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+.\"
+.TH "IPSEC_SCEPCLIENT" "8" "29 September 2005" "Jan Hutter, Martin Willi" ""
+.SH "NAME"
+ipsec scepclient \- Client for the SCEP protocol
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.B ipsec scepclient [argument ...]
+.sp
+.B ipsec scepclient
+.B \-\-help
+.br
+.B ipsec scepclient
+.B \-\-version
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.BR scepclient
+is a client implementation of Cisco System's Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol (SCEP) written for Linux strongSwan <http://www.strongswan.org>.
+.BR scepclient
+is designed to be used for certificate enrollment on machines using the OpenSource IPsec solution
+.I strongSwan.
+.SH "FEATURES"
+.BR scepclient
+implements the following features of SCEP:
+.br
+.IP "\-" 4
+Automatic enrollment of client certificate using a preshared secret
+.IP "\-" 4
+Manual enrollment of client certificate. Offline fingerprint check required!
+.IP "\-" 4
+Acquisition of CA certificate(s)
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.SS Basic Startup Options
+.B \-v, \-\-version
+.RS 4
+Display the version of ipsec scepclient.
+.PP
+.RE
+.B \-h, \-\-help
+.RS 4
+Display usage of ipsec scepclient.
+.RE
+
+.SS General Options
+.B \-u, \-\-url \fIurl\fP
+.RS 4
+Full HTTP URL of the SCEP server to be used for certificate enrollment and CA certificate acquisition.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-+, \-\-optionsfrom \fIfilename\fP
+.RS 4
+Reads additional options from \fIfilename\fP.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-f, \-\-force
+.RS 4
+Overwrite existing output file[s].
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-q, \-\-quiet
+.RS 4
+Do not write log output to stderr.
+.RE
+
+.SS Options for CA Certificate Acquisition
+.B \-o, \-\-out cacert[=\fIfilename\fP]
+.RS 4
+Output file of acquired CA certificate. If more then one CA certificate is available, \fIfilename\fP is used as prefix for the resulting files.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/cacerts/caCert.der.
+.RE
+
+.SS Options For Certificate Enrollment
+.B \-i, \-\-in \fItype\fP[=\fIfilename\fP]
+.RS 4
+Input file for certificate enrollment. This option can be specified multiple times to specify input files for every \fItype\fP.
+Input files can bei either DER or PEM encoded.
+.PP
+Supported values for \fItype\fP:
+.IP "\fBpkcs1\fP" 12
+RSA private key in PKCS#1 file format. If no input of this type is specified, a RSA key gets generated.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/private/myKey.der.
+.IP "\fBcacert\-enc\fP" 12
+CA certificate to encrypt the SCEP request. Has to be specified for certificate enrollment.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/cacerts/caCert.der.
+.IP "\fBcacert\-sig\fP" 12
+CA certificate to check signature of SCEP reply. Has to be specified for certificate enrollment.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/cacerts/caCert.der.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-k, \-\-keylength \fIbits\fP
+.RS 4
+sets the key length for RSA key generation. The default length for a generated rsa key is set to 2048 bit.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-D, \-\-days \fIdays\fP
+.RS 4
+Validity of the self-signed X.509 certificate in days. The default is 1825 days (5 years).
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-S, \-\-startdate \fIYYMMDDHHMMSS\fPZ
+.RS 4
+defines the \fBnotBefore\fP date when the X.509 certificate becomes valid.
+The date has the format \fIYYMMDDHHMMSS\fP and must be specified in UTC (Zulu time).
+If the \fB--startdate\fP option is not specified then the current date is taken as a default.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-E, \-\-enddate \fIYYMMDDHHMMSS\fPZ
+.RS 4
+defines the \fBnotAfter\fP date when the X.509 certificate will expire.
+The date has the format \fIYYMMDDHHMMSS\fP and must be specified in UTC (Zulu time).
+If the \fB--enddate\fP option is not specified then the default \fBnotAfter\fP value is computed by
+adding the validity interval specified by the \fB--days\fP option to the \fBnotBefore\fP date.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-d, \-\-dn \fIdn\fP
+.RS 4
+Distinguished name as comma separated list of relative distinguished names. Use quotation marks for a distinguished name containing spaces. If the \fB\-\-dn\fP parameter is missing then the default "C=CH, O=Linux strongSwan, CN=\fIhostname\fP"
+is used with \fIhostname\fP being the return value of the \fIgethostname\fP() function.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-s, \-\-subjectAltName \fItype\fP=\fIvalue\fP
+.RS 4
+Include subjectAltName in certificate request. This option can be specified multiple times to specify a subjectAltName
+for every \fItype\fP.
+.PP
+Supported values for \fItype\fP:
+.IP "\fBemail\fP" 12
+subjectAltName is a email address.
+.IP "\fBdns\fP" 12
+subjectAltName is a hostname.
+.IP "\fBip\fP" 12
+subjectAltName is a IP address.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-p, \-\-password \fIpw\fP
+.RS 4
+Password to be included as a \fIchallenge password\fP in SCEP request.
+If \fIpw\fP is \fB%prompt\fP', the password gets prompted for on the command line.
+.IP
+\- In automatic mode, this password corresponds to the preshared secret for the given enrollment.
+.IP
+\- In manual mode, this password can be used to later revoke the corresponding certificate.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-a, \-\-algorithm \fIalgo\fP
+.RS 4
+Change symmetric algorithm to use for encryption of certificate Request.
+The default is \fB3des\-cbc\fP.
+.PP
+Supported values for \fIalgo\fP:
+.IP "\fBdes\-cbc\fP" 12
+DES CBC encryption (key size = 56 bit).
+.IP "\fB3des\-cbc\fP" 12
+Triple DES CBC encryption (key size = 168 bit).
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-o, \-\-out \fItype\fP[=\fIfilename\fP]
+.RS 4
+Output file for certificate enrollment. This option can be specified multiple times to specify output files for every \fItype\fP.
+.PP
+Supported values for \fItype\fP:
+.IP "\fBpkcs1\fP" 12
+RSA private key in PKCS#1 file format. If specified, the RSA key used for enrollment is stored in file \fIfilename\fP.
+If none of the \fItypes\fP listed below are specified, \fBscepclient\fP will stop after outputting this file.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/private/myKey.der.
+.IP "\fBpkcs10\fP" 12
+PKCS#10 certificate request. If specified, the PKCS#10 request used or certificate enrollment is stored in file \fIfilename\fP.
+If none of the \fItypes\fP listed below are specified, \fBscepclient\fP will stop after outputting this file.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/req/myReq.der.
+.IP "\fBpkcs7\fP" 12
+PKCS#7 SCEP request as it is sent using HTTP to the SCEP server. If specified, this SCEP request is stored in file \fIfilename\fP.
+If none of \fItypes\fP listed below is not specified, \fBscepclient\fP will stop after outputting this file.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/req/pkcs7.der.
+.IP "\fBcert-self\fP" 12
+Self-signed certificate. If specified the self-signed certificate is stored in file \fIfilename\fP.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/certs/selfCert.der.
+.IP "\fBcert\fP" 12
+Enrolled certificate. This \fItype\fP must be specified for certificate enrollment.
+The enrolled certificate is stored in file \fIfilename\fP.
+.br
+The default \fIfilename\fP is set to $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/certs/myCert.der.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-m, \-\-method \fImethod\fP
+.RS 4
+Change HTTP request method for certificate enrollment. Default is \fBget\fP.
+.PP
+Supported values for \fImethod\fP:
+.IP "\fBpost\fP" 12
+Certificate enrollment using HTTP POST. Must be supported by the given SCEP server.
+.IP "\fBget\fP" 12
+Certificate enrollment using HTTP GET.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-t, \-\-interval \fIseconds\fP
+.RS 4
+Set interval time in seconds when polling in manual mode.
+The default interval is set to 5 seconds.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-x, \-\-maxpolltime \fIseconds\fP
+.RS 4
+Set max time in seconds to poll in manual mode.
+The default max time is set to unlimited.
+.RE
+
+.SS Debugging Output Options:
+.B \-A, \-\-debug\-all
+.RS 4
+Log everything except private data.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-P, \-\-debug\-parsing
+.RS 4
+Log parsing relevant stuff.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-R, \-\-debug\-raw
+.RS 4
+Log raw hex dumps.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-C, \-\-debug\-control
+.RS 4
+Log informations about control flow.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-M, \-\-debug\-controlmore
+.RS 4
+Log more detailed informations about control flow.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B \-X, \-\-debug\-private
+.RS 4
+Log sensitive data (e.g. private keys).
+.RE
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+.B ipsec scepclient \-\-out caCert \-\-url http://scepserver/cgi\-bin/pkiclient.exe \-f
+.RS 4
+Acquire CA certificate from SCEP server and store it in the default file $CONFDIR/ipsec.d/cacerts/caCert.der.
+If more then one CA certificate is returned, store them in files named caCert.der\-1', caCert.der\-2', etc.
+.br
+Existing files are overwritten.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B ipsec scepclient \-\-out pkcs1=joeKey.der \-k 1024
+.RS 4
+Generate RSA private key with key length of 1024 bit and store it in file joeKey.der.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B ipsec scepclient \-\-in pkcs1=joeKey.der \-\-out pkcs10=joeReq.der \e
+.br
+.B \-\-dn \*(rqC=AT, CN=John Doe\*(rq \-s email=john@doe.com \-p mypassword
+.RS 4
+Generate a PKCS#10 request and store it in file joeReq.der. Use the RSA private key joeKey.der
+created earlier to sign the PKCS#10\-Request. In addition to the distinguished name include a
+email\-subjectAltName and a challenge password in the request.
+.RE
+.PP
+.B ipsec scepclient \-\-out pkcs1=joeKey.der \-\-out cert==joeCert.der \e
+.br
+.B \-\-dn \*(rqC=CH, CN=John Doe\*(rq \-k 512 \-p 5xH2pnT7wq \e
+.br
+.B \-\-url http://scep.hsr.ch/cgi\-bin/pkiclient.exe \e
+.br
+.B \-\-in cacert\-enc=caCert.der \-\-in cacert\-sig=caCert.der
+.RS 4
+Generate a new RSA key for the request and store it in joeKey.der. Then enroll a certificate and store as joeCert.der.
+The challenge password is '5xH2pnT7wq'. The encryption and signature check has to be made with the same CA certificate
+caCert.der.
+.RE
+
+
+.SH "BUGS"
+\fB\-\-optionsfrom\fP seems to have parsing problems reading option files containing strings in quotation marks.
+.SH "COPYRIGHT"
+Copyright (C) 2005 Jan Hutter, Martin Willi
+.br
+Hochschule fuer Technik Rapperswil
+.PP
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See <http://www.fsf.org/copyleft/gpl.txt>.
+.PP
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.