you need to make your cert key 512 bits and make sure the cipher set is set up to use 40 bit rc4 for symmetric keys. that's in the cipher selection stuff, you don't do it with genrsa. someone who's a current apache user should explain this... meta question... is there/should there be an openssl faq? At 05:20 PM 1/19/99 +0100, you wrote: >Hy, > >I'm trying to generate a 40 key to be used with an ssl-apache server >(due to country limitations). > >I've tried many things to generate it... >ssleay genrsa -rand rand.dat -des 40 > server.key >gives me a server.key file that looks nice, but doing >ssleay req -new -key server.key -out server.csr >gives me errors: > >5682:error:04074070:rsa routines:RSA_sign:digest too big for rsa >key:rsa_sign.c:105: >5682:error:0D072006:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_SIGN:EVP >lib:a_sign.c:132: > >If someone could give me a hint... > >Thank's in advance > >kbg. > > > >-- >__________________________________________________ >La meteo par le Web : http://www.meteoconsult.fr > >Meteo Consult - Bureau d'etudes meteorologiques >Domaine de Marsinval F-78540 Vernouillet, FRANCE > >Karim BEN GHANEM - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Departement Informatique >tel : +33 1 39 65 80 80 - fax : +33 1 39 65 80 96 > > >______________________________________________________________________ >OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
