This specifies the input format. The DER option uses an ASN1 DER encoded
form compatible with the PKCS#3 DHparameter structure. The PEM form is the
default format: it consists of the DER format base64 encoded with
additional header and footer lines.
This specifies the output filename parameters to. Standard output is used
if this option is not present. The output filename should not be the same
as the input filename.
If this option is used, DSA rather than DH parameters are read or created;
they are converted to DH format. Otherwise, "strong" primes (such
that (p-1)/2 is also prime) will be used for DH parameter generation.
DH parameter generation with the -dsaparam option is much faster,
and the recommended exponent length is shorter, which makes DH key
exchange more efficient. Beware that with such DSA-style DH
parameters, a fresh DH key should be created for each use to
avoid small-subgroup attacks that may be possible otherwise.
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 numbits is present, parameters are generated with the
default generator 2.
A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
generator.
Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character.
The separator is ; for MS-Windows, , for OpenVMS, and : for
all others.
This option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size
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 (-2 or -5) is
present, parameters are generated with a default length of 2048 bits.
Specifying an engine (by its unique id string) will cause dhparam
to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms.
The program dhparam combines the functionality of the programs dh and
gendh in previous versions of OpenSSL. The dh and gendh
programs are retained for now but may have different purposes in future
versions of OpenSSL.
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