1S_TIME(1)                           OpenSSL                          S_TIME(1)
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NAME

6       openssl-s_time, s_time - SSL/TLS performance timing program
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SYNOPSIS

9       openssl s_time [-help] [-connect host:port] [-www page] [-cert
10       filename] [-key filename] [-CApath directory] [-CAfile filename]
11       [-no-CAfile] [-no-CApath] [-reuse] [-new] [-verify depth] [-nameopt
12       option] [-time seconds] [-ssl3] [-bugs] [-cipher cipherlist]
13       [-ciphersuites val]
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DESCRIPTION

16       The s_time command implements a generic SSL/TLS client which connects
17       to a remote host using SSL/TLS. It can request a page from the server
18       and includes the time to transfer the payload data in its timing
19       measurements. It measures the number of connections within a given
20       timeframe, the amount of data transferred (if any), and calculates the
21       average time spent for one connection.
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OPTIONS

24       -help
25           Print out a usage message.
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27       -connect host:port
28           This specifies the host and optional port to connect to.
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30       -www page
31           This specifies the page to GET from the server. A value of '/' gets
32           the index.htm[l] page. If this parameter is not specified, then
33           s_time will only perform the handshake to establish SSL connections
34           but not transfer any payload data.
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36       -cert certname
37           The certificate to use, if one is requested by the server. The
38           default is not to use a certificate. The file is in PEM format.
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40       -key keyfile
41           The private key to use. If not specified then the certificate file
42           will be used. The file is in PEM format.
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44       -verify depth
45           The verify depth to use. This specifies the maximum length of the
46           server certificate chain and turns on server certificate
47           verification.  Currently the verify operation continues after
48           errors so all the problems with a certificate chain can be seen. As
49           a side effect the connection will never fail due to a server
50           certificate verify failure.
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52       -nameopt option
53           Option which determines how the subject or issuer names are
54           displayed. The option argument can be a single option or multiple
55           options separated by commas.  Alternatively the -nameopt switch may
56           be used more than once to set multiple options. See the x509(1)
57           manual page for details.
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59       -CApath directory
60           The directory to use for server certificate verification. This
61           directory must be in "hash format", see verify for more
62           information. These are also used when building the client
63           certificate chain.
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65       -CAfile file
66           A file containing trusted certificates to use during server
67           authentication and to use when attempting to build the client
68           certificate chain.
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70       -no-CAfile
71           Do not load the trusted CA certificates from the default file
72           location
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74       -no-CApath
75           Do not load the trusted CA certificates from the default directory
76           location
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78       -new
79           Performs the timing test using a new session ID for each
80           connection.  If neither -new nor -reuse are specified, they are
81           both on by default and executed in sequence.
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83       -reuse
84           Performs the timing test using the same session ID; this can be
85           used as a test that session caching is working. If neither -new nor
86           -reuse are specified, they are both on by default and executed in
87           sequence.
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89       -ssl3
90           This option disables the use of SSL version 3. By default the
91           initial handshake uses a method which should be compatible with all
92           servers and permit them to use SSL v3 or TLS as appropriate.
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94           The timing program is not as rich in options to turn protocols on
95           and off as the s_client(1) program and may not connect to all
96           servers.  Unfortunately there are a lot of ancient and broken
97           servers in use which cannot handle this technique and will fail to
98           connect. Some servers only work if TLS is turned off with the -ssl3
99           option.
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101           Note that this option may not be available, depending on how
102           OpenSSL was built.
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104       -bugs
105           There are several known bugs in SSL and TLS implementations. Adding
106           this option enables various workarounds.
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108       -cipher cipherlist
109           This allows the TLSv1.2 and below cipher list sent by the client to
110           be modified.  This list will be combined with any TLSv1.3
111           ciphersuites that have been configured. Although the server
112           determines which cipher suite is used it should take the first
113           supported cipher in the list sent by the client. See ciphers(1) for
114           more information.
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116       -ciphersuites val
117           This allows the TLSv1.3 ciphersuites sent by the client to be
118           modified. This list will be combined with any TLSv1.2 and below
119           ciphersuites that have been configured. Although the server
120           determines which cipher suite is used it should take the first
121           supported cipher in the list sent by the client. See ciphers(1) for
122           more information. The format for this list is a simple colon (":")
123           separated list of TLSv1.3 ciphersuite names.
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125       -time length
126           Specifies how long (in seconds) s_time should establish connections
127           and optionally transfer payload data from a server. Server and
128           client performance and the link speed determine how many
129           connections s_time can establish.
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NOTES

132       s_time can be used to measure the performance of an SSL connection.  To
133       connect to an SSL HTTP server and get the default page the command
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135        openssl s_time -connect servername:443 -www / -CApath yourdir -CAfile yourfile.pem -cipher commoncipher [-ssl3]
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137       would typically be used (https uses port 443). 'commoncipher' is a
138       cipher to which both client and server can agree, see the ciphers(1)
139       command for details.
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141       If the handshake fails then there are several possible causes, if it is
142       nothing obvious like no client certificate then the -bugs and -ssl3
143       options can be tried in case it is a buggy server. In particular you
144       should play with these options before submitting a bug report to an
145       OpenSSL mailing list.
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147       A frequent problem when attempting to get client certificates working
148       is that a web client complains it has no certificates or gives an empty
149       list to choose from. This is normally because the server is not sending
150       the clients certificate authority in its "acceptable CA list" when it
151       requests a certificate. By using s_client(1) the CA list can be viewed
152       and checked. However, some servers only request client authentication
153       after a specific URL is requested. To obtain the list in this case it
154       is necessary to use the -prexit option of s_client(1) and send an HTTP
155       request for an appropriate page.
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157       If a certificate is specified on the command line using the -cert
158       option it will not be used unless the server specifically requests a
159       client certificate. Therefore, merely including a client certificate on
160       the command line is no guarantee that the certificate works.
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BUGS

163       Because this program does not have all the options of the s_client(1)
164       program to turn protocols on and off, you may not be able to measure
165       the performance of all protocols with all servers.
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167       The -verify option should really exit if the server verification fails.
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SEE ALSO

170       s_client(1), s_server(1), ciphers(1)
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176       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
177       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
178       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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