1=pod 2{- OpenSSL::safe::output_do_not_edit_headers(); -} 3 4=head1 NAME 5 6openssl-prime - compute prime numbers 7 8=head1 SYNOPSIS 9 10B<openssl prime> 11[B<-help>] 12[B<-hex>] 13[B<-generate>] 14[B<-bits> I<num>] 15[B<-safe>] 16{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_synopsis -} 17[B<-checks> I<num>] 18[I<number> ...] 19 20=head1 DESCRIPTION 21 22This command checks if the specified numbers are prime. 23 24If no numbers are given on the command line, the B<-generate> flag should 25be used to generate primes according to the requirements specified by the 26rest of the flags. 27 28=head1 OPTIONS 29 30=over 4 31 32=item B<-help> 33 34Display an option summary. 35 36=item B<-hex> 37 38Generate hex output. 39 40=item B<-generate> 41 42Generate a prime number. 43 44=item B<-bits> I<num> 45 46Generate a prime with I<num> bits. 47 48=item B<-safe> 49 50When used with B<-generate>, generates a "safe" prime. If the number 51generated is I<n>, then check that C<(I<n>-1)/2> is also prime. 52 53{- $OpenSSL::safe::opt_provider_item -} 54 55=item B<-checks> I<num> 56 57This parameter is ignored. 58 59=back 60 61=head1 COPYRIGHT 62 63Copyright 2017-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. 64 65Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use 66this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy 67in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at 68L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 69 70=cut 71
