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authorOmar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>2023-06-05 14:35:23 +0000
committerOmar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>2023-06-05 14:35:23 +0000
commitac9f55ba3248ea026ca146202c69c2aa4b3594ed (patch)
treedad523c694466f3f15ade9db9ddbfc09800ba211 /contrib
parent34886b1e55ef0eda629b22742e7173fea04bf8f7 (diff)
gencert: add -e flag to generate a cert using an EC key
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib')
-rwxr-xr-xcontrib/gencert27
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/gencert b/contrib/gencert
index 888194f..20ce1de 100755
--- a/contrib/gencert
+++ b/contrib/gencert
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
# gencert - generate certificates
#
# SYNOPSIS
-# ./gencert [-fh] [-D days] [-d destdir] hostname
+# ./gencert [-efh] [-D days] [-d destdir] hostname
#
# DESCRIPTION
# A simple script to generate self-signed X.509 certificates for
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
# will be valid for. Use 365 (a year) by default.
# -d Save the certificates to the given directory.
# By default the current directory is used.
+# -e Use an EC key instead of RSA.
# -f Forcefully overwrite existing certificates
# without prompting.
# -h Display usage and exit.
@@ -31,14 +32,16 @@ usage() {
exit $1
}
+ec=no
force=no
destdir=.
days=365
-while getopts "D:d:fh" flag; do
+while getopts "D:d:efh" flag; do
case $flag in
D) days="$OPTARG" ;;
d) destdir="${OPTARG%/}" ;;
+ e) ec=yes ;;
f) force=yes ;;
h) usage 0 ;;
?) usage 1 ;;
@@ -76,13 +79,19 @@ if [ -f "$pem" -o -f "$key" ]; then
fi
fi
-openssl req -x509 \
- -newkey rsa:4096 \
- -out "${pem}" \
- -keyout "${key}" \
- -days "${days}" \
- -nodes \
- -subj "/CN=$hostname"
+if [ $ec = yes ]; then
+ openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -noout -out "${key}" && \
+ openssl req -new -x509 -key "${key}" -out "${pem}" -days "${days}" \
+ -nodes -subj "/CN=$hostname"
+else
+ openssl req -x509 \
+ -newkey rsa:4096 \
+ -out "${pem}" \
+ -keyout "${key}" \
+ -days "${days}" \
+ -nodes \
+ -subj "/CN=$hostname"
+fi
e=$?
if [ $e -ne 0 ]; then