openssl prime

compute prime numbers 

openssl command

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

The prime 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.

OPTIONS

-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 for details.

-checks num 

This parameter is ignored.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the OpenSSL license (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 here: OpenSSL.

AVAILABILITY

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