>>>>> Corinna Vinschen writes: > 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? FWIW, I'm in the process of updating neon to the latest version and see the same error in the latest neon test suite with openssl-0.9.8h (the latest): Write out database with 1 new entries Data Base Updated + MKPKCS12='/usr/bin/openssl pkcs12 -export -passout stdin -in client.cert -inkey client.key' + echo foobar + /usr/bin/openssl pkcs12 -export -passout stdin -in client.cert -inkey client.key -name 'Just A Neon Client Cert' -out client.p12 4212:error:0D0BA041:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_STRING_set:malloc failure:asn1_lib.c:381: 4212:error:0B08A041:x509 certificate routines:X509_ATTRIBUTE_set1_data:malloc failure:x509_att.c:317: The test suite worked fine with the previous version of neon (the current in cygwin 1.5) and openssl-0.9.8g (current at that time). > Corinna Ciao Volker -- 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/