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+++ b/secure/usr.bin/openssl/man/ecparam.1
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
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.\" ========================================================================
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.IX Title "ECPARAM 1"
-.TH ECPARAM 1 "2010-03-24" "0.9.8n" "OpenSSL"
+.TH ECPARAM 1 "2010-11-16" "0.9.8p" "OpenSSL"
+.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
+.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
+.if n .ad l
+.nh
.SH "NAME"
ecparam \- EC parameter manipulation and generation
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ This option will generate a \s-1EC\s0 private key using the specified parameters
a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
generator, or an \s-1EGD\s0 socket (see \fIRAND_egd\fR\|(3)).
Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
-The separator is \fB;\fR for MS\-Windows, \fB,\fR for OpenVMS, and \fB:\fR for
+The separator is \fB;\fR for MS-Windows, \fB,\fR for OpenVMS, and \fB:\fR for
all others.
.IP "\fB\-engine id\fR" 4
.IX Item "-engine id"
@@ -239,48 +238,48 @@ for all available algorithms.
\&\s-1PEM\s0 format \s-1EC\s0 parameters use the header and footer lines:
.PP
.Vb 2
-\& -----BEGIN EC PARAMETERS-----
-\& -----END EC PARAMETERS-----
+\& \-\-\-\-\-BEGIN EC PARAMETERS\-\-\-\-\-
+\& \-\-\-\-\-END EC PARAMETERS\-\-\-\-\-
.Ve
.PP
OpenSSL is currently not able to generate new groups and therefore
-\&\fBecparam\fR can only create \s-1EC\s0 parameters from known (named) curves.
+\&\fBecparam\fR can only create \s-1EC\s0 parameters from known (named) curves.
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.IX Header "EXAMPLES"
To create \s-1EC\s0 parameters with the group 'prime192v1':
.PP
.Vb 1
-\& openssl ecparam -out ec_param.pem -name prime192v1
+\& openssl ecparam \-out ec_param.pem \-name prime192v1
.Ve
.PP
To create \s-1EC\s0 parameters with explicit parameters:
.PP
.Vb 1
-\& openssl ecparam -out ec_param.pem -name prime192v1 -param_enc explicit
+\& openssl ecparam \-out ec_param.pem \-name prime192v1 \-param_enc explicit
.Ve
.PP
To validate given \s-1EC\s0 parameters:
.PP
.Vb 1
-\& openssl ecparam -in ec_param.pem -check
+\& openssl ecparam \-in ec_param.pem \-check
.Ve
.PP
To create \s-1EC\s0 parameters and a private key:
.PP
.Vb 1
-\& openssl ecparam -out ec_key.pem -name prime192v1 -genkey
+\& openssl ecparam \-out ec_key.pem \-name prime192v1 \-genkey
.Ve
.PP
To change the point encoding to 'compressed':
.PP
.Vb 1
-\& openssl ecparam -in ec_in.pem -out ec_out.pem -conv_form compressed
+\& openssl ecparam \-in ec_in.pem \-out ec_out.pem \-conv_form compressed
.Ve
.PP
To print out the \s-1EC\s0 parameters to standard output:
.PP
.Vb 1
-\& openssl ecparam -in ec_param.pem -noout -text
+\& openssl ecparam \-in ec_param.pem \-noout \-text
.Ve
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
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