1TSGET(1)                            OpenSSL                           TSGET(1)
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NAME

6       openssl-tsget, tsget - Time Stamping HTTP/HTTPS client
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SYNOPSIS

9       tsget -h server_url [-e extension] [-o output] [-v] [-d] [-k
10       private_key.pem] [-p key_password] [-c client_cert.pem] [-C
11       CA_certs.pem] [-P CA_path] [-r file:file...]  [-g EGD_socket]
12       [request]...
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DESCRIPTION

15       The tsget command can be used for sending a timestamp request, as
16       specified in RFC 3161, to a timestamp server over HTTP or HTTPS and
17       storing the timestamp response in a file. This tool cannot be used for
18       creating the requests and verifying responses, you can use the OpenSSL
19       ts(1) command to do that. tsget can send several requests to the server
20       without closing the TCP connection if more than one requests are
21       specified on the command line.
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23       The tool sends the following HTTP request for each timestamp request:
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25               POST url HTTP/1.1
26               User-Agent: OpenTSA tsget.pl/<version>
27               Host: <host>:<port>
28               Pragma: no-cache
29               Content-Type: application/timestamp-query
30               Accept: application/timestamp-reply
31               Content-Length: length of body
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33               ...binary request specified by the user...
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35       tsget expects a response of type application/timestamp-reply, which is
36       written to a file without any interpretation.
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OPTIONS

39       -h server_url
40           The URL of the HTTP/HTTPS server listening for timestamp requests.
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42       -e extension
43           If the -o option is not given this argument specifies the extension
44           of the output files. The base name of the output file will be the
45           same as those of the input files. Default extension is '.tsr'.
46           (Optional)
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48       -o output
49           This option can be specified only when just one request is sent to
50           the server. The timestamp response will be written to the given
51           output file. '-' means standard output. In case of multiple
52           timestamp requests or the absence of this argument the names of the
53           output files will be derived from the names of the input files and
54           the default or specified extension argument. (Optional)
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56       -v  The name of the currently processed request is printed on standard
57           error. (Optional)
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59       -d  Switches on verbose mode for the underlying curl library. You can
60           see detailed debug messages for the connection. (Optional)
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62       -k private_key.pem
63           (HTTPS) In case of certificate-based client authentication over
64           HTTPS <private_key.pem> must contain the private key of the user.
65           The private key file can optionally be protected by a passphrase.
66           The -c option must also be specified. (Optional)
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68       -p key_password
69           (HTTPS) Specifies the passphrase for the private key specified by
70           the -k argument. If this option is omitted and the key is
71           passphrase protected tsget will ask for it. (Optional)
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73       -c client_cert.pem
74           (HTTPS) In case of certificate-based client authentication over
75           HTTPS <client_cert.pem> must contain the X.509 certificate of the
76           user.  The -k option must also be specified. If this option is not
77           specified no certificate-based client authentication will take
78           place. (Optional)
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80       -C CA_certs.pem
81           (HTTPS) The trusted CA certificate store. The certificate chain of
82           the peer's certificate must include one of the CA certificates
83           specified in this file.  Either option -C or option -P must be
84           given in case of HTTPS. (Optional)
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86       -P CA_path
87           (HTTPS) The path containing the trusted CA certificates to verify
88           the peer's certificate. The directory must be prepared with the
89           c_rehash OpenSSL utility. Either option -C or option -P must be
90           given in case of HTTPS. (Optional)
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92       -rand file:file...
93           The files containing random data for seeding the random number
94           generator. Multiple files can be specified, the separator is ; for
95           MS-Windows, , for VMS and : for all other platforms. (Optional)
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97       -g EGD_socket
98           The name of an EGD socket to get random data from. (Optional)
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100       [request]...
101           List of files containing RFC 3161 DER-encoded timestamp requests.
102           If no requests are specified only one request will be sent to the
103           server and it will be read from the standard input. (Optional)
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

106       The TSGET environment variable can optionally contain default
107       arguments. The content of this variable is added to the list of command
108       line arguments.
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EXAMPLES

111       The examples below presume that file1.tsq and file2.tsq contain valid
112       timestamp requests, tsa.opentsa.org listens at port 8080 for HTTP
113       requests and at port 8443 for HTTPS requests, the TSA service is
114       available at the /tsa absolute path.
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116       Get a timestamp response for file1.tsq over HTTP, output is written to
117       file1.tsr:
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119         tsget -h http://tsa.opentsa.org:8080/tsa file1.tsq
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121       Get a timestamp response for file1.tsq and file2.tsq over HTTP showing
122       progress, output is written to file1.reply and file2.reply
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125         tsget -h http://tsa.opentsa.org:8080/tsa -v -e .reply \
126               file1.tsq file2.tsq
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128       Create a timestamp request, write it to file3.tsq, send it to the
129       server and write the response to file3.tsr:
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131         openssl ts -query -data file3.txt -cert | tee file3.tsq \
132               | tsget -h http://tsa.opentsa.org:8080/tsa \
133               -o file3.tsr
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135       Get a timestamp response for file1.tsq over HTTPS without client
136       authentication:
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138         tsget -h https://tsa.opentsa.org:8443/tsa \
139               -C cacerts.pem file1.tsq
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141       Get a timestamp response for file1.tsq over HTTPS with certificate-
142       based client authentication (it will ask for the passphrase if
143       client_key.pem is protected):
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145         tsget -h https://tsa.opentsa.org:8443/tsa -C cacerts.pem \
146               -k client_key.pem -c client_cert.pem file1.tsq
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148       You can shorten the previous command line if you make use of the TSGET
149       environment variable. The following commands do the same as the
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152         TSGET='-h https://tsa.opentsa.org:8443/tsa -C cacerts.pem \
153               -k client_key.pem -c client_cert.pem'
154         export TSGET
155         tsget file1.tsq
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SEE ALSO

158       openssl(1), ts(1), curl(1), RFC 3161
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161       Copyright 2006-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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163       Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
164       this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
165       in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
166       <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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