Commit 96fc4b72 authored by rfkrocktk's avatar rfkrocktk Committed by Matt Caswell
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Added documentation for -iter for PKCS#8

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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ B<openssl> B<pkcs8>
[B<-passin arg>]
[B<-out filename>]
[B<-passout arg>]
[B<-iter count>]
[B<-noiter>]
[B<-nocrypt>]
[B<-nooct>]
@@ -76,6 +77,12 @@ filename.
the output file password source. For more information about the format of B<arg>
see the B<PASS PHRASE ARGUMENTS> section in L<openssl(1)|openssl(1)>.

=item B<-iter count>

When creating new PKCS#8 containers, use a given number of iterations on the password
in deriving the encryption key for the PKCS#8 output. High values increase the time
required to brute-force a PKCS#8 container.

=item B<-nocrypt>

PKCS#8 keys generated or input are normally PKCS#8 EncryptedPrivateKeyInfo
@@ -225,6 +232,11 @@ Convert a private key from any PKCS#8 format to traditional format:

 openssl pkcs8 -in pk8.pem -out key.pem
 
Convert a private key to PKCS#8 format, encrypting with AES-256 and with 
one million iterations of the password:

 openssl pkcs8 -in raw.pem -topk8 -v2 aes-256-cbc -iter 1000000 -out pk8.pem

=head1 STANDARDS

Test vectors from this PKCS#5 v2.0 implementation were posted to the