QCATOOL(1)						Qt Cryptographic Architecture (QCA)						QCATOOL(1)

NAME

       qcatool - command line tool for the Qt Cryptographic Architecture

DESCRIPTION

       qcatool	is  a  command line tool for performing various cryptographic operations with the Qt Cryptographic Architecture (QCA). qcatool can
       also be used for testing and debugging QCA.

USAGE

       qcatool has a range of options and commands. You only ever get to use one command, but you may use several, one or no options.

OPTIONS

       As noted above, these are all optional, and may be combined.

       --pass=PASSWORD
	      Specify the password to use. This is probably a bad idea except for testing, because anyone can read the arguments to a command line
	      application.

       --newpass=PASSWORD
	      Specify  the  new password to use for password change with the key changepass and keybundle changepass commands.	This is probably a
	      bad idea except for testing, because anyone can read the arguments to a command line application.

       --nonroots=CERTIFICATES
	      Specify additional certificates, not trusted, but which may be used in the trust path if appropriate trust can be established.

       --roots=CERTIFICATES
	      Specify additional certificates which can be used as trusted (root) certificates.

       --nosys
	      Disable use of the standard root certificates that are provided by the operating system.

       --noprompt
	      Disable prompting for passwords/passphrases. If you do not provide the passphrase on the command line  (with  --pass  or	--newpass)
	      this will cause qcatool to abort the command if a password/passphrase is required.

       --ordered
	      If  outputting  certificate  information	fields (Distinguished Name and Subject Alternative Name), show them in same the order that
	      they are present in the certificate rather than in a friendly sorted order.

       --debug
	      Enable additional output to aid debugging.

       --log-file=FILENAME
	      Log to the specified file.

       --log-level=LEVEL
	      Log at the specified level. The log level can be between 0 (none) and 8 (most).

       --nobundle
	      When S/MIME signing, do not bundle the signer's certificate chain inside the signature.  This results in a smaller signature output,
	      but requires the recipient to have all of the necessary certificates in order to verify it.

COMMANDS

       help, --help, -h
	      Output usage (help) information.

       version, --version, -v
	      Output version information.

       plugins
	      List available plugins. Use the --debug option to get more information on plugins which are found and which ones actually loaded.

       config save [provider]
	      Save provider configuration. Use this to have the provider's default configuration written to persistent storage, which you can then
	      edit by hand.

       config edit [provider]
	      Edit provider configuration. The changes are written to persistent storage.

       key make rsa|dsa [bits]
	      Create a key pair

       key changepass [K]
	      Add/change/remove passphrase of a key

       cert makereq [K]
	      Create certificate request (CSR)

       cert makeself [K]
	      Create self-signed certificate

       cert makereqadv [K]
	      Advanced version of 'makereq'

       cert makeselfadv [K]
	      Advanced version of 'makeself'

       cert validate [C]
	      Validate certificate

       keybundle make [K] [C]
	      Create a keybundle

       keybundle extract [X]
	      Extract certificate(s) and key

       keybundle changepass [X]
	      Change passphrase of a keybundle

       keystore list-stores
	      List all available keystores

       keystore list [storeName]
	      List content of a keystore

       keystore monitor
	      Monitor for keystore availability

       keystore export [E]
	      Export a keystore entry's content

       keystore exportref [E]
	      Export a keystore entry reference

       keystore addkb [storeName] [cert.p12]
	      Add a keybundle into a keystore

       keystore addpgp [storeName] [key.asc]
	      Add a PGP key into a keystore

       keystore remove [E]
	      Remove an object from a keystore

       show cert [C]
	      Examine a certificate

       show req [req.pem]
	      Examine a certificate request (CSR)

       show crl [crl.pem]
	      Examine a certificate revocation list

       show kb [X]
	      Examine a keybundle

       show pgp [P|S]
	      Examine a PGP key

       message sign pgp|pgpdetach|smime [X|S]
	      Sign a message

       message encrypt pgp|smime [C|P]
	      Encrypt a message

       message signencrypt [S] [P]
	      PGP sign & encrypt a message

       message verify pgp|smime
	      Verify a message

       message decrypt pgp|smime ((X) ...)
	      Decrypt a message (S/MIME needs X)

       message exportcerts
	      Export certs from S/MIME message

ARGUMENTS

       The arguments to the commands are as follows.

       K = private key.

       C = certificate.

       X = key bundle.

       P = PGP public key.

       S = PGP secret key.

       E = generic entry.

       These must be identified by either a filename or a keystore reference ("store:obj").

AUTHOR

       qcatool was written by Justin Karneges as part of QCA. This manual page was written by Brad Hards.

qcatool 1.0.0							    August 2007 							QCATOOL(1)