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NAME

       gnutls-cli - GNU TLS test client

SYNOPSIS

       gnutls-cli [options] hostname

DESCRIPTION

       Simple  client  program  to  set  up  a  TLS  connection  to some other
       computer.  It sets up a TLS  connection  and  forwards  data  from  the
       standard input to the secured socket and vice versa.

OPTIONS

   Program control options
       -d, --debug LEVEL
              Specify the debug level. Default is 1.

       -h, --help
              Prints a short reminder of the command line options.

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

       -r, --resume
              Connect,  establish  a  session.   Connect again and resume this
              session.

       -s, --starttls
              Connect, establish a plain session and start TLS when EOF  or  a
              SIGALRM is received.

       -v, --version
              Prints the program’s version number.

       -V, --verbose
              More verbose output.

   TLS/SSL control options
       --priority PRIORITY STRING
              TLS  algorithms  and  protocols  to  enable.   Unless  the first
              keyword is "NONE" the defaults are:

              Protocols: TLS1.1, TLS1.0, and SSL3.0.

              Compression: NULL.

              Certificate types: X.509, OpenPGP.

              You can also use predefined sets of ciphersuites such as:

              PERFORMANCE all the "secure" ciphersuites are  enabled,  limited
              to 128 bit ciphers and sorted by terms of speed performance.

              NORMAL  option  enables  all  "secure" ciphersuites. The 256-bit
              ciphers are included as a fallback only. The ciphers are  sorted
              by security margin.

              SECURE128 flag enables all "secure" ciphersuites with ciphers up
              to 128 bits, sorted by security margin.

              SECURE256 flag enables all "secure" ciphersuites  including  the
              256 bit ciphers, sorted by security margin.

              EXPORT  all  the  ciphersuites  are  enabled, including the low-
              security 40 bit ciphers.

              NONE nothing  is  enabled.  This  disables  even  protocols  and
              compression methods.

              Special keywords:

              "!"   or  "-"  appended  with  an  algorithm  will  remove  this
              algorithm.

              "+" appended with an algorithm will add this algorithm.

              "%COMPAT" will enable compatibility features for a server.

              "%SSL3_RECORD_VERSION" force SSL3.0 record version in the  first
              client  hello.  This  is to avoid buggy servers from terminating
              connection.

              To avoid collisions in order to specify a compression  algorithm
              in  this  string  you  have  to prefix it with "COMP-", protocol
              versions with "VERS-" and certificate types with  "CTYPE-".  All
              other algorithms don’t need a prefix.

              Examples:

              "NORMAL"

              "NORMAL:%COMPAT"

              "NORMAL:!AES-128-CBC"

              "NONE:+VERS-TLS1.0:+AES-128-CBC:+RSA:+SHA1:+COMP-NULL"

       --crlf Send CR LF instead of LF.

       -f, --fingerprint
              Send the openpgp fingerprint, instead of the key.

       -p, --port integer
              The port to connect to.

       --ciphers cipher1 cipher2...
              Ciphers  to  enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the supported
              ciphers).

       --protocols protocol1 protocol2...
              Protocols to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the supported
              protocols).

       --comp comp1 comp2...
              Compression methods to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show the
              supported methods).

       --macs mac1 mac2...
              MACs to enable (use gnutls-cli  --list  to  show  the  supported
              MACs).

       --kx kx1 kx2...
              Key  exchange  methods  to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to show
              the supported methods).

       --ctypes certType1 certType2...
              Certificate types to enable (use gnutls-cli --list to  show  the
              supported types).

       --recordsize integer
              The maximum record size to advertize.

       --disable-extensions
              Disable all the TLS extensions.

       --print-cert
              Print the certificate in PEM format.

       --insecure
              Don’t abort program if server certificates can’t be validated.

   Certificate options
       --pgpcertfile FILE
              PGP Public Key (certificate) file to use.

       --pgpkeyfile FILE
              PGP Key file to use.

       --pgpkeyring FILE
              PGP Key ring file to use.

       --pgptrustdb FILE
              PGP trustdb file to use.

       --pgpsubkey HEX|auto2
              PGP subkey to use.

       --srppasswd PASSWD
              SRP password to use.

       --srpusername NAME
              SRP username to use.

       --x509cafile FILE
              Certificate file to use.

       --x509certfile FILE
              X.509 Certificate file to use.

       --x509fmtder
              Use DER format for certificates

       --x509keyfile FILE
              X.509 key file to use.

       --x509crlfile FILE
              X.509 CRL file to use.

       --pskusername NAME
              PSK username to use.

       --pskkey KEY
              PSK key (in hex) to use.

       --opaque-prf-input DATA
              Use Opaque PRF Input DATA.

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

       Nikos     Mavroyanopoulos    <nmav@gnutls.org>    and    others;    see
       /usr/share/doc/gnutls-bin/AUTHORS for a complete list.

       This manual page was written by Ivo  Timmermans  <ivo@debian.org>,  for
       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

                               December 1st 2003                 gnutls-cli(1)