CRL(1) OpenSSL CRL(1)

NAME
       crl - CRL utility

SYNOPSIS
       ooppeennssssll ccrrll [-iinnffoorrmm PPEEMM||DDEERR] [-oouuttffoorrmm PPEEMM||DDEERR] [-tteexxtt] [-iinn ffiilleennaammee]
       [-oouutt ffiilleennaammee] [-nnoooouutt] [-hhaasshh] [-iissssuueerr] [-llaassttuuppddaattee] [-nneexxttuuppddaattee]
       [-CCAAffiillee ffiillee] [-CCAAppaatthh ddiirr]

DESCRIPTION
       The ccrrll command processes CRL files in DER or PEM format.

CCOOMMMMAANNDD OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       -iinnffoorrmm DDEERR||PPEEMM
           This specifies the input format. DDEERR format is DER encoded CRL
           structure. PPEEMM (the default) is a base64 encoded version of the DER
           form with header and footer lines.

       -oouuttffoorrmm DDEERR||PPEEMM
           This specifies the output format, the options have the same meaning
           as the -iinnffoorrmm option.

       -iinn ffiilleennaammee
           This specifies the input filename to read from or standard input if
           this option is not specified.

       -oouutt ffiilleennaammee
           specifies the output filename to write to or standard output by
           default.

       -tteexxtt
           print out the CRL in text form.

       -nnoooouutt
           don't output the encoded version of the CRL.

       -hhaasshh
           output a hash of the issuer name. This can be use to lookup CRLs in
           a directory by issuer name.

       -iissssuueerr
           output the issuer name.

       -llaassttuuppddaattee
           output the lastUpdate field.

       -nneexxttuuppddaattee
           output the nextUpdate field.

       -CCAAffiillee ffiillee
           verify the signature on a CRL by looking up the issuing certificate
           in ffiillee

       -CCAAppaatthh ddiirr
           verify the signature on a CRL by looking up the issuing certificate
           in ddiirr. This directory must be a standard certificate directory:
           that is a hash of each subject name (using xx550099 -hhaasshh) should be
           linked to each certificate.

NNOOTTEESS
       The PEM CRL format uses the header and footer lines:

        ---BEGIN X509 CRL---
        ---END X509 CRL---

EEXXAAMMPPLLEESS
       Convert a CRL file from PEM to DER:

        openssl crl -in crl.pem -outform DER -out crl.der

       Output the text form of a DER encoded certificate:

        openssl crl -in crl.der -text -noout

BUGS
       Ideally it should be possible to create a CRL using appropriate options
       and files too.

SEE ALSO
       crl2pkcs7(1), ca(1), x509(1)



0.9.7l                            2000-02-08                            CRL(1)