server transactions.
STARTTLS allows for the combination of several security solutions for MTA (mail transport agent) level services through the TLS suite.
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