Commit 3372aeed authored by Emilia Kasper's avatar Emilia Kasper
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dhparam: fix documentation 



The default bitlength is now 2048. Also clarify that either the number
of bits or the generator must be present:

$ openssl dhparam -2
and
$ openssl dhparam 2048
generate parameters but
$ openssl dhparam
does not.

Reviewed-by: default avatarMatt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
parent 8568170d

doc/apps/dhparam.pod

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@@ -71,8 +71,10 @@ check if the parameters are valid primes and generator. 


=item B<-2>, B<-5>



The generator to use, either 2 or 5. 2 is the default. If present then the

input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead.

The generator to use, either 2 or 5. If present then the

input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead. If not

present but B<numbits> is present, parameters are generated with the

default generator 2.



=item B<-rand> I<file(s)>
@@ -85,9 +87,10 @@ all others. 
=item I<numbits>



this option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size

I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If not present then a value of 512

is used. If this option is present then the input file is ignored and 

parameters are generated instead.

I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If this option is present then

the input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead. If

this option is not present but a generator (B<-2> or B<-5>) is

present, parameters are generated with a default length of 2048 bits.



=item B<-noout>