-
=pod
=head1 NAME
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<openssl> B<s_time>
+[B<-help>]
[B<-connect host:port>]
[B<-www page>]
[B<-cert filename>]
[B<-key filename>]
[B<-CApath directory>]
[B<-CAfile filename>]
+[B<-no-CAfile>]
+[B<-no-CApath>]
[B<-reuse>]
[B<-new>]
[B<-verify depth>]
[B<-nbio>]
[B<-time seconds>]
-[B<-ssl2>]
[B<-ssl3>]
[B<-bugs>]
[B<-cipher cipherlist>]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The B<s_client> command implements a generic SSL/TLS client which connects to a
+The B<s_time> command implements a generic SSL/TLS client which connects to a
remote host using SSL/TLS. It can request a page from the server and includes
the time to transfer the payload data in its timing measurements. It measures
the number of connections within a given timeframe, the amount of data
=over 4
+=item B<-help>
+
+Print out a usage message.
+
=item B<-connect host:port>
This specifies the host and optional port to connect to.
A file containing trusted certificates to use during server authentication
and to use when attempting to build the client certificate chain.
+=item B<-no-CAfile>
+
+Do not load the trusted CA certificates from the default file location
+
+=item B<-no-CApath>
+
+Do not load the trusted CA certificates from the default directory location
+
=item B<-new>
performs the timing test using a new session ID for each connection.
turns on non-blocking I/O.
-=item B<-ssl2>, B<-ssl3>
+=item B<-ssl3>
these options disable the use of certain SSL or TLS protocols. By default
the initial handshake uses a method which should be compatible with all
-servers and permit them to use SSL v3, SSL v2 or TLS as appropriate.
+servers and permit them to use SSL v3 or TLS as appropriate.
The timing program is not as rich in options to turn protocols on and off as
-the L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)> program and may not connect to all servers.
+the L<s_client(1)> program and may not connect to all servers.
Unfortunately there are a lot of ancient and broken servers in use which
cannot handle this technique and will fail to connect. Some servers only
-work if TLS is turned off with the B<-ssl3> option; others
-will only support SSL v2 and may need the B<-ssl2> option.
+work if TLS is turned off with the B<-ssl3> option.
=item B<-bugs>
this allows the cipher list sent by the client to be modified. Although
the server determines which cipher suite is used it should take the first
supported cipher in the list sent by the client.
-See the L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)> command for more information.
+See the L<ciphers(1)> command for more information.
=item B<-time length>
=head1 NOTES
-B<s_client> can be used to measure the performance of an SSL connection.
+B<s_time> can be used to measure the performance of an SSL connection.
To connect to an SSL HTTP server and get the default page the command
openssl s_time -connect servername:443 -www / -CApath yourdir -CAfile yourfile.pem -cipher commoncipher [-ssl3]
would typically be used (https uses port 443). 'commoncipher' is a cipher to
-which both client and server can agree, see the L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)> command
+which both client and server can agree, see the L<ciphers(1)> command
for details.
If the handshake fails then there are several possible causes, if it is
-nothing obvious like no client certificate then the B<-bugs>, B<-ssl2>,
+nothing obvious like no client certificate then the B<-bugs> and
B<-ssl3> options can be tried
in case it is a buggy server. In particular you should play with these
options B<before> submitting a bug report to an OpenSSL mailing list.
is that a web client complains it has no certificates or gives an empty
list to choose from. This is normally because the server is not sending
the clients certificate authority in its "acceptable CA list" when it
-requests a certificate. By using L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)> the CA list can be
+requests a certificate. By using L<s_client(1)> the CA list can be
viewed and checked. However some servers only request client authentication
after a specific URL is requested. To obtain the list in this case it
-is necessary to use the B<-prexit> option of L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)> and
+is necessary to use the B<-prexit> option of L<s_client(1)> and
send an HTTP request for an appropriate page.
If a certificate is specified on the command line using the B<-cert>
=head1 BUGS
Because this program does not have all the options of the
-L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)> program to turn protocols on and off, you may not be
+L<s_client(1)> program to turn protocols on and off, you may not be
able to measure the performance of all protocols with all servers.
The B<-verify> option should really exit if the server verification
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<s_client(1)|s_client(1)>, L<s_server(1)|s_server(1)>, L<ciphers(1)|ciphers(1)>
+L<s_client(1)>, L<s_server(1)>, L<ciphers(1)>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright 2004-2016 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 at
+L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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