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NAME
openssl-speed - test library performance
SYNOPSIS
openssl speed [-help] [-elapsed] [-evp algo] [-hmac algo] [-cmac algo]
[-mb] [-aead] [-multi num] [-async_jobs num] [-misalign num] [-decrypt]
[-primes num] [-seconds num] [-bytes num] [-mr] [-rand files]
[-writerand file] [-engine id] [-provider name] [-provider-path path]
[-propquery propq] [algorithm ...]
DESCRIPTION
This command is used to test the performance of cryptographic
algorithms.
OPTIONS
-help
Print out a usage message.
-elapsed
When calculating operations- or bytes-per-second, use wall-clock
time instead of CPU user time as divisor. It can be useful when
testing speed of hardware engines.
-evp algo
Use the specified cipher or message digest algorithm via the EVP
interface. If algo is an AEAD cipher, then you can pass -aead to
benchmark a TLS-like sequence. And if algo is a multi-buffer
capable cipher, e.g. aes-128-cbc-hmac-sha1, then -mb will time
multi-buffer operation.
To see the algorithms supported with this option, use "openssl list
-digest-algorithms" or "openssl list -cipher-algorithms" command.
-multi num
Run multiple operations in parallel.
-async_jobs num
Enable async mode and start specified number of jobs.
-misalign num
Misalign the buffers by the specified number of bytes.
-hmac digest
Time the HMAC algorithm using the specified message digest.
-cmac cipher
Time the CMAC algorithm using the specified cipher e.g. "openssl
speed -cmac aes128".
-decrypt
Time the decryption instead of encryption. Affects only the EVP
testing.
-mb Enable multi-block mode on EVP-named cipher.
-aead
Benchmark EVP-named AEAD cipher in TLS-like sequence.
-primes num
Generate a num-prime RSA key and use it to run the benchmarks. This
option is only effective if RSA algorithm is specified to test.
-seconds num
Run benchmarks for num seconds.
-bytes num
Run benchmarks on num-byte buffers. Affects ciphers, digests and
the CSPRNG. The limit on the size of the buffer is INT_MAX - 64
bytes, which for a 32-bit int would be 2147483583 bytes.
-mr Produce the summary in a mechanical, machine-readable, format.
-rand files, -writerand file
See "Random State Options" in openssl(1) for details.
-engine id
See "Engine Options" in openssl(1). This option is deprecated.
-provider name
-provider-path path
-propquery propq
See "Provider Options" in openssl(1), provider(7), and property(7).
algorithm ...
If any algorithm is given, then those algorithms are tested,
otherwise a pre-compiled grand selection is tested.
BUGS
The algorithm can be selected only from a pre-compiled subset of things
that the "openssl speed" command knows about. To test any additional
digest or cipher algorithm supported by OpenSSL use the "-evp" option.
There is no way to test the speed of any additional public key
algorithms supported by third party providers with the "openssl speed"
command.
HISTORY
The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2000-2022 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (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
<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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