To answer my own question if only in part, I found another part of the manual that clarified this.
The command would be . . . [root@base04 root]# /usr/bin/openssl genrsa -des 1024 > /tmp/server.key Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus ................................................++++++ .....++++++ e is 65537 (0x10001) Enter PEM pass phrase: Verifying password - Enter PEM pass phrase: [root@base04 root]# Seems like their is an equivilant DSA key generation command gendsa. I the doc I was looking at was out of date with an old command line argument format. -Leland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leland T. Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 12:05 AM Subject: openSSL Key generation > I'm executing the command to generate a server key according to the RedHat > linux manual, my system is as follows: > > Software: Redhat 8.0 all current security updates installed. > The system is a 1.2 GHrt Athalon with 512MB Memory. > > [root@base04 root]# rpm --query --all | grep -i openssl > openssl-0.9.6b-29 > pyOpenSSL-0.5.0.91-1 > openssl-devel-0.9.6b-29 > [root@base04 root]# rpm --query --all | grep -i kernel > kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.31-9 > kernel-source-2.4.18-14 > kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0 > kernel-2.4.18-14 > kernel-2.4.18-19.8.0 > > ========================================================================== > [root@basea1 tmp]# > [root@basea1 tmp]# > [root@basea1 tmp]# nohup time /usr/bin/openssl genrsa -rand /dev/urandom > 1024 > /tmp/server.key & > ========================================================================== > > While the manual says this might take a long time, it has been running all > night, are athalon processors slow? or did I phrase my command incorrectly? > CPU time is being consumed like crazy. > > ========================================================================== > 39 processes: 36 sleeping, 3 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped > CPU states: 0.1% user, 81.0% system, 18.7% nice, 0.0% idle > Mem: 255412K av, 196248K used, 59164K free, 0K shrd, 84596K > buff > Swap: 1023616K av, 0K used, 1023616K free 91016K > cached > > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND > 12559 root 30 5 800 800 668 R N 99.6 0.3 748:39 openssl > 1 root 15 0 476 476 424 S 0.0 0.1 0:04 init > 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd > > . . . Later the same day > > [root@base04 root]# top > > 12:46am up 8 days, 2:34, 1 user, load average: 1.08, 1.02, 1.01 > 42 processes: 38 sleeping, 4 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped > CPU states: 0.0% user, 5.1% system, 2.5% nice, 0.3% idle > Mem: 255412K av, 200188K used, 55224K free, 0K shrd, 90152K > buff > Swap: 1023616K av, 0K used, 1023616K free 89388K > cached > > PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND > 12559 root 30 5 800 800 668 R N 99.4 0.3 1574m openssl > 1 root 15 0 476 476 424 S 0.0 0.1 0:04 init > 2 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 keventd > 3 root 15 0 0 0 0 SW 0.0 0.0 0:00 kapmd > > Thanks in advance for the help. > > -Leland > Computer Consultants Consortium Incorporated >
