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OPENSSL-PRIME(1ossl) OpenSSL OPENSSL-PRIME(1ossl)

openssl-prime - compute prime numbers

openssl prime [-help] [-hex] [-generate] [-bits num] [-safe] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq] [-checks num] [number ...]

This command checks if the specified numbers are prime.

If no numbers are given on the command line, the -generate flag should be used to generate primes according to the requirements specified by the rest of the flags.

-help
Display an option summary.
-hex
Generate hex output.
-generate
Generate a prime number.
-bits num
Generate a prime with num bits.
-safe
When used with -generate, generates a "safe" prime. If the number generated is n, then check that "( n-1)/2" is also prime.
-provider name
-provider-path path
-propquery propq
See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).
-checks num
This parameter is ignored.

Copyright 2017-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

2022-05-26 3.0.3

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