openssl-s_time, s_time - SSL/TLS performance timing program
openssl s_time [-help] [-connect host:port] [-www
  page] [-cert filename] [-key filename] [-CApath
  directory] [-CAfile filename] [-no-CAfile]
  [-no-CApath] [-reuse] [-new] [-verify depth]
  [-nameopt option] [-time seconds] [-ssl3] [-bugs]
  [-cipher cipherlist] [-ciphersuites val]
The s_time command implements a generic SSL/TLS client which connects to
  a remote host using SSL/TLS. It can request a page from the server and
  includes the time to transfer the payload data in its timing measurements. It
  measures the number of connections within a given timeframe, the amount of
  data transferred (if any), and calculates the average time spent for one
  connection.
  - -help
- Print out a usage message.
- -connect host:port
- This specifies the host and optional port to connect to.
- -www page
- This specifies the page to GET from the server. A value of '/' gets the
      index.htm[l] page. If this parameter is not specified, then s_time
      will only perform the handshake to establish SSL connections but not
      transfer any payload data.
- -cert certname
- The certificate to use, if one is requested by the server. The default is
      not to use a certificate. The file is in PEM format.
- -key keyfile
- The private key to use. If not specified then the certificate file will be
      used. The file is in PEM format.
- -verify depth
- The verify depth to use. This specifies the maximum length of the server
      certificate chain and turns on server certificate verification. Currently
      the verify operation continues after errors so all the problems with a
      certificate chain can be seen. As a side effect the connection will never
      fail due to a server certificate verify failure.
- -nameopt option
- Option which determines how the subject or issuer names are displayed. The
      option argument can be a single option or multiple options
      separated by commas. Alternatively the -nameopt switch may be used
      more than once to set multiple options. See the x509(1) manual page
      for details.
- -CApath directory
- The directory to use for server certificate verification. This directory
      must be in "hash format", see verify for more
      information. These are also used when building the client certificate
      chain.
- -CAfile file
- A file containing trusted certificates to use during server authentication
      and to use when attempting to build the client certificate chain.
- -no-CAfile
- Do not load the trusted CA certificates from the default file
    location
- -no-CApath
- Do not load the trusted CA certificates from the default directory
      location
- -new
- Performs the timing test using a new session ID for each connection. If
      neither -new nor -reuse are specified, they are both on by
      default and executed in sequence.
- -reuse
- Performs the timing test using the same session ID; this can be used as a
      test that session caching is working. If neither -new nor
      -reuse are specified, they are both on by default and executed in
      sequence.
- -ssl3
- This option disables the use of SSL version 3. By default the initial
      handshake uses a method which should be compatible with all servers and
      permit them to use SSL v3 or TLS as appropriate.
    The timing program is not as rich in options to turn protocols
        on and off as the s_client(1) program and may not connect to all
        servers. Unfortunately there are a lot of ancient and broken servers in
        use which cannot handle this technique and will fail to connect. Some
        servers only work if TLS is turned off with the -ssl3 option. Note that this option may not be available, depending on how
        OpenSSL was built. 
- -bugs
- There are several known bugs in SSL and TLS implementations. Adding this
      option enables various workarounds.
- -cipher cipherlist
- This allows the TLSv1.2 and below cipher list sent by the client to be
      modified. This list will be combined with any TLSv1.3 ciphersuites that
      have been configured. Although the server determines which cipher suite is
      used it should take the first supported cipher in the list sent by the
      client. See ciphers(1) for more information.
- -ciphersuites val
- This allows the TLSv1.3 ciphersuites sent by the client to be modified.
      This list will be combined with any TLSv1.2 and below ciphersuites that
      have been configured. Although the server determines which cipher suite is
      used it should take the first supported cipher in the list sent by the
      client. See ciphers(1) for more information. The format for this
      list is a simple colon (":") separated list of TLSv1.3
      ciphersuite names.
- -time length
- Specifies how long (in seconds) s_time should establish connections
      and optionally transfer payload data from a server. Server and client
      performance and the link speed determine how many connections
      s_time can establish.
s_time can be used to measure the performance of an SSL connection. To
  connect to an SSL HTTP server and get the default page the command
 openssl s_time -connect servername:443 -www / -CApath yourdir -CAfile yourfile.pem -cipher commoncipher [-ssl3]
would typically be used (https uses port 443). 'commoncipher' is a
    cipher to which both client and server can agree, see the ciphers(1)
    command for details.
If the handshake fails then there are several possible causes, if
    it is nothing obvious like no client certificate then the -bugs and
    -ssl3 options can be tried in case it is a buggy server. In
    particular you should play with these options before submitting a bug
    report to an OpenSSL mailing list.
A frequent problem when attempting to get client certificates
    working is that a web client complains it has no certificates or gives an
    empty list to choose from. This is normally because the server is not
    sending the clients certificate authority in its "acceptable CA
    list" when it requests a certificate. By using s_client(1) the
    CA list can be viewed and checked. However, some servers only request client
    authentication after a specific URL is requested. To obtain the list in this
    case it is necessary to use the -prexit option of s_client(1)
    and send an HTTP request for an appropriate page.
If a certificate is specified on the command line using the
    -cert option it will not be used unless the server specifically
    requests a client certificate. Therefore, merely including a client
    certificate on the command line is no guarantee that the certificate
  works.
Because this program does not have all the options of the s_client(1)
  program to turn protocols on and off, you may not be able to measure the
  performance of all protocols with all servers.
The -verify option should really exit if the server
    verification fails.
s_client(1), s_server(1), ciphers(1)
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