$ cygcheck -c openssl Cygwin Package Information
Package Version Status Openssl 0.9.8h-1 OK -----Original Message----- From: Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:58 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: openssl errors creating password for certificate authority (CA Request) On Aug 27 00:33, Auteria W. Winzer Jr. wrote: > I opt to use a challenge password for sending a CA request. When I > incorporate the challenge password I get the following error: > > Please enter the following 'extra' attributes > to be sent with your certificate request > A challenge password []:1234567890 > Error adding attribute > 1896:error:0D0BA041:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_STRING_set:malloc > failure:asn1_lib.c:381: > 1896:error:0B08A041:x509 certificate routines:X509_ATTRIBUTE_set1_data:malloc > failure:x509_att.c:317: > problems making Certificate Request > > If I don't use the challenge password attribute everything works fine. > > Is it recommended to use a challenge password for CA requests? Your valuable > imput is grately appreciated. It's hard to tell anything without a self-contained example which allows to reproduce this. There's a malloc failure, for whatever reason. > $ cygcheck -c cygwin > Cygwin Package Information > Package Version Status > cygwin 1.5.25-15 OK openssl version? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
