s.html">openssl-passphrase-options(1)</a>.</p>

</dd>
<dt id="traditional"><b>-traditional</b></dt>
<dd>

<p>Normally a private key is written using standard format: this is PKCS#8 form with the appropriate encryption algorithm (if any). If the <b>-traditional</b> option is specified then the older &quot;traditional&quot; format is used instead.</p>

</dd>
<dt id="pubout"><b>-pubout</b></dt>
<dd>

<p>By default the private and public key is output; this option restricts the output to the public components. 