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NAME

6       gnutls-cli - GNU TLS test client
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SYNOPSIS

9       gnutls-cli [options] hostname
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DESCRIPTION

12       Simple  client  program  to  set up a TLS connection to some other com‐
13       puter.  It sets up a TLS connection and forwards data from the standard
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OPTIONS

17   Program control options
18       --copyright
19              Prints the program's license.
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21       -d, --debug LEVEL
22              Specify the debug level. Default is 1.
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24       -h, --help
25              Prints a short reminder of the command line options.
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27       -l, --list
28              Print a list of the supported algorithms and modes.
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30       -r, --resume
31              Connect,  establish  a  session.   Connect again and resume this
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34       -s, --starttls
35              Connect, establish a plain session and start TLS when EOF  or  a
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39              Prints the program's version number.
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43       --ciphers cipher1 cipher2...
44              Ciphers  to  enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the supported
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48              Compression methods to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the
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51       --crlf Send CR LF instead of LF.
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53       --ctypes certType1 certType2...
54              Certificate  types  to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the
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57       -f, --fingerprint
58              Send the openpgp fingerprint, instead of the key.
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60       --kx kx1 kx2...
61              Key exchange methods to enable (use gnutls-cli  --list  to  show
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64       --macs mac1 mac2...
65              MACs  (Message  Authentication  Codes) to enable (use gnutls-cli
66              --list to show the supported MACs).
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68       -p, --port integer
69              The port to connect to.
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72              Protocols to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the supported
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80       --pgpcertfile FILE
81              PGP Public Key (certificate) file to use.
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108              X.509 key file to use.
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SEE ALSO

114       gnutls-cli-debug(1), gnutls-serv(1)
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AUTHOR

117       Nikos     Mavroyanopoulos    <nmav@gnutls.org>    and    others;    see
118       /usr/share/doc/gnutls-bin/AUTHORS for a complete list.
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120       This manual page was written by Ivo  Timmermans  <ivo@debian.org>,  for
121       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
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