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gnutls-serv (1)

Name

gnutls-serv - GnuTLS server

Synopsis

gnutls-serv [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-name[[=| ]value]]

All arguments must be options.

Description

gnutls-serv(1)                   User Commands                  gnutls-serv(1)



NAME
       gnutls-serv - GnuTLS server

SYNOPSIS
       gnutls-serv [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-name[[=| ]value]]

       All arguments must be options.


DESCRIPTION
       Server program that listens to incoming TLS connections.

OPTIONS
       -d number, --debug=number
              Enable  debugging.   This  option takes an integer number as its
              argument.  The value of number is constrained to being:
                  in the range  0 through 9999

              Specifies the debug level.

       --sni-hostname=string
              Server's hostname for server name extension.

              Server name of type host_name that the server will recognise as
              its own. If the server receives client hello with different
              name, it will send a warning-level unrecognized_name alert.

       --sni-hostname-fatal
              Send fatal alert on sni-hostname mismatch.


       --alpn=string
              Specify ALPN protocol to be enabled by the server.  This option
              may appear an unlimited number of times.

              Specify the (textual) ALPN protocol for the server to use.

       --alpn-fatal
              Send fatal alert on non-matching ALPN name.


       --noticket
              Don't accept session tickets.


       --earlydata
              Accept early data.


       --maxearlydata=number
              The maximum early data size to accept.  This option takes an
              integer number as its argument.  The value of number is con-
              strained to being:
                  greater than or equal to 1


       --nocookie
              Don't require cookie on DTLS sessions.


       -g, --generate
              Generate Diffie-Hellman parameters.


       -q, --quiet
              Suppress some messages.


       --nodb Do not use a resumption database.


       --http Act as an HTTP server.


       --echo Act as an Echo server.


       --crlf Do not replace CRLF by LF in Echo server mode.


       -u, --udp
              Use DTLS (datagram TLS) over UDP.


       --mtu=number
              Set MTU for datagram TLS.  This option takes an integer number
              as its argument.  The value of number is constrained to being:
                  in the range  0 through 17000


       --srtp-profiles=string
              Offer SRTP profiles.


       -a, --disable-client-cert
              Do not request a client certificate.  This option must not
              appear in combination with any of the following options:
              require-client-cert.


       -r, --require-client-cert
              Require a client certificate.

              This option before 3.6.0 used to imply --verify-client-cert.
              Since 3.6.0 it will no longer verify the certificate by default.

       --verify-client-cert
              If a client certificate is sent then verify it..

              Do not require, but if a client certificate is sent then verify
              it and close the connection if invalid.

       -b, --heartbeat
              Activate heartbeat support.

              Regularly ping client via heartbeat extension messages

       --x509fmtder
              Use DER format for certificates to read from.


       --priority=string
              Priorities string.

              TLS algorithms and protocols to enable. You can use predefined
              sets of ciphersuites such as PERFORMANCE, NORMAL, SECURE128,
              SECURE256. The default is NORMAL.

              Check  the  GnuTLS  manual  on  section  "Priority strings" for
              more information on allowed keywords

       --dhparams=file
              DH params file to use.


       --x509cafile=string
              Certificate file or PKCS #11 URL to use.


       --x509crlfile=file
              CRL file to use.


       --pgpkeyfile=file
              PGP Key file to use.


              NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509keyfile=string
              X.509 key file or PKCS #11 URL to use.  This option may appear
              an unlimited number of times.

              Specify the private key file or URI to use; it must correspond
              to the certificate specified in --x509certfile. Multiple keys
              and certificates can be specified with this option and in that
              case each occurrence of keyfile must be followed by the corre-
              sponding x509certfile or vice-versa.

       --x509certfile=string
              X.509 Certificate file or PKCS #11 URL to use.  This option may
              appear an unlimited number of times.

              Specify the certificate file or URI to use; it must correspond
              to the key specified in --x509keyfile. Multiple keys and cer-
              tificates can be specified with this option and in that case
              each occurrence of keyfile must be followed by the corresponding
              x509certfile or vice-versa.

       --x509dsakeyfile
              This is an alias for the --x509keyfile option.

              NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509dsacertfile
              This is an alias for the --x509certfile option.

              NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509ecckeyfile
              This is an alias for the --x509keyfile option.

              NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --x509ecccertfile
              This is an alias for the --x509certfile option.

              NOTE: THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED

       --rawpkkeyfile=string
              Private key file (PKCS #8 or PKCS #12) or PKCS #11 URL to use.
              This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

              Specify the private key file or URI to use; it must correspond
              to the raw public-key specified in --rawpkfile. Multiple key
              pairs can be specified with this option and in that case each
              occurrence of keyfile must be followed by the corresponding raw-
              pkfile or vice-versa.

              In order to instruct the application to negotiate raw public
              keys one must enable the respective certificate types via the
              priority strings (i.e. CTYPE-CLI-* and CTYPE-SRV-* flags).

              Check  the  GnuTLS  manual  on  section  "Priority strings" for
              more information on how to set certificate types.

       --rawpkfile=string
              Raw public-key file to use.  This option may appear an unlimited
              number of times.  This option must appear in combination with
              the following options: rawpkkeyfile.

              Specify the raw public-key file to use; it must correspond to
              the private key specified in --rawpkkeyfile. Multiple key pairs
              can be specified with this option and in that case each occur-
              rence of keyfile must be followed by the corresponding rawpkfile
              or vice-versa.

              In order to instruct the application to negotiate raw public
              keys one must enable the respective certificate types via the
              priority strings (i.e. CTYPE-CLI-* and CTYPE-SRV-* flags).

              Check  the  GnuTLS  manual  on  section  "Priority strings" for
              more information on how to set certificate types.

       --srppasswd=file
              SRP password file to use.


       --srppasswdconf=file
              SRP password configuration file to use.


       --pskpasswd=file
              PSK password file to use.


       --pskhint=string
              PSK identity hint to use.


       --ocsp-response=string
              The OCSP response to send to client.  This option may appear an
              unlimited number of times.

              If the client requested an OCSP response, return data from this
              file to the client.

       --ignore-ocsp-response-errors
              Ignore any errors when setting the OCSP response.

              That option instructs gnutls to not attempt to match the pro-
              vided OCSP responses with the certificates.

       -p number, --port=number
              The port to connect to.  This option takes an integer number as
              its argument.


       -l, --list
              Print a list of the supported algorithms and modes.

              Print a list of the supported algorithms and modes. If a prior-
              ity string is given then only the enabled ciphersuites are
              shown.

       --provider=file
              Specify the PKCS #11 provider library.

              This will override the default options in
              /etc/gnutls/pkcs11.conf

       --keymatexport=string
              Label used for exporting keying material.


       --keymatexportsize=number
              Size of the exported keying material.  This option takes an
              integer number as its argument.


       --recordsize=number
              The maximum record size to advertise.  This option takes an
              integer number as its argument.  The value of number is con-
              strained to being:
                  in the range  0 through 16384


       --httpdata=file
              The data used as HTTP response.


       -h, --help
              Display usage information and exit.

       -!, --more-help
              Pass the extended usage information through a pager.

       -v [{v|c|n --version [{v|c|n}]}]
              Output version of program and exit.  The default mode is `v', a
              simple version.  The `c' mode will print copyright information
              and `n' will print the full copyright notice.

EXAMPLES
       Running your own TLS server based on GnuTLS can be useful when debug-
       ging clients and/or GnuTLS itself.  This section describes how to use
       gnutls-serv as a simple HTTPS server.

       The most basic server can be started as:

           gnutls-serv --http --priority "NORMAL:+ANON-ECDH:+ANON-DH"

       It will only support anonymous ciphersuites, which many TLS clients
       refuse to use.

       The next step is to add support for X.509.  First we generate a CA:

           $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-ca-key.pem
           $ echo 'cn = GnuTLS test CA' > ca.tmpl
           $ echo 'ca' >> ca.tmpl
           $ echo 'cert_signing_key' >> ca.tmpl
           $ certtool --generate-self-signed --load-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template ca.tmpl --outfile x509-ca.pem

       Then generate a server certificate.  Remember to change the dns_name
       value to the name of your server host, or skip that command to avoid
       the field.

           $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-server-key.pem
           $ echo 'organization = GnuTLS test server' > server.tmpl
           $ echo 'cn = test.gnutls.org' >> server.tmpl
           $ echo 'tls_www_server' >> server.tmpl
           $ echo 'encryption_key' >> server.tmpl
           $ echo 'signing_key' >> server.tmpl
           $ echo 'dns_name = test.gnutls.org' >> server.tmpl
           $ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey x509-server-key.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template server.tmpl --outfile x509-server.pem

       For use in the client, you may want to generate a client certificate as
       well.

           $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-client-key.pem
           $ echo 'cn = GnuTLS test client' > client.tmpl
           $ echo 'tls_www_client' >> client.tmpl
           $ echo 'encryption_key' >> client.tmpl
           $ echo 'signing_key' >> client.tmpl
           $ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey x509-client-key.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template client.tmpl --outfile x509-client.pem

       To be able to import the client key/certificate into some applications,
       you will need to convert them into a PKCS#12 structure.  This also
       encrypts the security sensitive key with a password.

           $ certtool --to-p12 --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem   --load-privkey x509-client-key.pem --load-certificate x509-client.pem   --outder --outfile x509-client.p12

       For icing, we'll create a proxy certificate for the client too.

           $ certtool --generate-privkey > x509-proxy-key.pem
           $ echo 'cn = GnuTLS test client proxy' > proxy.tmpl
           $ certtool --generate-proxy --load-privkey x509-proxy-key.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-client.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-client-key.pem   --load-certificate x509-client.pem --template proxy.tmpl   --outfile x509-proxy.pem

       Then start the server again:

           $ gnutls-serv --http             --x509cafile x509-ca.pem             --x509keyfile x509-server-key.pem             --x509certfile x509-server.pem

       Try connecting to the server using your web browser.  Note that the
       server listens to port 5556 by default.

       While you are at it, to allow connections using ECDSA, you can also
       create a ECDSA key and certificate for the server.  These credentials
       will be used in the final example below.

           $ certtool --generate-privkey --ecdsa > x509-server-key-ecc.pem
           $ certtool --generate-certificate --load-privkey x509-server-key-ecc.pem   --load-ca-certificate x509-ca.pem --load-ca-privkey x509-ca-key.pem   --template server.tmpl --outfile x509-server-ecc.pem


       The next step is to add support for SRP authentication. This requires
       an SRP password file created with srptool.  To start the server with
       SRP support:

           gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+SRP-RSA:+SRP             --srppasswdconf srp-tpasswd.conf             --srppasswd srp-passwd.txt

       Let's also start a server with support for PSK. This would require a
       password file created with psktool.

           gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+ECDHE-PSK:+PSK             --pskpasswd psk-passwd.txt

       If you want a server with support for raw public-keys we can also add
       these credentials. Note however that there is no identity information
       linked to these keys as is the case with regular x509 certificates.
       Authentication must be done via different means. Also we need to
       explicitly enable raw public-key certificates via the priority strings.

           gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+CTYPE-CLI-RAWPK:+CTYPE-SRV-RAWPK             --rawpkfile srv.rawpk.pem             --rawpkkeyfile srv.key.pem


       Finally, we start the server with all the earlier parameters and you
       get this command:

           gnutls-serv --http --priority NORMAL:+PSK:+SRP:+CTYPE-CLI-RAWPK:+CTYPE-SRV-RAWPK             --x509cafile x509-ca.pem             --x509keyfile x509-server-key.pem             --x509certfile x509-server.pem             --x509keyfile x509-server-key-ecc.pem             --x509certfile x509-server-ecc.pem             --srppasswdconf srp-tpasswd.conf             --srppasswd srp-passwd.txt             --pskpasswd psk-passwd.txt             --rawpkfile srv.rawpk.pem             --rawpkkeyfile srv.key.pem

EXIT STATUS
       One of the following exit values will be returned:

       0  (EXIT_SUCCESS)
              Successful program execution.

       1  (EXIT_FAILURE)
              The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.

       70  (EX_SOFTWARE)
              libopts had an internal operational error.  Please report it to
              autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net.  Thank you.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |   ATTRIBUTE VALUE     |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Availability   | library/gnutls-3      |
       +---------------+-----------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through volatile |
       +---------------+-----------------------+

SEE ALSO
       gnutls-cli-debug(1), gnutls-cli(1)

AUTHORS
       Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos, Simon Josefsson and others; see
       /usr/share/doc/gnutls/AUTHORS for a complete list.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2000-2020 Free Software Foundation, and others all rights
       reserved.  This program is released under the terms of the GNU General
       Public License, version 3 or later.

BUGS
       Please send bug reports to: bugs@gnutls.org

NOTES
       This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the gnutls-serv option defini-
       tions.


       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnutls/v3.7/gnutls-3.7.1.tar.xz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.gnutls.org/.



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