Andrew Cooke wrote:

> Do you see what I mean?  Your decision to ask the user for a password
> makes sense when the utilities are used alone, but when they are used as
> part of a larger script it adds an extra request for a password that is
> a nuisance.  That is what I meant about using the scripts as a library.

But if you allow anyone to mark a certificate as revoked how the CA manager
can keep track of theese operations ???

> It is not very important - I thought it was interesting that the apps
> could be thought of either as utilities or libraries, taht's all.

I can see your point, now. Anyway I don't think it could be not very wise
allowing anyone to mark certificates as revoked. Patchin the code does
not require much work, but I don't think it should be done.

This is my opinion, what the other OpenSSL people think about this ???

C'you,

        Massimiliano Pala ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

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